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doesCustomerExist

Version 1 This method allows you to check if a customer exists by their email, mobile number, twitter id, facebook id, google id, instagram id or foursquare.

https://api.peoplevine.com/customer.asmx/doesCustomerExist

For non required fields, you can either omit from the JSON string or set it to a default value
(e.g. String = "", Integer/Double = 0, Boolean = false, DateTime = 1900-01-01T00:00:00.000Z)

INPUT

Name Type Description Required
{"auth": {"api_username": "", "api_password": "", "api_key": "", "company_no": 0, "username": "", "password": "", "timezone_offset": 0, "auth_type": "", "system_name": "", "system_company_no": 0 }, "csf": {"customer_no": 0, "customer_reference": "", "searchterm": "", "userOnly": false, "resultsize": 0, "user_no": 0, "email": "", "mobile_number": "", "customer_type": "", "customer_no": 0, "sortby": "", "resultsize": 0, "company_no": 0, "created_start": "1/1/1900 12:00 AM", "created_end": "1/1/1900 12:00 AM", "onlyOptedInEmail": false, "onlyOptedInSMS": false, "facebook_id": "", "twitter_id": "", "google_id": "", "instagram_id": "", "facebook_handle": "", "twitter_handle": "", "google_handle": "", "instagram_handle": "", "foursquare_id": "" } }
{"auth": {"api_username": "", "api_password": "", "api_key": "", "company_no": 0, "username": "", "password": "" }, "csf": {"customer_reference": "", "userOnly": false, "user_no": 0, "email": "", "mobile_number": "", "customer_type": "", "customer_no": 0, "sortby": "", "resultsize": 0, "company_no": 0, "created_start": "1/1/1900 12:00 AM", "created_end": "1/1/1900 12:00 AM", "onlyOptedInEmail": false, "onlyOptedInSMS": false, "facebook_id": "", "twitter_id": "", "google_id": "", "instagram_id": "", "facebook_handle": "", "twitter_handle": "", "google_handle": "", "instagram_handle": "", "foursquare_id": "" } }

OUTPUT

By default, every API call returns an object of returnMessage as either XML or JSON depending on your content-type of the request.  With in the returnMessage structure the returnObject is specified above and differs based on the API meth.

Name Type Description
responseCode String This identifies the error that occurred for additional handling. Response codes starting with "A" are a success or "E" are an error.
message String Additional minor details on the response to display to your customers.
isError Boolean True if an error. False if succesful.
methodFailed String If there's an error, this is the method it failed at for debugging purposes.
extendedMessage String Additional instructions on how you can fix the error or what you can do with the return object.
reason String Explains why this error occurred or what was completed.
reponseTime Double How long it took to respond in seconds.
returnObject ArrayOfwi_customer_full
customer_attribute_no double
timezone string
customer_no double
username string
attribute_type string
settings string
attribute_value string
generatePassword boolean
created_on dateTime
profile_photo string
company_no double
foursquare_handle string
foursquare_id string
customer_status string
facebook_handle string
twitter_handle string
google_handle string
instagram_handle string
latitude string
longitude string
first_name string
last_name string
address string
address2 string
city string
state string
zip_code string
country string
phone_number string
mobile_number string
email string
password string
device_type string
passbook_enabled string
wallet_enabled string
opt_in_email string
opt_in_sms string
opt_in_updates string
user_no double
company_name string
birthdate dateTime
modified_on dateTime
address3 string
customer_reference string
facebook_id string
twitter_id string
google_id string
instagram_id string
middle_name string
website string
customer_type string
{"responseCode": "", "message": "", "isError": false, "methodFailed": "", "extendedMessage": "", "reason": "", "responseTime": 0, "returnObject": [{"customer_attribute_no": 0, "timezone": "", "customer_no": 0, "username": "", "attribute_type": "", "settings": "", "attribute_value": "", "generatePassword": false, "created_on": "1/1/1900 12:00 AM", "profile_photo": "", "company_no": 0, "foursquare_handle": "", "foursquare_id": "", "customer_status": "", "facebook_handle": "", "twitter_handle": "", "google_handle": "", "instagram_handle": "", "latitude": "", "longitude": "", "first_name": "", "last_name": "", "address": "", "address2": "", "city": "", "state": "", "zip_code": "", "country": "", "phone_number": "", "mobile_number": "", "email": "", "password": "", "device_type": "", "passbook_enabled": "", "wallet_enabled": "", "opt_in_email": "", "opt_in_sms": "", "opt_in_updates": "", "user_no": 0, "company_name": "", "birthdate": "1/1/1900 12:00 AM", "modified_on": "1/1/1900 12:00 AM", "address3": "", "customer_reference": "", "facebook_id": "", "twitter_id": "", "google_id": "", "instagram_id": "", "middle_name": "", "website": "", "customer_type": "" }] }

