Email API

API change history

Email API contains methods for handling various aspects of email campaigns (design, send) as well as recipients (list of email addresses, additional data to merge into message text), etc.

updateList

Updates existing subscriber list in your profile.

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Request

Request URL

Request parameters

  • string

    The listId is in uuid format.

Request headers

  • string

    The authorization token. The token will be in the format "Bearer API_KEY". For example: "Authorization: Bearer 123456789". Please include the space between "Bearer" and "API_KEY".

Request body

Subscriber list to add

{
  "Title": "My second list",
  "UnsubscribePage": "https://www.touchbasepro.com/unsubscribed.html",
  "UnsubscribeSetting": "AllClientLists",
  "ConfirmedOptIn": false,
  "ConfirmationSuccessPage": "https://www.touchbasepro.com/created.html",
  "AddUnsubscribesToSuppList": false,
  "ScrubActiveWithSuppList": false
}
{
  "required": [
    "Title",
    "UnsubscribePage,",
    "UnsubscribeSetting",
    "ConfirmedOptIn",
    "ConfirmationSuccessPage"
  ],
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "ListID": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "List ID value",
      "format": "uuid",
      "readOnly": true,
      "example": "99bc35084a5739127a8ab81eae5bd305"
    },
    "Title": {
      "type": "string",
      "example": "My second list"
    },
    "UnsubscribePage": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "example": "https://www.touchbasepro.com/unsubscribed.html"
    },
    "UnsubscribeSetting": {
      "enum": [
        "AllClientLists",
        "OnlyThisList"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Description:\n  * `AllClientLists` - when someone unsubscribes from this list they will also be unsubscribed from all the client’s lists (recommended)\n  * `OnlyThisList` - when someone unsubscribes from this list they will only be unsubscribed from this list\n",
      "example": "AllClientLists"
    },
    "ConfirmedOptIn": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Description:\n  * `false` - When someone signs up through a subscribe form, their email address is automatically added to your list without any extra steps\n  * `true` - when someone subscribes they are sent a confirmation email to verify their email address is correct, and to confirm their intent to subscribe\n",
      "example": false
    },
    "ConfirmationSuccessPage": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "example": "https://www.touchbasepro.com/created.html"
    },
    "AddUnsubscribesToSuppList": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "If set to: \n  * `false` - previously unsubscribed ones won't be added to suppression list\n  * `true` - anyone who previously unsubscribed from this list will be added to the suppression list\n  \nProperty should be set only if updating a list using an UnsubscribeSetting of `AllClientLists`\n",
      "writeOnly": true,
      "example": false
    },
    "ScrubActiveWithSuppList": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "If set to:\n  * `true` - this will scrub all of the active subscribers in this list against the suppression list\n  * `false` - no active subscribers list will be changed\n  \nProperty should be set only if updating a list using an UnsubscribeSetting of `AllClientLists`\n",
      "writeOnly": true,
      "example": false
    }
  }
}

Responses

200 OK

The list was updated.

400 Bad Request

Bad request These are the possible errors which may be included in the body of the response:

CodeDescription
250Duplicate list title
Cannot create a list with the same title as another.
251List Title Empty
The list title cannot be empty.
261Invalid List Unsubscribe Setting
Invalid unsubscribe setting. Unsubscribe setting must be either AllClientLists or OnlyThisList.

Representations

{
  "Code": 250,
  "Message": "Duplicate list title"
}
{
  "required": [
    "Code",
    "Message"
  ],
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "Code": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Error code",
      "format": "int32"
    },
    "Message": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Error message"
    }
  }
}

401 Unauthorized

The API key is invalid. Please verify it is correct and try again.

Representations

{
  "status": 401,
  "message": "API key is invalid."
}

403 Forbidden

There is not enough credits on your account or your account has been suspended. Please check with your account representative for more information.

Representations

{
  "status": 403,
  "message": "Not enough credits in this account."
}

404 Not Found

The listId does not exist.

Representations

{
  "status": 404,
  "message": "The listId does not exist."
}

429 Too many requests

The number of API calls has been exceeded. The return will include the number of seconds (represented by (number of seconds) in the example) until the API call can be tried again.

Representations

{
    "status": 429,
    "message": "Rate limit is exceeded.  Try again in {number of seconds} seconds."
}

500 Internal Server Error

Some error occurred in the processing request. Please try it again at a later time.

