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Email Campaigns

PATCH (Update) an Email Campaign Name

Use this method to rename an email campaign. The name is not visible to contacts. The name must be unique and cannot exceed 80 characters. You cannot rename email campaigns that have a Removed status.

patch/emails/{campaign_id}

Path parameters

campaign_idstring required

The unique identifier for an email campaign.

Request body

namestring required

The updated email campaign name. The email campaign name must be unique.

Example request

{
  "name": "December Newsletter for Dog Lovers"
}

Response

Request successful.

campaign_idstring

The unique ID used to identify the email campaign (UUID format).

created_atstring date-time

The system generated date and time that this email campaign was created. This string is readonly and is in ISO-8601 format.

current_statusstring

The current status of the email campaign. Valid values are: <ul>

<li>Draft — An email campaign that you have created but have not sent to contacts.</li> <li>Scheduled — An email campaign that you have scheduled for Constant Contact to send to contacts.</li> <li>Executing — An email campaign that Constant Contact is currently sending to contacts. Email campaign activities are only in this status briefly.</li> <li>Done — An email campaign that you successfully sent to contacts.</li> <li>Error — An email campaign activity that encountered an error.</li> <li>Removed — An email campaign that a user deleted. Users can view and restore deleted emails through the UI.</li> </ul>
namestring

The descriptive name the user provides to identify this campaign. Campaign names must be unique for each account ID.

typestring

Identifies the type of campaign that you select when creating the campaign. Newsletter and Custom Code email campaigns are the primary types.

type_codeinteger

The code used to identify the email campaign type. <ul>

<li> 1 (Default) </li> <li> 2 (Bulk Email) </li> <li> 10 (Newsletter) </li> <li> 11 (Announcement) </li> <li> 12 (Product/Service News) </li> <li> 14 (Business Letter) </li> <li> 15 (Card) </li> <li> 16 (Press release)</li> <li> 17 (Flyer) </li> <li> 18 (Feedback Request) </li> <li> 19 (Ratings and Reviews) </li> <li> 20 (Event Announcement) </li> <li> 21 (Simple Coupon) </li> <li> 22 (Sale Promotion) </li> <li> 23 (Product Promotion) </li> <li> 24 (Membership Drive) </li> <li> 25 (Fundraiser) </li> <li> 26 (Custom Code Email)</li> <li> 57 (A/B Test)</li> </ul>
updated_atstring date-time

The system generated date and time showing when the campaign was last updated. This string is read only and is in ISO-8601 format.

Example response

{
  "campaign_activities": [
    {
      "campaign_activity_id": "0e3feddd-c8da-4d53-a507-aae5082b8b75",
      "role": "primary_email",
      "document_id": "21babb03-8385-4739-b9cc-n6cce44633a7"
    }
  ],
  "campaign_id": "8987dc1a-48ef-433a-b836-7ca4f9aa3481",
  "created_at": "2018-02-06T22:09:15.000Z",
  "current_status": "Draft",
  "name": "December Newsletter for Dog Lovers",
  "type": "NEWSLETTER",
  "type_code": 10,
  "updated_at": "2018-06-27T10:28:09.000Z"
}