OpCode Y: Retrieve a User’s Badge information

This opcode is used to retrieve a user’s list of badges. The user must already exist. If LookupByExternalUserID is specified as one (1), then the user is located based on the ExternalUserID value. Otherwise, the user is located based on EMailAddress.

Calling The API

The API is called via a secure HTTPS request. This HTTPS request may be a GET or POST operation. Each request must supply the authentication credentials assigned to the caller by Notified. Only requests with valid credentials will be processed. These credentials identify the caller and provide access only to a specific customer area.

The format of the call is: https://api.onlinexperiences.com/scripts/Server.nxp?LASCmd=AI:4;F:APIUTILS!50500&APIUserAuthCode={YourAuthCode}&APIUserCredentials={YourCredentials}&OpCodeList={Opcode[OpCode[…]]}&OutputFormat={X|H|T(default)}&LookupByExternalUserID={0(default)|1}&{Additional, opcode-specific parameters in name=value format…}

Note: The format of the APAC Data Center is: https://api.apac.onlinexperiences.com.

Specific parameter ordering is unimportant, with the only restriction being that the first parameter MUST BE LASCmd=AI:4;F:APIUTILS!50500. All other parameters may appear in any sequence.

API Parameter	Type/Size	Req.	Comment
APIUserAuthCode	Varchar 80	Y	Your API authorization code as supplied by Notified.
APIUserCredentials	Varchar 80	Y	Your API user credentials as supplied by Notified.
OpCodeList	Varchar 20	Y	Should include I to invoke this function.
OutputFormat	Char 1	N	T for text, H for HTTP URL-encoded, or X for XML. Defaults to T.
LookupByExternalUserID	Bit (0/1)	N	Pass one (1) to look up this person by the supplied ExternalUserID (your internal identifier).
ExternalUserID	Varchar 255	-	Your internal identifier for this person. This value must be unique for each person.
EMailAddress	Varchar 255	-	The person’s email address.
ShowKey	Integer	Y	The show identifier to retrieve badges of the user.

Return Outputs

This API returns a result set of profile information upon successful completion. The result set is structured:

Column	Type/Size
BadgeKey	Integer
Title	Varchar 80
Active	Integer (0/1)
ValuePoints	Integer
ImageURLSmall	Varchar 300
ImageURLLarge	Varchar 300
OverrideBadgeKey	Integer
ExternalID	Varchar 255
AwardedDate	Varchar 30 in ODBC format (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS)
Reversed	Integer
ReversedDate	Varchar 30 in ODBC format (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS)
BadgeKey	Integer

Potential Error Codes

Error	Message	Reason
71	User Not Found!	The user with either the specified ExternalUserID or EMailAddress could not be found.