API Method EventNotificationBulkCreate

Description

The following describes the processes involved when sending bulk event notifications.

A bulk event notification consists of a JSON object populated with a list of:

   - payload (the content of the notification)
   - internal id (an identification id specified by the requester)
   - delivery date/time
   - delivery destination
   - delivery method

Field Validations

payload

• Required - The content of payload cannot be empty, otherwise the notification will be considered invalid.

internalId

• Not Required - This field is here as a way for a requester to track their notifications being created.

deliveryDateTime

• Not Required - This will default to the current date/time if not provided, hence the notification will be scheduled to be sent right away.
  • Date/Time Format: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss
    • Example: 2015-01-01 14:01:00

deliveryDestination

• Required - The destination must match the format associate with the delivery method.
  • Phone Number - The phone number can contain formatting, but the maximum number of digits is 10. This cannot be used, if a method of EMAIL is specified for the delivery method.
    • Example: 333-222-4567 resolves to 3332224567
  • Email Address - This must be a valid email address. This cannot be used, if a method of SMS is specified for the delivery method.
    • Example: abc123@alphabet.com

deliveryMethod

• Required - The method by which the notification will be delivered. The list of acceptable values include:
  • SMS - This is case insensitive and will specify that the notification is to be delivered via text messaging.

Prerequisites

1 This API call requires Vendor-level credentials. The credentials should be populated into the applicationId and applicationPassword fields of the auth block:

 {
   ...
   "auth": {
     "applicationId": "vendorId",
     "applicationPassword": "vendorPassword",
     "accountId": "",
     "userId": ""
   }
 }
 
 

2 This API call requires a Practice/Account-level identifier. The identifier should be populated into the accountId field of the auth block:

 {
   ...
   "auth": {
     "applicationId": "vendorId",
     "applicationPassword": "vendorPassword",
     "accountId": "practiceId",
     "userId": ""
   }
 }

Messages

Destination Address

 https://updoxqa.com/io/eventNotificationBulkCreate

Request JSON

{

   "notifications": [
       {
           "payload": "Your appointment is tomorrow!",
           "internalId": "ABC",
           "deliveryDateTime": "2015-01-01T01:01:01",
           "deliveryDestination": "123-456-7890",
           "deliveryMethod": "SMS"
       },        {
       {  "payload": "Welcome to our practice!",
           "internalId": "XYZ",
           "deliveryDateTime": "2015-01-01T01:01:01",
           "deliveryDestination": "123-456-7890",
           "deliveryMethod": "SMS"
       }
   ]

}

HTTP Response Status

 200 OK

Response JSON

{

   "successful": true,
   "responseMessage": "OK",
   "responseCode": 2000,
   "bulkNotificationId": 99,
   "validNotificationTotal": 2,
   "invalidNotificationTotal": 0

}

Response Codes

2000: OK

4000: Bad Request

4010: Unauthorized (bad applicationId or applicationPassword)

4011: Unauthorized (bad accountId)

5010 At least one notification must be provided

5011 The maximum number of notifications per request has been exceeded