Campaign Methods

The five campaign methods are used to create, send, update or get info about messaging campaigns. Available Methods are:

• Create: Create an automated or immediate campaign 
• Send: Send an immediate campaign
• Update: Update an existing campaign
• List: Query existing campaigns and get a list of results
• Info: Get info on a single campaign

 

Create

Used to create an automated campaign or create a campaign to be dispatched immediately with the send API method. 

URL

api/external/create/campaign

Parameters

Parameter	Description
apptoken	Your App token
title	The title of your campaign
trigger	0 - Scheduled campaign (default value)
	1 - Geo / iBeacon triggered campaign
	2 - Event triggered campaign
	3 - Api triggered campaign
Message Content
push_title	The title of your push message
push_text	The text of your push message
push_icon	URL of image to be used as push message icon
push_picture	URL of image to be used in push - https://pathtoyourhostedimage.com/large/gold-coast-coffee30665.jpg. On Android used for Android standard big picture element, on iOS used to add the default "picture" payload for use in rich media.
Linked Content
url	URL that users will be brought to when they open the message
url_browser	Boolean, 0 = "open url in web view" or 1 = "open url in browser"
page	Custom HTML code for page that will users will be brought to when they open the message.
payload_add	Used to add payload (key,value) pairs
Channels
android_push	Boolean 0/1 where, 1="should be sent to Android devices" (0 by default)
ios_push	Boolean 0/1 where, 1="should be sent to iOS devices" (0 by default)
ios_push_production	Boolean 0/1 where, 1="should be sent to production iOS builds" (0 by default)
ios_push_sandbox	Boolean 0/1 where, 1="should be sent to development iOS builds" (0 by default)
Segmentation
broadcast	0 - send push for targeted users using conditions (default value)
	1 - send push to everybody
conditions	Filter devices by conditions. See segment API to understand how to create conditions.
	Following options are alternative ways to create conditions.
segments	Array of segment ids used to associate a list of previously created segments
idArray	Array of XtremePush device ids that message is going to be sent to.
tokenArray	Array of device tokens that message is going to be sent to.
deviceIdArray	Array of device uuids that message is going to be sent to.
externalIdArray	Array of device external ids that message is going to be sent to.
Geo / iBeacon Campaigns
locations	Array of location ids used to associate a list of previously created locations (see location API methods below) e.g. "locations": [1,2,3]
location_trigger	1 - trigger on entering location
	2 - trigger on exiting location
	3 - trigger after dwell time
location_dwell_time	Integer from 1 to 30 - dwell time in minutes (required if trigger is dwell time)
location_limit_per_user	Integer - user notification limit per {location_limit_per_user_period} (1 by default)
location_limit_per_user_period	String, "campaign" or "day" - period used in {location_limit_per_user} (day by default)
location_limit_per_location	Integer - user notification limit per location per {location_limit_per_user_period} (1 by default)
location_limit_per_location_period	String, "campaign" or "day" - period used in {location_limit_per_location} (day by default)
location_limit_nth_hit	Integer - number of events needed to fire trigger (0 by default)
location_limit_nth_hit_period	String, "campaign" or "day" - period used in {location_limit_nth_hit} (day by default)
Scheduled Campaigns
send_type	0 - Send Now
	1 - Once in the Future
	2 - Recurring/Triggered
send_date	String - Date a once off scheduled campaign should be sent (format: YYYY-MM-DD)
send_time	String - Time a once off  or recurring scheduled campaign should be sent (format: HH:MM)
start_date	String - Start Date for a recurring/triggered  campaign (format: YYYY-MM-DD) (current date by default)
end_date	String - Date campaign should be stopped (format: YYYY-MM-DD) (optional campaign must be manually stopped if not set)
start_time	String - time of the day a triggered  campaign should start (format: HH:MM) (00:00 by default) - campaign can be triggered between the start and end time
end_time	String - time of the day a triggered  campaign should end (format: HH:MM) (23:59 by default)
send_days	Array - list of day numbers on which  a recurring/triggered campaign should be running (all days are specified by default)
timezone	String - timezone used for start_date, end_date, start_time, end_time attributes. If timezone is not specified then "users timezone" is used.

Example

Example of an Android send now broadcast campaign.

curl -X POST -d '{ "apptoken":"YOUR_APPTOKEN", "title": "First Android Test", "android_push": 1, "broadcast":"1", "push_title":"First Android Test", "push_text":"Testing Android Ping!"}' https://external-api.xtremepush.com/api/external/create/campaign 

Note: If you do not wish to use a segment, and would prefer to "broadcast to all users", you must set the variable "broadcast" = 1, like as shown in the example above, otherwise a segment will be created containing no conditions and your push won't be sent. 

Example of an iOS send now broadcast campaign.

curl -X POST -d '{ "apptoken":"YOUR_APPTOKEN", "title":"First iOS Test", "ios_push": 1, "ios_push_sandbox": 1, "broadcast":"1", "push_text":"Testing iOS Ping!"}' https://external-api.xtremepush.com/api/external/create/campaign 

Example of an iOS send now campaign with a payload, and an attribute is equal to on condition attached.

curl -X POST -d '{ "apptoken":"YOUR_APPTOKEN", "title":"El Classico", "ios_push": 1, "ios_push_sandbox": 1, "push_text":"1-0! Messi scores.", "payload_add":[{"key":"score", "value":"1-0"}], "conditions":{"operator": "AND", "0":{"operator":"AND", "0":["tags_attribute", "=", "live_scores", ["value","=","on"]]}}} https://external-api.xtremepush.com/api/external/create/campaign 




 


Scheduling

If you're campaign is to be scheduled in the future it will have scheduling details in your json.