Sample Code

This sample code is to generate a function leveraging existing core functions you've already built.

                
func getAPIKit() -> (url: String, dict: Dictionary<String, AnyObject>) {

    var customer_no = 0
    var customer_reference = ""
    var searchterm = ""
    var userOnly = false
    var resultsize = 0
    var user_no = 0
    var email = ""
    var mobile_number = ""
    var customer_type = ""
    var customer_no = 0
    var sortby = ""
    var resultsize = 0
    var company_no = 0
    var created_start = "1/1/1900 12:00 AM"
    var created_end = "1/1/1900 12:00 AM"
    var onlyOptedInEmail = false
    var onlyOptedInSMS = false
    var facebook_id = ""
    var twitter_id = ""
    var google_id = ""
    var instagram_id = ""
    var facebook_handle = ""
    var twitter_handle = ""
    var google_handle = ""
    var instagram_handle = ""
    var foursquare_id = ""

    let url = "https://api.peoplevine.com/customer.asmx/doesCustomerExist"
    
    let key = "csf"
    let csfDict: Dictionary<String, AnyObject> = ["customer_no": customer_no, "customer_reference": customer_reference, "searchterm": searchterm, "userOnly": userOnly, "resultsize": resultsize, "user_no": user_no, "email": email, "mobile_number": mobile_number, "customer_type": customer_type, "customer_no": customer_no, "sortby": sortby, "resultsize": resultsize, "company_no": company_no, "created_start": created_start, "created_end": created_end, "onlyOptedInEmail": onlyOptedInEmail, "onlyOptedInSMS": onlyOptedInSMS, "facebook_id": facebook_id, "twitter_id": twitter_id, "google_id": google_id, "instagram_id": instagram_id, "facebook_handle": facebook_handle, "twitter_handle": twitter_handle, "google_handle": google_handle, "instagram_handle": instagram_handle, "foursquare_id": foursquare_id ]
    let finalDict = User.getAuthDict(dictToAdd: csfDict, dictKey: key)
    
    return (url, finalDict)
  }

                
            

To get started we reccomend that you download the Alamofire project to simplify integration: https://github.com/Alamofire/Alamofire, in addition to SwiftyJSON: https://github.com/SwiftyJSON/SwiftyJSON

                
import Foundation

struct AUTH {
    static var api_username = <string>
    static var api_password = <string>
    static var api_key = <string>
    static var company_no = <double>
    static var username = <string>
    static var password = <string>
    static var timezone_offset = <double>
    static var auth_type = <string>
    static var system_name = <string>
    static var system_company_no = <double>}
    
struct CSF {
    static var customer_no = <integer>
    static var customer_reference = <string>
    static var searchterm = <string>
    static var userOnly = <boolean>
    static var resultsize = <integer>
    static var user_no = <double>
    static var email = <string>
    static var mobile_number = <string>
    static var customer_type = <string>
    static var customer_no = <double>
    static var sortby = <string>
    static var resultsize = <double>
    static var company_no = <double>
    static var created_start = <dateTime>
    static var created_end = <dateTime>
    static var onlyOptedInEmail = <boolean>
    static var onlyOptedInSMS = <boolean>
    static var facebook_id = <string>
    static var twitter_id = <string>
    static var google_id = <string>
    static var instagram_id = <string>
    static var facebook_handle = <string>
    static var twitter_handle = <string>
    static var google_handle = <string>
    static var instagram_handle = <string>
    static var foursquare_id = <string>}
    
