Create a brand

Create a new brand

URL: https://api.courier.com/brands

Method: POST

Body Parameters

idstring

Brand Identifier

namestringrequired

Brand name

settingsobject

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snippetsobject

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Responses

status: 200 OK

creatednumber

The date/time of when the brand was created. Represented in milliseconds since Unix epoch.

idstring

Brand Identifier

namestring

Brand name

publishednumber

The date/time of when the brand was published. Represented in milliseconds since Unix epoch.

settingsobject

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updatednumber

The date/time of when the brand was updated. Represented in milliseconds since Unix epoch.

snippetsobject

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versionstring

The version identifier for the brand

status: 400 Bad Request

messagestring

A message describing the error that occurred.

typestring

[invalid_request_error] The type of error that occurred.

status: 402 Payment Required

messagestring

A message describing the error that occurred.

typestring

[authorization_error] The type of error that occurred.

status: 409 Already Exists

messagestring

A message describing the error that occurred.

typestring

[invalid_request_error] The type of error that occurred.

Request Example

cURL

curl --request POST \
     --url https://api.courier.com/brands \
     --header 'Accept: application/json' \
     --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     --data '
{
  "id": "C8CPX6HQZ5M7Q5KAMW5CXC4N98DH",
  "name": "Example Brand Name",
  "settings": {
    "colors": {
      "primary": "#9D3789",
      "secondary": "#9D3789",
      "tertiary": "#9D3789"
    },
    "email": {
      "footer": {
        "markdown": "**Bold** and _italic_ with a [link](https://www.courier.com)",
        "social": {
          "facebook": {
            "url": "https://www.facebook.com/example"
          },
          "instagram": {
            "url": "https://www.instagram.com/example"
          },
          "linkedin": {
            "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/example"
          },
          "medium": {
            "url": "https://www.medium.com/example"
          },
          "twitter": {
            "url": "https://www.twitter.com/example"
          }
        }
      },
      "header": {
        "barColor": "#9D3789",
        "logo": {
          "href": "https://www.courier.com",
          "image": "https://www.courier.com/logo.png"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
'

Node.js

// Dependencies to install:
// $ npm install node-fetch --save

const fetch = require('node-fetch');

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Accept: 'application/json',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "id": "C8CPX6HQZ5M7Q5KAMW5CXC4N98DH",
    "name": "Example Brand Name",
    "settings": {
      "colors": {
        "primary": "#9D3789",
        "secondary": "#9D3789",
        "tertiary": "#9D3789"
      },
      "email": {
        "footer": {
          "markdown": "**Bold** and _italic_ with a [link](https://www.courier.com)",
          "social": {
            "facebook": {
              "url": "https://www.facebook.com/example"
            },
            "instagram": {
              "url": "https://www.instagram.com/example"
            },
            "linkedin": {
              "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/example"
            },
            "medium": {
              "url": "https://www.medium.com/example"
            },
            "twitter": {
              "url": "https://www.twitter.com/example"
            }
          }
        },
        "header": {
          "barColor": "#9D3789",
          "logo": {
            "href": "https://www.courier.com",
            "image": "https://www.courier.com/logo.png"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  })
};

fetch('https://api.courier.com/brands', options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

Ruby

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'openssl'

url = URI("https://api.courier.com/brands")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Accept"] = 'application/json'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\"id\":\"C8CPX6HQZ5M7Q5KAMW5CXC4N98DH\",\"name\":\"Example Brand Name\",\"settings\":{\"colors\":{\"primary\":\"#9D3789\",\"secondary\":\"#9D3789\",\"tertiary\":\"#9D3789\"},\"email\":{\"footer\":{\"markdown\":\"**Bold** and _italic_ with a [link](https://www.courier.com)\",\"social\":{\"facebook\":{\"url\":\"https://www.facebook.com/example\"},\"instagram\":{\"url\":\"https://www.instagram.com/example\"},\"linkedin\":{\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/example\"},\"medium\":{\"url\":\"https://www.medium.com/example\"},\"twitter\":{\"url\":\"https://www.twitter.com/example\"}}},\"header\":{\"barColor\":\"#9D3789\",\"logo\":{\"href\":\"https://www.courier.com\",\"image\":\"https://www.courier.com/logo.png\"}}}}}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

Python

# Dependencies to install:
# $ python -m pip install requests

import requests

url = "https://api.courier.com/brands"

payload = {
  "id": "C8CPX6HQZ5M7Q5KAMW5CXC4N98DH",
  "name": "Example Brand Name",
  "settings": {
    "colors": {
      "primary": "#9D3789",
      "secondary": "#9D3789",
      "tertiary": "#9D3789"
    },
    "email": {
      "footer": {
        "markdown": "**Bold** and _italic_ with a [link](https://www.courier.com)",
        "social": {
          "facebook": {
            "url": "https://www.facebook.com/example"
          },
          "instagram": {
            "url": "https://www.instagram.com/example"
          },
          "linkedin": {
            "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/example"
          },
          "medium": {
            "url": "https://www.medium.com/example"
          },
          "twitter": {
            "url": "https://www.twitter.com/example"
          }
        }
      },
      "header": {
        "barColor": "#9D3789",
        "logo": {
          "href": "https://www.courier.com",
          "image": "https://www.courier.com/logo.png"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
headers = {
  "Accept": "application/json",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.request("POST", url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

