The Report Subscriber Contact Events group of commands allow you to return events by tracked event type for a subscriber specified by either subscriber_id or email. The commands include:
| Event Type | Sent as Campaign | Sent as One-Off Message via API | Both |
| Sent | rpt_subscriber_send_events | rpt_subscriber_api_send_events | rpt_subscriber_all_send_events |
| Open | rpt_subscriber_open_events | rpt_subscriber_api_open_events | rpt_subscriber_all_open_events |
| Click | rpt_subscriber_click_events | rpt_subscriber_api_click_events | rpt_subscriber_all_click_events |
| Bounces | rpt_subscriber_delivery_events | rpt_subscriber_api_delivery_events | rpt_subscriber_all_delivery_events |
| Unsubscribe | rpt_subscriber_unsub_events | ||
| All Other Events | rpt_subscriber_tracking_other_events |
The commands require the following arguments: Command, Realm, Password, and Contact ID or Email plus First Name.
api_web?r=myrealm&p=mypass&c=rpt_subscriber_open_events&subscriber_id=44956
The command is ‘rpt_subscriber_events’, the realm is ‘myrealm’ and the password is ‘mypass’. The Open events to return are for contact with id='44956'.
api_web?r=myrealm&p=mypass&c=rpt_subscriber_open_events&email=jane@domain.com
The Open events to return are for contact with email='jane@ domain.com'. If more than one contact exists with the same email address, then the first name is also required:
api_web?r=myrealm&p=mypass&c=rpt_subscriber_open_events&email=jane@domain.com&first=Jane
A successful search will return a list of events for the contact, the associated list and the event date.
Example
Using all commands and arguments (please note the command is wrapped for display purposes only):
api_web?r=myrealm&p=mypass&c=report_subscriber_delivery_events&subscriber_id=298&event_type=30&output_format=csv&headers=1
Successful results return:
"Event","Event ID","List","List ID","Date"
"Soft Bounce","30","My List","5","09/26/17 11:02 AM"
"Soft Bounce","30","My List","5","09/28/17 1:11 PM"
"Soft Bounce","30","My List","5","09/30/17 7:45 AM"
Customer Key Example
Some systems have the ability to define a unique Customer Key per contact. If your realm has Customer Key enabled, you may use the customer_key to find a contact instead of email or identity_field:
api_web?r=myrealm&p=mypass&c=report_subscriber_delivery_events&customer_key=1129&event_type=30&output_format=csv&headers=1
Results
The Report Contact Events commandsoutput either the results of the search or a FAILURE message.
Success
The Report Contact Events commands do not explicitly return a Success code. Instead, each output the event details in comma separated format. Use the output_format argument to return the results in an alternate format.
"Event","Event ID","List","List ID","Date"
Failure
A Report Contact Events commands will fail for several reasons, such as if the contact doesn't exist. The result format is:
FAILURE: [Reason]
Arguments
The Report Contact Events commands support the following arguments:
|
Name |
Req? |
Description |
Argument |
|
Command |
Yes |
Defines the command to use. rpt_send_events |
cmd=[command] c=[command] |
|
Realm |
Yes |
Name of the realm to run the command. This is required, and the command will fail if the realm and password do not match. |
realm=[realm_name] r=[realm_name] |
|
Password |
Yes |
Authentication code for API access. This is required, and the command will fail if the realm and password do not match. |
pwd=[password] p=[password] |
|
Contact ID |
* |
Identifier for the contact data to return. Required if Email is not defined. |
subscriber_id=[subscriber_id] |
| * |
Email identifier for the subscribe data to return. Required if Contact ID is not defined. |
email=[email] | |
| First Name | * |
First Name of the contact data to return. Required if contacts with the same email address exist. |
first=[first_name] |
|
Customer Key |
* |
Identifier of the contact to find in lieu of Email or Identity Field. Only available on some systems. |
customer_key=[customer_key] |
| Event Type |
Identifier for the type of event to report. If not included, events of all types related to the specific command are returned. See Event Types. If no type or invalid type is specified, all events for command are returned. |
event_type=[event_type_id] DEFAULT==0 |
|
| Limit Results |
Limit the number of records returned from 1 to 5000. |
limit=[1 to 5000] DEFAULT==5000 |
|
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Output Format |
|
To specify the format of the list output, use one of two arguments. If no argument is included, the default output is space-delimited plain text string, which may not include all data columns. |
csv=1 or output_format=[csv,csv_tab, csv_pipe,xml] |
|
Header |
|
To define the data with a label, use the Header argument. This can only be used in conjunction with the output format, and does not affect XML. |
headers=[0,1] DEFAULT==0 |
*Feature added in v13.0.0