func doesCustomerExistRequest() {
    
    var doesCustomerExistObjects = [AnyObject]()
    let postsEndpoint: String = "https://api.peoplevine.com/customer.asmx/doesCustomerExist"

    let authAndFieldsDict = ["auth": ["api_username": AUTH.api_username, "api_password": AUTH.api_password, "api_key": AUTH.api_key, "company_no": AUTH.company_no, "username": AUTH.username, "password": AUTH.password, "timezone_offset": AUTH.timezone_offset, "auth_type": AUTH.auth_type, "system_name": AUTH.system_name, "system_company_no": AUTH.system_company_no ], "csf": ["customer_no": CSF.customer_no, "customer_reference": CSF.customer_reference, "searchterm": CSF.searchterm, "userOnly": CSF.userOnly, "resultsize": CSF.resultsize, "user_no": CSF.user_no, "email": CSF.email, "mobile_number": CSF.mobile_number, "customer_type": CSF.customer_type, "customer_no": CSF.customer_no, "sortby": CSF.sortby, "resultsize": CSF.resultsize, "company_no": CSF.company_no, "created_start": CSF.created_start, "created_end": CSF.created_end, "onlyOptedInEmail": CSF.onlyOptedInEmail, "onlyOptedInSMS": CSF.onlyOptedInSMS, "facebook_id": CSF.facebook_id, "twitter_id": CSF.twitter_id, "google_id": CSF.google_id, "instagram_id": CSF.instagram_id, "facebook_handle": CSF.facebook_handle, "twitter_handle": CSF.twitter_handle, "google_handle": CSF.google_handle, "instagram_handle": CSF.instagram_handle, "foursquare_id": CSF.foursquare_id ] ]

    Alamofire.request(.POST, postsEndpoint, parameters: authAndFieldsDict, encoding: .JSON).responseJSON { (request, response, data, error) in

      if let anError = error {

        println("error calling POST on /posts")
        println(error)

      } else if let jsonData: AnyObject = data {
        if let dataString = (jsonData.valueForKey("d") as! String).dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding) {
            let json = JSON(data: dataString)  //use this object to parse data
            
            //SAMPLE PARSING
            let varData = json["returnObject"][0]["object"].stringValue

            // ----------
            // BELOW REPRESENTS AN EXAMPLE USING PURE SWIFT JSONSERIALIZATION INSTEAD OF SWIFTYJSON --------//

            //          if let doesCustomerExistDict = NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(encoString, options: .MutableContainers, error: nil) as? NSDictionary {
            //            if let returnObjectArray = doesCustomerExistDict["returnObject"] as? NSArray {
            //
            //              for doesCustomerExistObject in returnObjectArray {
            //                doesCustomerExistObjects.append(doesCustomerExistObject)
            //                if let item = doesCustomerExistObject["object_name"] as? NSDictionary {
            //                  let varItem = item["field_name"] as! String
            //                }
            //              }
            //
            //              println("\n\(doesCustomerExistObjects.count) Total")
            //            }
            //          }
        }
      }
    }
  }



            
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>API Call - doesCustomerExist</title>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
   $(function() {
      var dataValue = {
         
            "auth": {
                "api_username": "", 
                "api_password": "", 
                "api_key": "", 
                "company_no": 0, 
                "username": "", 
                "password": "", 
                "timezone_offset": 0, 
                "auth_type": "", 
                "system_name": "", 
                "system_company_no": 0, 
                },
            
            "csf": {
                "customer_no": 0, 
                "customer_reference": "", 
                "searchterm": "", 
                "userOnly": false, 
                "resultsize": 0, 
                "user_no": 0, 
                "email": "", 
                "mobile_number": "", 
                "customer_type": "", 
                "customer_no": 0, 
                "sortby": "", 
                "resultsize": 0, 
                "company_no": 0, 
                "created_start": "1/1/1900 12:00 AM", 
                "created_end": "1/1/1900 12:00 AM", 
                "onlyOptedInEmail": false, 
                "onlyOptedInSMS": false, 
                "facebook_id": "", 
                "twitter_id": "", 
                "google_id": "", 
                "instagram_id": "", 
                "facebook_handle": "", 
                "twitter_handle": "", 
                "google_handle": "", 
                "instagram_handle": "", 
                "foursquare_id": "", 
                },
            
