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PHP sample: execute actions to a specific lead

Here’s a very simple PHP sample to execute multiple actions to one specific lead. First, let’s study the flow in the code:

  1. First, we ping Kartra API’s secure URL
  2. Then, we connect via to our Kartra App ID (AIm863DwsOW), injecting our customer’s unique Kartra API key (QG9GPLW8G) and Kartra API password (kdwFAfwrfVS). Obviously, you will have a different key and password.
  3. Then, we identify the lead this API call is for ( JoeSmith@domain.com ), whose full name is “Joe Smith”. If the system finds a lead with this email in our contacts database, it will overwrite the lead’s details in the lead’s profile with the new data we’re passing over. Alternatively, if the lead is not found, it will create it as a brand new contact.
  4. Then, we pass 3 actions for that lead: subscribe him or her to list “My customers newsletter”, assign him or her the tag “My customer”, and add +12 points to his or her score. Note how each action is wrapped around its own array!
  5. After all that, we request a confirmation response from the API
  6. Finally, we apply an “IF” conditional for further instructions depending on whether the command was successful or not. Note how we use the “Type” parameter to identify the message type.
<?php
$ch = curl_init();
// CONNECT TO THE API SYSTEM VIA THE APP ID, AND VERIFY MY API KEY AND PASSWORD, IDENTIFY THE LEAD, AND SEND THE ACTIONS…
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,"https://app.kartra.com/api");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,
http_build_query(
array(
'app_id' => 'AIm863DwsOW',
'api_key' => 'QG9GPLW8G',
'api_password' => 'kdwFAfwrfVS',
'lead' => array(
'email' => 'JoeSmith@domain.com',
),
'actions' => array(
'0' =>array(
'cmd' => 'subscribe_lead_to_list',
'list_name' => 'My customers newsletter'
),
'1' =>array(
'cmd' => 'assign_tag',
'tag_name' => 'My customer'
),
'2' =>array(
'cmd' => 'give_points_to_lead',
'points' => '12'
),
)
)
)
);
// REQUEST CONFIRMATION MESSAGE FROM API…
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$server_output = curl_exec ($ch);
curl_close ($ch);
$server_json = json_decode($server_output);

/* JSON SAMPLE ERROR MESSAGES:
{
"status":"Error",
,"message":"API key cannot be empty. Please get an API key first",
,"type":"202"
}
JSON SAMPLE SUCCESS MESSAGES:

{
"status":"Success"
,"lead":{"Status":"Found"}
,"actions":[
{
"subscribe_lead_to_list":
{
"status":"Success"
,"message":"Lead subscribed in list My customers
list"
,"type":"101"
}
}
,{
"assign_tag":
{
"status":"Error"
,"message":"tag does not exist. Nothing done"
,"type":"212"
}
}
,{
"give_points_to_lead":
{
"status":"Error"
,"message":"points is not a number. Nothing done"
,"type":"227"
}
}
]
}
*/

// CONDITIONAL FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS…
if ($server_json->status == "Error") {
echo "Sorry, the following error has occurred: ".$server_json->message.",
type:".$server_json->type;
} elseif ($server_json->status == "Success") {
echo "lead status: ".$server_json->status."<br>";
echo "Status: ".$server_json->actions[0]->subscribe_lead_to_list->status.",

Message: ".$server_json->actions[0]->subscribe_lead_to_list->message.",
Type:".$server_json->actions[0]->subscribe_lead_to_list->type."<br>";
echo "Status: ".$server_json->actions[1]->assign_tag->status.", Message:
".$server_json->actions[1]->assign_tag->message.",
Type:".$server_json->actions[1]->assign_tag->type."<br>";
echo "Status: ".$server_json->actions[2]->give_points_to_lead->status.",
Message: ".$server_json->actions[2]->give_points_to_lead->message.",
Type:".$server_json->actions[2]->give_points_to_lead->type."<br>";
}
?>

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