Transfer credits from the source/master account to the target/sub account.
The following POST parameters should be used in a POST request.
You can use either:
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| quantity | The number of credits to transfer from the source account to the target account. Must be a positive integer. |
| target | The account number of the account to transfer the credits to. |
| username | The username of the source/master account, for authentication. Not required if you use HTTP Basic Authentication instead. |
| password | The password of the source/master account, for authentication. Not required if you use HTTP Basic Authentication instead. |
Your account number can be found in the web interface On page footer. |
OR you can use (diference highlighted in grey/blue):
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| quantity | The number of credits to transfer from the source account to the target account. Must be a positive integer. |
| target_username | The username of the account to transfer the credits to. |
| target_password | The password of the account to transfer the credits to. |
| username | The username of the source/master account, for authentication. Not required if you use HTTP Basic Authentication instead. |
| password | The password of the source/master account, for authentication. Not required if you use HTTP Basic Authentication instead. |
Example successful response body XML:
<?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/credits_post.dtd"> <response processed_date="2011-04-14T11:16:06+01:00"> <source_credits_before>442</source_credits_before> <source_credits_after>441</source_credits_after> <target_credits_before>121</target_credits_before> <target_credits_after>122</target_credits_after> </response> |
Response meanings:
| XML tag/attribute | Meaning |
|---|---|
| source_credits_before | The number of credits on the source account before the transfer was made. |
| source_credits_after | The number of credits on the source account after the transfer was made. |
| target_credits_before | The number of credits on the target account before the transfer was made. |
| target_credits_after | The number of credits on the target account after the transfer was made. |
Specific errors:
| Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0 | There are insufcient credits available to transfer the specified quantity, or the specified quantity is not a positive number |
| 1 | The target account number specified is not a valid number or username/password combination does not refer to any known account |
Example error response body XML:
<?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/errors.dtd"> <response processed_date="2011-04-14T11:33:56+01:00"> <errors> <error code="0">Invalid number of credits specified: -1</error> <error code="1">Invalid destination account number</error> </errors> </response> |
DTD for credits POST:
<?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/credits_post.dtd --> <!ELEMENT response (source_credits_before, source_credits_after, target_credits_before, target_credits_after)> <!ATTLIST response processed_date CDATA #REQUIRED > <!ELEMENT source_credits_before (#PCDATA)> <!ELEMENT source_credits_after (#PCDATA)> <!ELEMENT target_credits_before (#PCDATA)> <!ELEMENT target_credits_after (#PCDATA)> |