      };
      
      $.ajax({
         url: 'https://api.peoplevine.com/customer.asmx/doesCustomerExist',
         type: 'POST',
         data: JSON.stringify(dataValue),
         contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
         dataType: 'json',
         error: function (XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown) {
                alert("ERROR");
         },
         success: function (result) {
                var obj = JSON.parse(result.d).returnObject;

                $.each(obj, function(i) {
                    $("#divID").html(obj[i].field_name); //do something with the data
                })
         }
      })
   });
</script>
</body>
</html>
            
    
System.Net.HttpWebRequest req = System.Net.HttpWebRequest.Create("https://api.peoplevine.com/customer.asmx/doesCustomerExist");
req.Method = "POST";
req.ContentType = "application/json; charset=utf-8";

string dataValue = "{auth: {api_username: <string>, api_password: <string>, api_key: <string>, company_no: <double>, username: <string>, password: <string>, timezone_offset: <double>, auth_type: <string>, system_name: <string>, system_company_no: <double> },csf: {customer_no: <integer>, customer_reference: <string>, searchterm: <string>, userOnly: <boolean>, resultsize: <integer>, user_no: <double>, email: <string>, mobile_number: <string>, customer_type: <string>, customer_no: <double>, sortby: <string>, resultsize: <double>, company_no: <double>, created_start: <dateTime>, created_end: <dateTime>, onlyOptedInEmail: <boolean>, onlyOptedInSMS: <boolean>, facebook_id: <string>, twitter_id: <string>, google_id: <string>, instagram_id: <string>, facebook_handle: <string>, twitter_handle: <string>, google_handle: <string>, instagram_handle: <string>, foursquare_id: <string> }}";

ASCIIEncoding encoding = new ASCIIEncoding();
byte[] bytes = encoding.GetBytes(dataValue);

req.ContentLength = bytes.Length;

System.IO.Stream strm = req.GetRequestStream();
strm.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
strm.Close();

System.Net.HttpWebResponse rsp = req.GetResponse();
System.IO.Stream data = rsp.GetResponseStream();
System.IO.StreamReader rdr = new System.IO.StreamReader(data);

string response = rdr.ReadToEnd();

Dim req As System.Net.HttpWebRequest = System.Net.HttpWebRequest.Create("https://api.peoplevine.com/customer.asmx/doesCustomerExist")
req.Method = "POST"
req.ContentType = "application/json; charset=utf-8"
        
Dim dataValue As String = "{auth: {api_username: <string>, api_password: <string>, api_key: <string>, company_no: <double>, username: <string>, password: <string>, timezone_offset: <double>, auth_type: <string>, system_name: <string>, system_company_no: <double> },csf: {customer_no: <integer>, customer_reference: <string>, searchterm: <string>, userOnly: <boolean>, resultsize: <integer>, user_no: <double>, email: <string>, mobile_number: <string>, customer_type: <string>, customer_no: <double>, sortby: <string>, resultsize: <double>, company_no: <double>, created_start: <dateTime>, created_end: <dateTime>, onlyOptedInEmail: <boolean>, onlyOptedInSMS: <boolean>, facebook_id: <string>, twitter_id: <string>, google_id: <string>, instagram_id: <string>, facebook_handle: <string>, twitter_handle: <string>, google_handle: <string>, instagram_handle: <string>, foursquare_id: <string> }}"
        
Dim encoding As New ASCIIEncoding()
Dim bytes As Byte() = encoding.GetBytes(dataValue)
        
req.ContentLength = bytes.Length
        
Dim strm As System.IO.Stream = req.GetRequestStream()
strm.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length)
strm.Close()
        
Dim rsp As System.Net.HttpWebResponse = req.GetResponse()
Dim data As System.IO.Stream = rsp.GetResponseStream()
Dim rdr As New System.IO.StreamReader(data)

