Queuing Multiple Outbound Calls

Queuing Multiple Outbound Calls

POST https://insight.plumvoice.com/api/surveys/{survey_id}/{instance_id}/bulk_queue

Bulk queue outbound calls for an Insight survey.

Path Parameters

Name	Type	Description
survey_id	string	Insight ID number
instance_id	string	Instance number for an Insight survey

Headers

Name	Type	Description
content-type	string	multipart/form-data

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
csv	object	CSV file of contacts to receive the outbound calls. For a description of how to format this file, see Bulk Queue Calls Formatting.
start_timestamp	string	Unix timestamp for when to make the outbound call.
end_timestamp	string	Unix timestamp for when to stop attempting to make the outbound call
max_attempts	integer	Number of attempts to be made (if previous attempts are not completed successfully). Integer between 1-10.
reattempt_wait	integer	Interval (in seconds) to wait before retrying the outbound call after a failure. This is only required when you set an max_attempts value greater than one, indicating additional retry attempts.
result_url	string	Callback URL to your REST service that processes the call status results when the call is completed, canceled, or all attempts have been exhausted. The POST body will match the format of the 'call_details' attribute from the outbound call status API response, shown here.

200

JSON

{'success':true}

XML

400 Example: too many attempts were supplied.

Possible Response Codes

• 200: success

• 400: supplied data improperly formatted or invalid, uploaded CSV was invalid or not supplied

• 401: authentication headers were invalid or the account is inactive

• 403: the account attempting to queue the outbound call for the survey does not have appropriate permissions

• 404: deployment, user or survey was not found

• 405: invalid HTTP method supplied (only POST allowed)

• 409: survey has been marked as deleted, survey deployment has expired, no TTS engine or metadatbase set for the survey, instance_id supplied did not match the current deployment, the number of survey responses has exceeded the max responses set in the survey's deployment settings

• 415: unsupported media type (Content-Type value in request)

• 500: database error

The return structure will contain the following item(s):

Name	Data Type	Always Present	Description
success	boolean	yes	Indicates the outcome of the request
error	string	no	If the success value is false this provides a message indicating what error(s) occurred

Sample Code

This sample PHP code makes a request to queue multiple outbound calls:

<?php
$ch = curl_init();
$url = 'https://insight.plumvoice.com/api/surveys/{survey_id}/{instance_id}/bulk_queue';
$params = array(
	'csv'=>'@/path/to/csv/on/your/pc.csv',
	'start_timestamp'=>strtotime('+1 minutes'),
	'end_timestamp'=>strtotime('+1 hour'),
	'attempts'=>1
	);
$username = '[email protected]';
$password = 'your_developer_key';
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $username.":".$password);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $params);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array("Accept: application/json", "Content-type: multipart/form-data"));
$result = curl_exec($ch);
$http_code = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
curl_close($ch);
var_dump($result);
var_dump($http_code);