Go

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "strings"
  "net/http"
  "io/ioutil"
)

func main() {

  url := "https://api.courier.com/brands"

  payload := strings.NewReader("{\"id\":\"C8CPX6HQZ5M7Q5KAMW5CXC4N98DH\",\"name\":\"Example Brand Name\",\"settings\":{\"colors\":{\"primary\":\"#9D3789\",\"secondary\":\"#9D3789\",\"tertiary\":\"#9D3789\"},\"email\":{\"footer\":{\"markdown\":\"**Bold** and _italic_ with a [link](https://www.courier.com)\",\"social\":{\"facebook\":{\"url\":\"https://www.facebook.com/example\"},\"instagram\":{\"url\":\"https://www.instagram.com/example\"},\"linkedin\":{\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/example\"},\"medium\":{\"url\":\"https://www.medium.com/example\"},\"twitter\":{\"url\":\"https://www.twitter.com/example\"}}},\"header\":{\"barColor\":\"#9D3789\",\"logo\":{\"href\":\"https://www.courier.com\",\"image\":\"https://www.courier.com/logo.png\"}}}}}")

  req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

  req.Header.Add("Accept", "application/json")
  req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

  res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

  defer res.Body.Close()
  body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

  fmt.Println(res)
  fmt.Println(string(body))

}

PHP

<?php
// Dependencies to install:
// $ composer require guzzlehttp/guzzle

require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.courier.com/brands', [
  'body' => '{"id":"C8CPX6HQZ5M7Q5KAMW5CXC4N98DH","name":"Example Brand Name","settings":{"colors":{"primary":"#9D3789","secondary":"#9D3789","tertiary":"#9D3789"},"email":{"footer":{"markdown":"**Bold** and _italic_ with a [link](https://www.courier.com)","social":{"facebook":{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/example"},"instagram":{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/example"},"linkedin":{"url":"https://www.linkedin.com/example"},"medium":{"url":"https://www.medium.com/example"},"twitter":{"url":"https://www.twitter.com/example"}}},"header":{"barColor":"#9D3789","logo":{"href":"https://www.courier.com","image":"https://www.courier.com/logo.png"}}}}}',
  'headers' => [
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();

Responses Example

{
  "created": 1591753605265,
  "id": "C8CPX6HQZ5M7Q5KAMW5CXC4N98DH",
  "name": "Example Brand Name",
  "published": 1591753605265,
  "settings": {
    "colors": {
      "primary": "#9D3789",
      "secondary": "#9D3789",
      "tertiary": "#9D3789"
    },
    "inapp": {
      "preferences": {
        "templateIds": [
          null
        ]
      }
    },
    "email": {
      "footer": {
        "markdown": "**Bold** and _italic_ with a [link](https://www.courier.com)",
        "social": {
          "facebook": {
            "url": "https://www.facebook.com/example"
          },
          "instagram": {
            "url": "https://www.instagram.com/example"
          },
          "linkedin": {
            "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/example"
          },
          "medium": {
            "url": "https://www.medium.com/example"
          },
          "twitter": {
            "url": "https://www.twitter.com/example"
          }
        }
      },
      "header": {
        "barColor": "#9D3789",
        "logo": {
          "href": "https://www.courier.com",
          "image": "https://www.courier.com/logo.png"
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "updated": 1591753605265,
  "snippets": {
    "items": [
      {}
    ]
  },
  "version": "2020-06-19T18:51:36.083Z"
}

{
  "message": "Error Message",
  "type": "invalid_request_error"
}

{
  "message": "Limit Exceeded",
  "type": "authorization_error"
}

{
  "message": "Already Exists",
  "type": "invalid_request_error"
}

Example

Method: POST

URL: https://api.courier.com/brands

Body: ​

{
  "id": "C8CPX6HQZ5M7Q5KAMW5CXC4N98DH",
  "name": "Example Brand Name",
  "settings": {
    "colors": {
      "primary": "#9D3789",
      "secondary": "#9D3789",
      "tertiary": "#9D3789"
    },
    "email": {
      "footer": {
        "markdown": "**Bold** and _italic_ with a [link](https://www.courier.com)",
        "social": {
          "facebook": {
            "url": "https://www.facebook.com/example"
          },
          "instagram": {
            "url": "https://www.instagram.com/example"
          },
          "linkedin": {
            "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/example"
          },
          "medium": {
            "url": "https://www.medium.com/example"
          },
          "twitter": {
            "url": "https://www.twitter.com/example"
          }
        }
      },
      "header": {
        "barColor": "#9D3789",
        "logo": {
          "href": "https://www.courier.com",
          "image": "https://www.courier.com/logo.png"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}