Using the API

Subscribers

Get all subscribers from an email list

The /api/email-lists/<uuid>/subscribers endpoint lists all subscribers of a specific email list.

$ MAILCOACH_TOKEN="your API token"
$ curl https://[[your-domain]].mailcoach.app/api/email-lists/a69075c6-ff5c-4b6a-b217-12026cb72e4f/subscribers \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAILCOACH_TOKEN" \
    -H 'Accept: application/json' \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'

Searching on email specifically is possible on this endpoint using ?filter[email]=info@example.com.

Fuzzy searching on email, first_name, last_name and tags is possible on this endpoint using ?filter[search]=searchterm for searching.

Filtering on subscriber status is possible using ?filter[status]=unconfirmed, possible values are unconfirmed, subscribed and unsubscribed

Sorting is possible on this endpoint on created_at, updated_at, subscribed_at, unsubscribed_at, email, first_name and last_name. For example ?sort=-created_at to sort descending on created_at

As a result, you get the details of all the email list's subscribers:

{
    "data": [
        {
            "id": 3,
            "email_list_id": 1,
            "email": "john@doe.com",
            "first_name": null,
            "last_name": null,
            "extra_attributes": [],
            "tags": [],
            "uuid": "2a0c72d9-f91a-4fd2-88a7-589dfd75f464",
            "subscribed_at": "2020-08-06T13:24:31.000000Z",
            "unsubscribed_at": null,
            "created_at": "2020-08-06T13:24:31.000000Z",
            "updated_at": "2020-08-06T13:24:31.000000Z"
        },
        ...
    ],
    "links": {
        "first": "https://[[your-domain]].mailcoach.app/api/email-lists/1/subscribers?page=1",
        "last": "https://[[your-domain]].mailcoach.app/api/email-lists/1/subscribers?page=1",
        "prev": null,
        "next": null
    },
    "meta": {
        "current_page": 1,
        "from": 1,
        "last_page": 1,
        "path": "https://[[your-domain]].mailcoach.app/api/email-lists/1/subscribers",
        "per_page": 15,
        "to": 3,
        "total": 3
    }
}

Get a specific subscriber

If you want to get the details of a specific subscriber, you can send a GET request to the /api/subscribers/<uuid> endpoint.

$ MAILCOACH_TOKEN="your API token"
$ curl https://[[your-domain]].mailcoach.app/api/subscribers/2a0c72d9-f91a-4fd2-88a7-589dfd75f464 \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAILCOACH_TOKEN" \
    -H 'Accept: application/json' \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'

Response:

{
    "data": {
        "id": 99,
        "email_list_id": 1,
        "email": "john@doe.com",
        "first_name": null,
        "last_name": null,
        "extra_attributes": [],
        "tags": [],
        "uuid": "2a0c72d9-f91a-4fd2-88a7-589dfd75f464",
        "subscribed_at": "2020-08-06T13:24:31.000000Z",
        "unsubscribed_at": null,
        "created_at": "2020-08-06T13:24:31.000000Z",
        "updated_at": "2020-08-06T13:24:31.000000Z"
    }
}

Subscribing to an email list

To subscribe an email address to an email list, send a POST request to the /api/email-lists/<uuid>/subscribers endpoint.

$ MAILCOACH_TOKEN="your API token"
$ curl -x POST https://[[your-domain]].mailcoach.app/api/email-lists/a69075c6-ff5c-4b6a-b217-12026cb72e4f/subscribers \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAILCOACH_TOKEN" \
    -H 'Accept: application/json' \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -d '{"email":"john@doe.com", "first_name":"John", "last_name":"Doe"}'

The only required field is email and should be a valid email address that is not already subscribed (or unsubscribed) in the list.

If the API call succeeded, you'll be given a response with the subscriber's details:

You can pass the following fields while creating a subscriber:

  • email: string, required
  • first_name: nullable
  • last_name: nullable
  • extra_attributes: nullable, array
  • tags: array
  • skip_confirmation: bool

When passing tags, the tags will be synced to the subscriber.

