Event Triggered Email

POST https://restapi.actonsoftware.com/ete/v1/email/{Account ID}/{Template ID}

Event Triggered Email is a service for sending email to a recipient in response to a specific event or transaction (and not as part of a bulk marketing campaign).

Parameters

Name	Parameter Type	Allow Multiple	Required/ Optional	Data Type	Description
Authorization:	Header	False	Required	String	Insert your generated access token. ("Bearer {access token}")
toAddress		False	Required	JSON	Specify the email address to send the message to.
ccAddressList		False	Optional	JSON	Specify email addresses that to CC. (Limited 5)
fromAddress		False	Optional	JSON	Specify the verified sender email address. (Default = Template Selected/Template Creator)
fromDisplayName		False	Optional	JSON	Specify the verified sender name.
replyToAddress		False	Optional	JSON	Specify the verified reply-to email address. (Default = "fromAddress")
subjectLine		False	Optional	JSON (Max 90 Characters)	Specify a subject for the message. (Default = Template Subject)
personalizationDataMap		False	Optional	JSON	A key/value map specifying the values of personalization inside message template.
previewText		False	Optional	JSON (Max 240 Characters)	Specify the preview text. (Default = Template Preview Text)
transactional		False	Optional	JSON	Specify "true" if purchased transactional email and want to indicates that this message conforms to the legal definition of transactional email.
externalId		False	Optional	JSON (Max 128 Characters)	Specify an identifier from your system. (Ex. Order Number or Confirmation Number)
tagList		False	Optional	JSON (Max 48 Characters)	Specify a tag for grouping visible reports of similar tags for used template. (Limit 1 Tag)
trackOpens		False	Required	JSON	Indicates if you want message opens tracked. ("true","false")
trackClicks		False	Required	JSON	Indicates if you want message clicks tracked. ("true","false")

Below is the full JSON using the parameters above.

{
 "envelope": {
   "toAddress": "[email protected]",
   "ccAddressList": ["[email protected]"],
   "fromAddress": "[email protected]",
   "fromDisplayName": "John from Act-On",
   "replyToAddress": "[email protected]"
 },
 "content": {
   "subjectLine": "Your order has shipped.",
   "personalizationDataMap": {
     "orderNumber": "3423423-234234",
     "trackingLink": "https://www.act-on.com/tracking/12313123123213",
     "name": "Jane Doe"
   },
   "previewText": "Great news! Your order is on the way."
 },
 "metadata": {
   "transactional": true,
   "externalId": "245-lfkg-23423-lkj",
   "tagList": ["shipping_notifications"]
 },
 "actions": {
   "trackOpens": true,
   "trackClicks": true,
 }
}

Response

200, message = "Successfully Accepted"
400, message = "Sender Not Allowed"
400, message = "Invalid ID in request. accountId or templateId is invalid"
400, message = "Validation Failed for emailDetails object"
400, message = "Personalization Failure Exception. personalization fields were missed"
401, message = "Account Temporarily Suspended"
401, message = "Unauthorized Request"
503, message = "IO Exception was encountered"
500, message = "Internal Server Error"

Code Examples

cURLPython

curl -X POST 'https://restapi.actonsoftware.com/ete/v1/email/{Account ID}/{Template ID}' -H 'Authorization: Bearer  12345678-9abc-defg-hijk-lmnopqrs' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' --data-raw '{"envelope":{"toAddress":"[email protected]","fromAddress": "[email protected]","fromDisplayName": "John from Act-On","replyToAddress": "[email protected]"},"content": {"subjectLine": "Your order has shipped.","personalizationDataMap": {},"previewText": "Great news! Your order is on the way."},"metadata": {"transactional": true,"externalId": "123-4567-89101-112","tagList": ["shipping_notifications"]},"actions": {"trackOpens": true,"trackClicks": true,"deliveryWhenDelayed": "TRUE"}}'

import http.client
import mimetypes
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("restapi.actonsoftware.com")
payload = "{\n    \"envelope\": {\n        \"toAddress\": \"[email protected]\",\n        \"fromAddress\": \"[email protected]\",\n        \"fromDisplayName\": \"John from Act-On\",\n        \"replyToAddress\": \"[email protected]\"\n    },\n    \"content\": {\n        \"subjectLine\": \"Your order has shipped.\",\n        \"personalizationDataMap\": {},\n        \"previewText\": \"Great news! Your order is on the way.\"\n    },\n    \"metadata\": {\n        \"transactional\": true,\n        \"externalId\": \"123-4567-89101-112\",\n        \"tagList\": [\n            \"shipping_notifications\"\n        ]\n    },\n    \"actions\": {\n        \"trackOpens\": true,\n        \"trackClicks\": true,\n        \"deliveryWhenDelayed\": \"TRUE\"\n    }\n}"
headers = {
  'Authorization': 'Bearer  12345678-9abc-defg-hijk-lmnopqrs',
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
}
conn.request("POST", "ete/v1/email/{Account ID}/{Template ID}", payload, headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))