Email On Demand Send | Omeda Platform Knowledge Base

Summary

The Deployment API allows our clients to send a single Omail email deployment.

 Please work with your Client Services Manager for the initial setup and access to this API.

Base Resource URI

For Production: https://ows.omeda.com/webservices/rest/brand/{brandAbbreviation}/omail/deployemails/*

For Testing: https://ows.omedastaging.com/webservices/rest/brand/{brandAbbreviation}/omail/deployemails/*

brandAbbreviationis the brand identifier for your brand or site

Technical Requirements

The HTTP header must contain the following elements: x-omeda-appid a unique id provided to you by Omeda to access your data. The request will fail without a valid id.content-typea content type supported by this resource. See Supported Content Types for more details. If omitted, the default content type is application/json.

Supported Content Types

If omitted, the default content type is application/json.JSONapplication/json

JSON is the preferred data exchange format, because it is lightweight and, in most cases, faster to process and utilizes less bandwidth. There are many available open-source JSON libraries available. See json.org for details.

Supported HTTP Methods

There is one HTTP method supported:POSTSee W3C’s POST specs for details.

Field Definition

The following table describes the data elements that can be included in the POST method to request an email deployment.

Elements

Element Name	Required?	Data Type	Description
Track Id	yes	string	publicly viewable tracking id for the relevant API triggered deployment.
EmailAddress	yes	string	address for the recipient of this email.
FirstName	optional	string	first name of the recipient of this email.
LastName	optional	string	last name of the recipient of this email.
Subject	optional	string	if provided, will override the subject configured on the deployment.
TextContent	optional	string	if provided, will override all Text content defined on the deployment.
HtmlContent	optional	string	if provided, will override all HTML content defined on the deployment.
TextContentUrl	optional	string	if provided, the API will pull the text from the url which will override all text content defined on the deployment.
HtmlContentUrl	optional	string	if provided, the API will pull the HTML from the url which will override all HTML content defined on the deployment.
OmedaCustomerId	optional	string/number	If you have an omeda customer id or encrypted customer id at the time you wish to send an On Demand Send email – passing this field will allow you to query for clicks/opens of the email in Audience Builder.
Preference	optional	string	if provided, and if multiple content formats are provided, indicates the preference for this email. Valid values are TEXT and HTML.
FromName	optional	string	if provided, overrides the name associated with the from email configured on the deployment.
MergeVariables	optional	List	If merge variables are included on the deployment, they are required to be listed here as well. This is a list consisting of the merge variable name followed by a colon (:) and then the actual variable to be used. The list is separated by comas (,).

Request Examples

JSON Example

{
 "TrackId":"Track Id",
 "EmailAddress":"jsmith@omeda.com",
 "FirstName":"John",
 "LastName":"Smith",
 "Subject":"Confirmation Email",
 "TextContent":"This is a confirmation email.",
 "HtmlContent":"<h1>Subscription Email</h1><p>This is a confirmation email.</p>",
 "Preference":"HTML",
 "FromName":"Customer Service",
 "OmedaCustomerId":"1000000192",
 "MergeVariables": [{
    "city": "chicago",
    "state": "IL",
    "company": "omeda",
    "customerid": "123456789",
    "postalcode": "99911",
    "ordertotal": "$159.00",
    "orderid": "123456789",
    "fullname": "Jane Doe"
  }],
}

Response Examples

Two responses are possible: a successful POST (200 OK Status) or a failed POST (400 Bad Request/403 Forbidden/404 Not Found/405 Method Not Allowed Statuses). See W3C’s Status Codes.

Successful Submission

A successful POST submission will create a deployment in Omail for a single email.

{
  "SubmissionId": "70xbe874-e715-4ad0-8306-4e89d3513764"
  "Status": "Email Message submitted for delivery",
}

Error Response

In the event of an error, an error response will be returned. This will result in an HTTP Status 400 Bad Request/404 Not Found/405 Method Not Allowed.

A failed POST submission error codes:

Status	Description
400 Bad Request	Typically, this error occurs when the request does not follow the specifications.
403 Forbidden	Typically, this error occurs when the credentials are erroneous. Potentially, an incorrect x-omeda-appid.
404 Not Found	Typically, this error occurs with a malformed URL or the resource that is searched for is not found.
405 Method Not Allowed	Typically, this error occurs when the resource accessed is not allowed by the HTTP Method utilized. Make sure you employ the correct HTTP Method (POST) for this request.

This is not an exhaustive list of errors, but common ones. If an error occurs repeatedly, please contact your Omeda representative.

JSON Example

{
  "SubmissionId": "b6ce4257-6bd6-4286-b9a5-dfa7babcb4e8",
  "Errors": [
    {
      "Error": "Deployment is not an API triggered deployment"
    }
  ]
}

In the rare case that there is a server-side problem, an HTTP 500 (server error) will be returned. This generally indicates a problem of a more serious nature, and submitting additional requests may not be advisable.Please contact Omeda Account Representative.

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