POST https://restapi.actonsoftware.com/ete/v1/email/{Account ID}/{Template ID}
Use for non-commercial notifications when communication is critical and it conforms to the legal definition of Transactional Email. Only available with Transactional Email add-on.
Examples of use cases:
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- Receipts & confirmations
- Status updates & reports
- Password resets & fraud alerts
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 the message template. | |
| previewText | False | Optional | JSON (Max 240 Characters) | Specify the preview text. (Default = Template Preview Text) |
|
| transactional | True | Optional | JSON | Specify "true" to set this message to transactional. | |
| 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 the 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": ["product_recommendation"]
},
"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
cURL
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"}}'