OAP API usage

Hi Sal,

Thank you very much for writing.  Here is sample working code for adding a new record.

When using the “Add” request type on Contacts, if a Contact record with the given email already exists, the data posted by this script will overwrite any existing data in the fields named by the script.

To test this script, first create an App ID and API Key from the menu Admin -> OfficeAutoPilot API Instructions and Key Manager. Insert the resulting ID and Key in the noted places in the code below and post the whole script on your server as is to test it.

The goal of this script sample is just to get you to “proof of concept” for adding and updating records in Office Autopilot. If you have additional questions about this code or making it work for your specific situation, please post your next questions below and we’ll work through your project together.

Cheers,
Mark

<?php
//Add or Update a Contact

header("Content-Type: text/plain");
echo "<pre>";

$data = <<<STRING
<contact><Group_Tag name="Contact Information"><field name="First Name">BOB</field><field name="Last Name">TESTER</field><field name="E-Mail">bob@bobtester.com</field><field name="City">Portland</field></Group_Tag><Group_Tag name="Sequences and Tags"><field name="Contact Tags">TEST TAG</field></Group_Tag></contact>
STRING;

$data = urlencode(urlencode($data));

$appid = "XXXXXXXXXXXXX";   // PUT YOUR APP ID HERE
$key = "XXXXXXXXXXXXX";	    // PUT YOUR APP KEY HERE

$reqType= "add";
$postargs = "appid=".$appid."&key=".$key."&return_id=1&reqType=".$reqType. "&data=" . $data;
$request = "http://api.moon-ray.com/cdata.php";

$session = curl_init($request);
curl_setopt ($session, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt ($session, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postargs);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_HEADER, false);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = curl_exec($session);
curl_close($session);

//THE FOLLOWING LINE SHOWS THE RAW DATA
echo "RAW OUTPUT\n";
echo "=====================\n";
echo $response;
echo "\n\n\n";

$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($response);
//THE FOLLOWING LINE SHOWS THE DATA ORGANIZED BY XML ATTRIBUTES
echo "NICE XML OUTPUT\n";
echo "=====================\n";
print_r($xml);
echo "\n\n\n";

echo "</pre>";
?>

Hi Mark,

How are you!

I just have a follow up question with regards to OAP API.

How can I update the purchase history and transactions of my contacts dashboard using the OAP API?

What I have right now is just updating the contact with new information details based on the email.

Thanks.

Sal

Hi Mark,

Oh bummer, so it was just all right here.

Thanks,

Sal

Hi Dimitry,

I have not tried to write to fields in the Credit Card group. So your first step is to request that OA’s tech support team ask the API side if you can write to the fields you desire. You’re just looking for a yes or no answer here.

If the answer is “yes” post another note for more guidance on how to write to text drop down list fields via Office Autopilot’s API. It is doable and we’ve done it here.

Cheers,
Mark

Hi Dimitri,

Office Autopilot does not currently offer API access to its order form payment processing.

An order form is a limited version of a shopping cart. OA’s API makes it easy to integrate with other shopping carts. Most good carts have an API which can be used to pass the info on successful transactions into OA.

OA’s logic here is that there are so many great carts – picking a great cart is at the heart of building an eCommerce site. OA’s competitor Infusionsoft has a built in cart, but it is much harder to integrate 3rd party carts into Infusionsoft’s API.

One of the coolest things about OA’s system is that all you have to do is get the product into the product table via API and all the related automations can be set and changed on the fly from the user interface. With Infusionsoft, if you do a cart integration, you also need to specifically name any actions sets, sequences, and tags in your code.

• This reply was modified 200 days ago by  Mark Winstein.
• This reply was modified 200 days ago by  Mark Winstein.