In the Subscribe and Unsubscribe actions:

• Email must be the first entry
• ID must be the second entry
• The <ID> tag must be in UPPERCASE

<Subscriber>
    <Email>test2@example.com</Email>
    <ID>2</ID>
</Subscriber>

Subscribe

This document facilitates the management of Informz subscribers.

• It is designed for infrequent subscriber data updates.
• If you expect to be updating subscriber data regularly, Informz recommends the BulkUpload method. 
• This document is processed synchronously. 

The InterestAction has two options:

• AddOrUpdateSubscribers
• ReplaceAllSubscribers

Request

<ActionRequest xmlns="http://partner.informz.net/aapi/2009/08/">
 <Brand id="9999">Test Brand</Brand>
 <User></User>
 <Actions>
  <Subscribe>
   <InterestDetails>
    <InterestNames>
     <InterestName>Sample Interest 1</InterestName>
     <InterestName>Sample Interest 2</InterestName>
    </InterestNames>
    <InterestAction>ReplaceAllSubscribers</InterestAction>
   </InterestDetails>
   <SubscriberData>
    <FieldDefinitions>
     <FieldDefinition>
      <Name>First_Name</Name>
      <DataType>String</DataType>
      <DefaultValue>Customer</DefaultValue>
     </FieldDefinition>
     <FieldDefinition>
      <Name>Last_Name</Name>
      <DataType>String</DataType>
      <DefaultValue>McCustomer</DefaultValue>
     </FieldDefinition>
    </FieldDefinitions>
    <Subscribers>
     <Subscriber>
      <Email>steve@example.com</Email>
      <ID>321</ID>
      <Fields>
       <Field element="First_Name">Steve</Field>
       <Field element="Last_Name">Sanders</Field>
      </Fields>
     </Subscriber>
     <Subscriber>
      <Email>mary@example.com</Email>
      <ID>6612</ID>
      <Fields>
       <Field element="First_Name">Mary</Field>
       <Field element="Last_Name">Lamb</Field>
      </Fields>
     </Subscriber>
     <Subscriber>
      <Email>chuck@example.com</Email>
      <ID>5143</ID>
      <Fields>
       <Field element="First_Name">Chuck</Field>
       <Field element="Last_Name">Norris</Field>
      </Fields>
     </Subscriber>
    </Subscribers>
   </SubscriberData>
  </Subscribe>
 </Actions>
</ActionRequest

Details

Notes

• Email address does not have to be unique within Informz.
• Both elements are required.
• Incoming email addresses are converted to all lowercase.
• Subscribers that cannot be created are presented within the <InvalidSubscribers> tag.

Response (with No Invalid Email Addresses)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<ActionResponse xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="http://partner.informz.net/aapi/2009/08/">
 <Brand id=“0”>Brand1</Brand>
 <User></User>
 <Responses>
  <Subscribe>
   <Count>0</Count>
   <ActionStatus>
    <Status>success</Status>
    <Message xsi:type="xsd:string">3 total records:
3 added.
0 previous subscribers.
0 previous unsubscribers.
0 duplicate subscribers.
0 invalid addresses.</Message>
   </ActionStatus>
   <InvalidSubscribers />
  </Subscribe>
 </Responses>
</ActionResponse>

Unsubscribe

Returns unsubscribe count and unsubscribe status with reason.

Details

Request

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ActionRequest xmlns="http://partner.informz.net/aapi/2009/08/">  
 <Brand id="9999">Test Brand</Brand>
 <User></User>
 <Password></Password>
 <Actions>
  <Unsubscribe>
   <Subscribers>
    <Subscriber>
     <Email>test1@example.com</Email>
     <ID>1</ID>
     <UnsubscribeReason>Unsubscribe reason 1</UnsubscribeReason>
    </Subscriber>
    <Subscriber>
     <Email>test2@example.com</Email>
     <ID>2</ID>
     <UnsubscribeReason>Unsubscribe reason 2</UnsubscribeReason>
    </Subscriber>
    <Subscriber>
     <Email>test3@example.com</Email>
     <ID>3</ID>
     <UnsubscribeReason>Unsubscribe reason 3</UnsubscribeReason>
    </Subscriber>
   </Subscribers>
  </Unsubscribe>
 </Actions>
</ActionRequest

Response

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<ActionResponse xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" 
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://partner.informz.net/aapi/2009/08/">
 <Brand id="9999">Test Brand</Brand>
 <User></User>
 <Responses>
  <Unsubscribe>
   <Count>3</Count>
   <ActionStatus>
    <Status>success</Status>
    <Message xsi:type="xsd:string">3 email addresses unsubscribed.</Message>
   </ActionStatus>
  </Unsubscribe>
 </Responses>
</ActionResponse>

Notes

• If the ID is not provided, and there is only one matching email address, it is unsubscribed. If there is more than one matching email address, an exception is returned.
• If UnsubscribeReason is not provided, then a default reason ("Unsubscribed via Informz Web Service") is written in DB table.

Opt Out

This document facilitates removing a subscriber from an interest or interests.

<ActionRequest xmlns="http://partner.informz.net/aapi/2009/08/">
 <Brand id="0"></Brand>
 <User></User>
 <Actions>
  <Optout>
   <InterestNames>
    <InterestName>Sample Interest 1</InterestName>
    <InterestName>Sample Interest 2</InterestName>
   </InterestNames>
   <Subscribers>
    <Subscriber>
     <Email>mike@example.com</Email>
     <ID>8462</ID>
    </Subscriber>
    <Subscriber>
     <Email>ann@example.com</Email>
     <ID>384</ID>
    </Subscriber>
    <Subscriber>
     <Email>jim@example.com</Email>
     <ID>6324</ID>
    </Subscriber>
   </Subscribers>
  </Optout>
 </Actions>
</ActionRequest>

Notes

• The <InterestName> is required. Not including it in the document will result in an error.
• All <InterestName> values must exist in Informz in order for the document to process.
• At least one <Email> is required. Not including it in the document will result in an error.
• If malformed emails are provided, they will be ignored. The total count reported back will include these as having been processed.
• If an email address is not found in the interest, it will be reported as having been processed. These are not identified as errors.