Representations

{
  "status": 500,
  "message": "An internal error has occurred. We have been notified about it and will restore service functionality as soon as possible."
}

Code samples

@ECHO OFF

curl -v -X PUT "https://api.touchbasepro.com/email/lists/{listId}"
-H "Authorization: Bearer API_KEY"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"

--data-ascii "{body}" 

using System;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Web;

namespace CSHttpClientSample
{
    static class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            MakeRequest();
            Console.WriteLine("Hit ENTER to exit...");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
        
        static async void MakeRequest()
        {
            var client = new HttpClient();
            var queryString = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(string.Empty);

            // Request headers
            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", "Bearer API_KEY");

            var uri = "https://api.touchbasepro.com/email/lists/{listId}?" + queryString;

            HttpResponseMessage response;

            // Request body
            byte[] byteData = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("{body}");

            using (var content = new ByteArrayContent(byteData))
            {
                content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("< your content type, i.e. application/json >");
                response = await client.PutAsync(uri, content);
            }
        }
    }
}	
// // This sample uses the Apache HTTP client from HTTP Components (http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/)
import java.net.URI;
import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.client.utils.URIBuilder;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;

public class JavaSample 
{
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        HttpClient httpclient = HttpClients.createDefault();

        try
        {
            URIBuilder builder = new URIBuilder("https://api.touchbasepro.com/email/lists/{listId}");


            URI uri = builder.build();
            HttpPut request = new HttpPut(uri);
            request.setHeader("Authorization", "Bearer API_KEY");
            request.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");


            // Request body
            StringEntity reqEntity = new StringEntity("{body}");
            request.setEntity(reqEntity);

            HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(request);
            HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();

            if (entity != null) 
            {
                System.out.println(EntityUtils.toString(entity));
            }
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>JSSample</title>
    <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(function() {
        var params = {
            // Request parameters
        };
      
        $.ajax({
            url: "https://api.touchbasepro.com/email/lists/{listId}?" + $.param(params),
            beforeSend: function(xhrObj){
                // Request headers
                xhrObj.setRequestHeader("Authorization","Bearer API_KEY");
                xhrObj.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json");
            },
            type: "PUT",
            // Request body
            data: "{body}",
        })
        .done(function(data) {
            alert("success");
        })
        .fail(function() {
            alert("error");
        });
    });
</script>
</body>
</html>

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
{
    NSAutoreleasePool * pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
    
    NSString* path = @"https://api.touchbasepro.com/email/lists/{listId}";
    NSArray* array = @[
                         // Request parameters
                         @"entities=true",
                      ];
    
    NSString* string = [array componentsJoinedByString:@"&"];
    path = [path stringByAppendingFormat:@"?%@", string];

    NSLog(@"%@", path);

    NSMutableURLRequest* _request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:path]];
    [_request setHTTPMethod:@"PUT"];
    // Request headers
    [_request setValue:@"Bearer API_KEY" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Authorization"];
    [_request setValue:@"application/json" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];
    // Request body
    [_request setHTTPBody:[@"{body}" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    
    NSURLResponse *response = nil;
    NSError *error = nil;
    NSData* _connectionData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:_request returningResponse:&response error:&error];

    if (nil != error)
    {
        NSLog(@"Error: %@", error);
    }
    else
    {
        NSError* error = nil;
        NSMutableDictionary* json = nil;
        NSString* dataString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:_connectionData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
        NSLog(@"%@", dataString);
        
        if (nil != _connectionData)
        {
            json = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:_connectionData options:NSJSONReadingMutableContainers error:&error];
        }
        
        if (error || !json)
        {
            NSLog(@"Could not parse loaded json with error:%@", error);
        }
        
        NSLog(@"%@", json);
        _connectionData = nil;
    }
    
    [pool drain];

    return 0;
}

<?php
// This sample uses the Apache HTTP client from HTTP Components (http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/)
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';

$request = new Http_Request2('https://api.touchbasepro.com/email/lists/{listId}');
$url = $request->getUrl();

$headers = array(
    // Request headers
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer API_KEY',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
);

$request->setHeader($headers);

$parameters = array(
    // Request parameters
);

$url->setQueryVariables($parameters);

$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_PUT);

// Request body
$request->setBody("{body}");

try
{
    $response = $request->send();
    echo $response->getBody();
}
catch (HttpException $ex)
{
    echo $ex;
}

?>
########### Python 2.7 #############
import httplib, urllib, base64

headers = {
    # Request headers
    'Authorization': 'Bearer API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
}

params = urllib.urlencode({
})

try:
    conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection('api.touchbasepro.com')
    conn.request("PUT", "/email/lists/{listId}?%s" % params, "{body}", headers)
    response = conn.getresponse()
    data = response.read()
    print(data)
    conn.close()
except Exception as e:
    print("[Errno {0}] {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror))

####################################

########### Python 3.2 #############
import http.client, urllib.request, urllib.parse, urllib.error, base64

headers = {
    # Request headers
    'Authorization': 'Bearer API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
}

params = urllib.parse.urlencode({
})

try:
    conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection('api.touchbasepro.com')
    conn.request("PUT", "/email/lists/{listId}?%s" % params, "{body}", headers)
    response = conn.getresponse()
    data = response.read()
    print(data)
    conn.close()
except Exception as e:
    print("[Errno {0}] {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror))

####################################
require 'net/http'

uri = URI('https://api.touchbasepro.com/email/lists/{listId}')


request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(uri.request_uri)
# Request headers
request['Authorization'] = 'Bearer API_KEY'
# Request headers
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
# Request body
request.body = "{body}"

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, :use_ssl => uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
    http.request(request)
end

puts response.body