Account Lists API

Overview

The Account Lists Collection contains names of lists used to define segments of your audience. For example, you may have lists for "Weekly Specials", "Daily Deals", and "Fashion Newsletter" to represent each subscriber selection on information and promotions they requested to receive. You may also use Account Lists to represent groups or segments you determine to be important such as "New Customers", "VIPs", or "Net Promoters".

• API Set Name: accountlists

Additional information

• A contact can be associated with one or more lists.
• There is no limit to how many lists can be created.
• List names are required to be unique, so it's important to use a naming convention that supports the creation of multiple lists over time.

Resource associations

The following resource collections are associated to this collection.

Collection	Association
contacts	Contacts can be associated to accountlists, identifying a contact as a member of one or more account lists.

POST /accountlists

Method	URI Path
POST	/accountlists
Creates a new account list in the Cordial database using the appropriate JSON body. Note that when a list is created, an id value is generated uniquely for that list. Posting more than one time for the same list name will generate an error.

Parameters

*Required

Parameter	Type	Description	Example
*name	string	Unique name to identify and reference the list.	safe-drivers
enhanced	boolean	Automatically track the date each contact is added to the list. Possible values: true, false	true

Example JSON request

The following will create a new accountlist named "safe_drivers" that tracks when each contact is added to the list.

{
  "name": "safe_drivers",
  "enhanced": true
}

Example request URI

The following URI in conjunction with the JSON will perform the POST.

http://<path>/accountlists

GET /accountlists

Method	URI Path
GET	/accountlists
Retrieves all account lists from the Cordial database. It is possible to filter the response data for a specific list using the list name query string parameter.

Example request URIs

The following URI will retrieve all accountlists.

http://<path>/accountlists

The following URI will retrieve an accountlist where the list name is "safe_drivers".

http://<path>/accountlists?name=safe_drivers

GET /accountlists/{id}

Method	URI Path
GET	/accountlists/{id}
Retrieves the specified account list from the Cordial database. The accountlist is defined by the accountlist's unique id value. For example, /accountlists/128 would return the response data for the list with the id value of "128".

Example Request URI

The following URI will retrieve an accountlist where the id value is "128". Note that when a list is created, an id value is generated uniquely for that list.

http://<path>/accountlists/128

GET /accountlists/{id}/count

Method	URI Path
GET	/accountlists/{id}/count
Retrieves the specified account list from the Cordial database. The accountlist is defined by the accountlist's unique id value. For example, /accountlists/128/count would return the response data for the list with the id value of "128" and the count of contacts assigned to this list.

Example Request URI

The following URI will retrieve an accountlist where the id value is "128" and the count of contacts assigned to this list. Note that when a list is created, an id value is generated uniquely for that list.

http://<path>/accountlists/128/count

PUT /accountlists/{id}

Method	URI Path
PUT	/accountlists/{id}
Updates the list name to a new value, and it enables or disables date tracking. Enabling list tracking will automatically track the date each contact was added to the list.

Parameters

*Required

Parameter	Type	Description	Example
*id	number	Unique list value to identify and reference the list.	128
*name	string	Updated list name to replace the existing value.	vip_guests
enhanced	boolean	Enable or disable date tracking for when contacts are added to the list. Possible Values: true, false	true

Example JSON request

The following will update the existing accountlist name "guests" to "vip_guests" and enable date tracking.

{
  "id": 128,
  "name": "vip_guests",
  "enhanced": true
}

Example request URI

The following URI in conjunction with the JSON will perform the PUT.

http://<path>/accountlists/128

PUT /accountlists/{id}/clear

Method	URI Path
PUT	/accountlists/{id}/clear
Removes all contact list associations for the given list id while retaining the list itself in the Cordial database. Note that when a list is cleared, no contacts will be deleted from the system.

Example request URI

The following URI will clear all contacts from an accountlist where the id value is "128".

http://<path>/accountlists/128/clear

DELETE /accountlists/{id}

Method	URI Path
DELETE	/accountlists/{id}
Deletes an existing account list from within the Cordial database. The accountlist is defined by the accountlist's unique id value. For example, /accountlists/128 would delete the list with the id value of "128".

Example request URI

The following URI will delete an accountlist where the id value is "128".

http://<path>/accountlists/128