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Add promotion coupon

Last updated: 29-Sep-2021
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Overview

Use the addPromotionCoupon method via JSON-RPC API 4.0 to add single or multiple coupons to a promotion.

Parameters

Parameter Type/Description

sessionID

Required (string)

 

Output of the Login method.

promotionCode

Required (string)

 

The code corresponding to the promotion that you want to add coupons to.

promotionCoupon

Required (object)

 

type

Required (string)

 

 

Coupon type. Available values:

  • SINGLE, use in conjunction with Code
  • MULTIPLE, use in conjunction with Codes

 

Code/Codes

Required (string / array of strings)

 

 

Coupon code (for SINGLE) or array of coupon codes (for MULTIPLE).

Response

Parameter Type/Description
promotionCoupon Object

Request

<?php

function callRPC($Request, $host, $Debug = true) {
    $curl = curl_init($host);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, true);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSLVERSION, 0);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type: application/json', 'Accept: application/json'));
    $RequestString = json_encode($Request);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $RequestString);
    if ($Debug) {
        $RequestString;
    }
    $ResponseString = curl_exec($curl);
    if ($Debug) {
        $ResponseString;
    }
    if (!empty($ResponseString)) {
        var_dump($ResponseString);
        $Response = json_decode($ResponseString);
        if (isset($Response->result)) {
            return $Response->result;
        }
        if (!is_null($Response->error)) {
            var_dump($Request->method, $Response->error);
        }
    } else {
        return null;
    }
}

$host = 'https://api.avangate.com/rpc/3.1/';

$merchantCode = "YOUR_MERCHANT_CODE"; // your account's merchant code available in the 'System settings' area of the cPanel: https://secure.avangate.com/cpanel/account_settings.php
$key = "YOUR_SECRET_KEY"; // your account's secret key available in the 'System settings' area of the cPanel: https://secure.avangate.com/cpanel/account_settings.php

$string = strlen($merchantCode) . $merchantCode . strlen(gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s')) . gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s');
$hash = hash_hmac('md5', $string, $key);

$i = 1;

$jsonRpcRequest = new stdClass();
$jsonRpcRequest->jsonrpc = '2.0';
$jsonRpcRequest->method = 'login';
$jsonRpcRequest->params = array($merchantCode, gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s'), $hash);
$jsonRpcRequest->id = $i++;

$sessionID = callRPC($jsonRpcRequest, $host);

// Promotion code corresponding to the promotion you want to add coupons to
$promotionCode = '';

// Define single coupon object
$promotionCoupon = new stdClass;
$promotionCoupon->Type = 'SINGLE';
$promotionCoupon->Code = 'YOUR_CODE_HERE';

// Define multiple coupon object
$promotionCoupon = new stdClass;
$promotionCoupon->Type = 'MULTIPLE';
$promotionCoupon->Codes = ['YOUR_CODE_1', 'YOUR_CODE_2'];

$jsonRpcRequest = array (
'jsonrpc' => '2.0',
'id' => $i++,
'method' => 'addPromotionCoupon',
'params' => array($sessionID, $promotionCode, $promotionCoupon)
);
var_dump (callRPC($jsonRpcRequest, $host));

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