GetPromotions

Obtain promotions matching the passed criteria

Request Parameters

Parameter Type Description Required
action string “GetPromotions” Required
code string Retrieve a specific promotion code. Do not pass to retrieve all Optional

Response Parameters

Parameter Type Description
result string The result of the operation: success or error
totalresults int The total number of results available
promotions array An array of promotional codes matching the criteria passed

Example Request (CURL)

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://www.example.com/includes/api.php');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,
    http_build_query(
        array(
            'action' => 'GetPromotions',
            // See https://developers.whmcs.com/api/authentication
            'username' => 'IDENTIFIER_OR_ADMIN_USERNAME',
            'password' => 'SECRET_OR_HASHED_PASSWORD',
            'responsetype' => 'json',
        )
    )
);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

Example Request (Local API)

$command = 'GetPromotions';
$postData = array(
);
$adminUsername = 'ADMIN_USERNAME'; // Optional for WHMCS 7.2 and later

$results = localAPI($command, $postData, $adminUsername);
print_r($results);

Example Response JSON

{
    "result": "success",
    "totalresults": 1,
    "promotions": {
        "promotion": [
            {
                "id": 1,
                "code": "sample",
                "type": "Percentage",
                "recurring": 1,
                "value": 10,
                "cycles": "",
                "appliesto": "1,2",
                "requires": "1,2",
                "requiresexisting": 0,
                "startdate": "0000-00-00",
                "expirationdate": "0000-00-00",
                "maxuses": 0,
                "uses": 1,
                "lifetimepromo": 0,
                "applyonce": 0,
                "newsignups": 0,
                "existingclient": 0,
                "onceperclient": 0,
                "recurfor": 0,
                "upgrades": 0,
                "upgradeconfig": "a:4:{s:5:\"value\";s:4:\"0.00\";s:4:\"type\";s:0:\"\";s:12:\"discounttype\";s:10:\"Percentage\";s:13:\"configoptions\";s:0:\"\";}",
                "notes": ""
            }
        ]
    }
}

Version History

Version Changelog
1.0 Initial Version