{
  "data": {
    "id": 3,
    "email_list_id": 1,
    "email": "john@doe.com",
    "first_name": null,
    "last_name": null,
    "extra_attributes": [],
    "tags": [],
    "uuid": "2a0c72d9-f91a-4fd2-88a7-589dfd75f464",
    "subscribed_at": "2020-08-06T13:24:31.000000Z",
    "unsubscribed_at": null,
    "created_at": "2020-08-06T13:24:31.000000Z",
    "updated_at": "2020-08-06T13:24:31.000000Z"
  }
}

Update a subscriber

To update a subscriber, you can send a PATCH request to the /api/subscribers/<uuid> endpoint.

$ MAILCOACH_TOKEN="your API token"
$ curl -x PATCH https://[[your-domain]].mailcoach.app/api/subscribers/2a0c72d9-f91a-4fd2-88a7-589dfd75f464 \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAILCOACH_TOKEN" \
    -H 'Accept: application/json' \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -d '{"email":"john@doe.com", "first_name":"John", "last_name":"Doe"}'

You can pass the following fields while updating a subscriber:

  • email: string, required
  • first_name: nullable
  • last_name: nullable
  • tags: array
  • append_tags: boolean
  • extra_attributes: nullable, array

The append_tags option determines whether tags will be synced (replaced) or appended to the subscriber.

Delete a subscriber

To delete a subscriber, and erase all knowledge of it existing, you can send a DELETE request to the /api/subscribers/<uuid> endpoint.

This means the email address can be subscribed again on a later date.

$ MAILCOACH_TOKEN="your API token"
$ curl -x DELETE https://[[your-domain]].mailcoach.app/api/subscribers/2a0c72d9-f91a-4fd2-88a7-589dfd75f464 \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAILCOACH_TOKEN" \
    -H 'Accept: application/json' \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'

If the API call succeeded, you'll be given an empty response with a 204 status code.

Confirm a subscriber

To confirm a subscriber's subscription to an email list, you can send a POST request to the /api/subscribers/<uuid>/confirm endpoint

$ MAILCOACH_TOKEN="your API token"
$ curl -x POST https://[[your-domain]].mailcoach.app/api/subscribers/2a0c72d9-f91a-4fd2-88a7-589dfd75f464/confirm \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAILCOACH_TOKEN" \
    -H 'Accept: application/json' \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'

If the API call succeeded, you'll be given an empty response with a 204 status code.

Unsubscribe a subscriber

To unsubscribe a subscriber's subscription to an email list, you can send a POST request to the /api/subscribers/<uuid>/unsubscribe endpoint

$ MAILCOACH_TOKEN="your API token"
$ curl -x POST https://[[your-domain]].mailcoach.app/api/subscribers/2a0c72d9-f91a-4fd2-88a7-589dfd75f464/unsubscribe \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAILCOACH_TOKEN" \
    -H 'Accept: application/json' \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'

If the API call succeeded, you'll be given an empty response with a 204 status code.

Resend confirmation of a subscriber

To resend the confirmation email a subscriber received, you can send a POST request to the /api/subscribers/<uuid>/resend-confirmation endpoint

$ MAILCOACH_TOKEN="your API token"
$ curl -x POST https://[[your-domain]].mailcoach.app/api/subscribers/2a0c72d9-f91a-4fd2-88a7-589dfd75f464/resend-confirmation \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAILCOACH_TOKEN" \
    -H 'Accept: application/json' \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'

If the API call succeeded, you'll be given an empty response with a 204 status code.

Error handling

If an error occurred, you'll be given a non-HTTP/200 response code. The resulting payload might look like this.

{
  "message": "The given data was invalid.",
  "errors": {
    "name": [
      "The name field is required."
    ]
  }
}
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