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Create a sub-account.

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http://api.textmarketer.co.uk/services/rest/account/sub

Creating a sub-account will attach the new account to the one used to access the API, which becomes the master account.

Warning
The ability to create accounts is disabled by default. To enable this, please contact Text Marketer.

PUT arguments

The following parameters can be used in a PUT request URL:

Parameter	Value
username	The username of the accessing/master account, for authentication. Not required if you use HTTP Basic Authentication instead.
password	The password of the accessing/master account, for authentication. Not required if you use HTTP Basic Authentication instead.

Request body parameters:

Under the REST methodology, data are sent in the request body.

Parameter	Value
account_password	Optional. Set an account password (for access to the web UI). Between 5 and 20 characters, inclusive. Alpha numeric (no accented letters), '-' and '_' characters allowed. If you don't supply one, a random password will be used.
account_username	Optional. Set an account username (for access to the web UI). Between 5 and 20 characters, inclusive. Alpha numeric (no accented letters), '-' and '_' characters allowed. If you don't supply one, a random password will be used.
company_name	Set a new company name for the account. Between 3 and 40 characters, inclusive. No special restrictions.
notifcationnotification_email	Optional (required if notifcationnotification_mobile is not set). Sets the email address to which notifcations notifications and alerts are sent. Must be a valid email address.
notifcationnotification_mobile	Optional (required if notifcationnotification_email is not set). Sets the mobile number to which notifcations notifications and alerts are sent. Must be a valid UK mobile number.
override_pricing	If set to 'true', use the credits rates set on your main account (the account used to access the API), rather than the Text Marketer defaults.
promo_code	Use a promotional code to put extra credits on the account.

Note
although you cannot set the API username/password here (they are set to the same values as the account username/password you specify), you can modify them afterwards using the POST method.

Specific errors:

Code	Meaning
0	Either the email address or mobile number must be supplied.
1	The company name must be supplied.
2	The email address you specified is invalid.
3	The mobile number you specified is not a valid UK mobile number.
4	A value you tried to set is either too long or too short. See specific error text.
5	A value you tried to set does not match the required pattern. See specific error text.
6	A parameter was missing (see specific error text).
7	The username you specified is already in use. Please choose another.
8	You have reached your limit for the number of accounts you can create. Please contact Text Marketer to increase this.

Note
that a 404 status code is returned if the account ID specified does not exist, and 403 if you do not have permission to access the account you specified.

Example successful response body XML:

Code Block

language	xml
theme	RDark
language	xml
linenumbers	true

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE response PUBLIC
"-//textmarketer.co.uk//DTD Web Services REST 1.6//EN"
"http://api.textmarketer.co.uk/services/rest/DTD/groups_get.dtd">
<response processed_date="2012-04-11T11:23:14+02:00">
	<account>
		<account_id>abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwx</account_id>
		<api_password>my_api_password</api_password>
		<api_username>my_api_username</api_username>
		<company_name>Bill's Bakery</company_name>
		<create_date>20012-02-12T01:00:00+02:00</create_date>
		<credits>833</credits>
		<notification_email>bill@billsbakery.com</notification_email>
		<notification_mobile>447777777777</notification_mobile>
		<password>my_UI_password</password>
		<username>my_UI_username</username>
	</account>
</response>

DTD:

Code Block

language	xml
theme	RDark
language	xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--
 PUBLIC ID : -//textmarketer.co.uk//DTD Web Services REST 1.6//EN
 SYSTEM ID : http://api.textmarketer.co.uk/services/rest/DTD/groups_get.dtd
-->
<!ELEMENT response (account)>
<!ATTLIST response
 processed_date CDATA #REQUIRED
>
<!ELEMENT account (account_id, api_password, api_username, company_name?, 
create_date, credits, notification_email?, notification_mobile?, password, 
username)>
<!ELEMENT account_id (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT api_password (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT api_username (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT company_name (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT create_date (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT credits (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT notification_email (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT notification_mobile (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT password (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT username (#PCDATA)>

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