 For example a campaign to be sent once in the future will have schedule details like:

"send_type": 1, "send_date": "2015-04-06", "send_time": "09:00"

A recurring campaign to be sent once a day at certain time will have schedule details like:

"send_type": 2, "send_days": [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}, "start_date": "2015-04-06", "end_date": "2015-04-12”, "send_time": "09:00"

 

A triggered campaign (Geo / iBeacons, Event, Api) will have schedule details like:

"send_type": 2, "send_days": [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}, "start_date": "2015-04-06", "end_date": "2015-04-12”, "start_time": "00:01", “end_time": "23:59"

If you are updating your API integration and the syntax looks different from above then you are possibly using an older version of the create method with different syntax. This is still supported and you can find it in docs here

 

 

Send

Used to send a simple campaign i.e. one that is not automated with a schedule but is to be sent immediately when required.

URL

api/external/send/campaign

Parameters

Parameter	Description
apptoken	Your App token
id	The id of the campaign to be sent

Example

An example of sending a campaign you have created using its id.

curl -X POST -d '{ "apptoken":"YOUR_APPTOKEN", "id":CAMPAIGN_ID }' https://external-api.xtremepush.com/api/external/send/campaign

If your campaign sends successfully you will get the following response:

{
    "code": 200,
    "success": true,
    "message": "Campaign successfully sent",
}

If your campaign fails to send you will get a response as seen below. This can happen for a variety of reasons.

{
    "code": 400,
    "success": false,
    "message": "Failed to to send campaign",
    "errors": {
        "ios": "Upload iOS app certificate"
    }
}

 

Update

Used to update a campaign that has already been created

URL

api/external/update/campaign

Parameters

Parameter	Description
apptoken	Your App token
id	The id of the campaign you want to update
more params	The other params are the same as those available in the create method
	Type attribute is unavailable in update method (you cannot change campaign type)

 

List

Used to get a list of previously created campaigns. All campaigns may be returned or lists of campaign of a certain type if criteria are provided.

URL

api/external/list/campaign

Parameters

Parameter	Description
apptoken	Your App token
order	Order the list in either ascending or descending order based on any of the attributes e.g. "order": ["id ASC", "endtime" ] or “order”: [“id DESC”, “endtime” ]
select	Select what attributes to return e.g. "select": ["id", "title", "text"]
condition	Filter the returned push actions based on some criteria e.g. "condition": [ ["active", "=" , 1] ]
limit	Used with offset for pagination e.g. "limit: 50, "offset": 0 returns a max of 50 campaigns starting at position 0
offset	Used with limit for pagination e.g. "limit": 50, "offset": 0 returns a max of 50 campaigns starting at position 0

Example

Get a list of all campaigns past and live.

curl -X POST -d '{"apptoken":"YOUR_APPTOKEN"}' https://external-api.xtremepush.com/api/external/list/campaign

Get a list of all live campaigns.

curl -X POST -d '{"apptoken":"YOUR_APPTOKEN", "condition":[["active","=",1]]}' https://external-api.xtremepush.com/api/external/list/campaign

Get all automated campaigns with a schedule live and past.

curl -X POST -d '{"apptoken":"YOUR_APPTOKEN", "condition":[["send_type","!=",0]]}' https://external-api.xtremepush.com/api/external/list/campaign | python -m json.tool

Get the most recently created campaign

curl -X POST -d '{"apptoken":"YOUR_APPTOKEN", "limit":1, "offset":0}' https://xtremepush.com/api/external/list/campaign 

Example response showing list of campaigns

{
    "code: "200",
    "success": true,
    "data": [
        {
            "id": "CAMPAIGN_ID",
            "project_id": "PROJECT_ID",
            "title": "Test Campaign",
            ...
        },
        ...
    ]
}

 

Info

Used to get info on a single campaign.

URL

api/external/info/campaign

Parameters

Parameter	Description
apptoken	Your App Token
id	The id of the campaign you are looking for
select	Select what attributes to return e.g. "select": ["id", "title", "text"]

Example

Return the campaign info for the campaign with the given id.

curl -X POST -d '{"apptoken":"YOUR_APPTOKEN", "id":CAMPAIGN_ID}' https://external-api.xtremepush.com/api/external/info/campaign

Return the title, text and active attribute of the campaign with the given id.

curl -X POST -d '{"apptoken":"YOUR_APPTOKEN", "id":CAMPAIGN_ID, "select":["active","title","text"]}' https://external-api.xtremepush.com/api/external/info/campaign

Example of the title, text and active attribute of a campaign being returned successfully.

{
    "code": 200,
    "success": true,
    "model": {
        "active": "1", 
        "text": "Beacon Entry Test", 
        "title": "Ad location via API test"
    },
}