Dim response As String = rdr.ReadToEnd()
// This sample uses the Apache HTTP client from HTTP Components (http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/)
import java.net.URI;

import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.client.utils.URIBuilder;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;

public class JavaSample {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
   HttpClient httpclient = HttpClients.createDefault();

   try
   {
      URIBuilder builder = new URIBuilder("https://peoplevine.azure-api.net/customer/customer/registerCustomer");
      // Specify your subscription key
      builder.setParameter("subscription-key", "");
      URI uri = builder.build();
      HttpPost request = new HttpPost(uri);
      StringEntity reqEntity = new StringEntity("", ContentType.create("application/json"));
      request.setEntity(reqEntity);
      HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(request);
      HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
      if (entity != null) {
         System.out.println(EntityUtils.toString(entity));
      }
   }
   catch (Exception e)
   {
      System.out.println(e.getMessage());
   }
  }
}
<?php

// This sample uses the HTTP_Request2 package. (for more information: http://pear.php.net/package/HTTP_Request2)
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';
$headers = array(
   'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
);

$query_params = array(
   // Specify your subscription key
   'subscription-key' => '',
);

$request = new Http_Request2('https://peoplevine.azure-api.net/customer/customer/registerCustomer');
$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_POST);
// Basic Authorization Sample
// $request-setAuth('{username}', '{password}');
$request->setHeader($headers);

$url = $request->getUrl();
$url->setQueryVariables($query_params);
$request->setBody("");

try
{
   $response = $request->send();
   
   echo $response->getBody();
}
catch (HttpException $ex)
{
   echo $ex;
}

?>

    #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
    
    NSDictionary *authDic = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
            <string>, @"api_username",
            <string>, @"api_password",
            <string>, @"api_key",
            <double>, @"company_no",
            <string>, @"username",
            <string>, @"password",
            <double>, @"timezone_offset",
            <string>, @"auth_type",
            <string>, @"system_name",
            <double>, @"system_company_no", nil];
    
    NSDictionary *csfDic = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
            <integer>, @"customer_no",
            <string>, @"customer_reference",
            <string>, @"searchterm",
            <boolean>, @"userOnly",
            <integer>, @"resultsize",
            <double>, @"user_no",
            <string>, @"email",
            <string>, @"mobile_number",
            <string>, @"customer_type",
            <double>, @"customer_no",
            <string>, @"sortby",
            <double>, @"resultsize",
            <double>, @"company_no",
            <dateTime>, @"created_start",
            <dateTime>, @"created_end",
            <boolean>, @"onlyOptedInEmail",
            <boolean>, @"onlyOptedInSMS",
            <string>, @"facebook_id",
            <string>, @"twitter_id",
            <string>, @"google_id",
            <string>, @"instagram_id",
            <string>, @"facebook_handle",
            <string>, @"twitter_handle",
            <string>, @"google_handle",
            <string>, @"instagram_handle",
            <string>, @"foursquare_id", nil];
    
    NSDictionary *finalDic = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
                authDic, @"auth",csfDic, @"csf", nil];
 
    NSMutableDictionary* jsonString = nil;
    jsonString = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData: findalDic options:NSJSONReadingMutableContainers];
    
    NSMutableData *bodyData = [NSMutableData dataWithData:[jsonString dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    
    NSString *urlString = @"https://api.peoplevine.com/customer.asmx/doesCustomerExist";
    
    ASIFormDataRequest *request = [ASIFormDataRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:urlString]];    
    [request setTimeOutSeconds:250];    
    [request setRequestMethod:@"POST"];    
    [request addRequestHeader:@"Content-Type" value:@"application/json"];    
    [request addRequestHeader:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d",bodyData.length] value:@"Content-length"];    
    [request setPostBody:bodyData];    
    [request startSynchronous];

    NSDictionary *responseDic = (NSDictionary*)[request.responseString JSONValue];   
   
    if (responseDic || [responseDic objectForKey:@"d"])
    {
        NSMutableDictionary *dicSave=[responseDic objectForKey:@"d"];
        // -------------------------------------------------------------------
        // convert into the data and NSUTF8StringEncoding
        // -------------------------------------------------------------------
        NSString *strDic=[dicSave copy];
        NSMutableDictionary *dirJson;
        if (strDic)
        {
            NSData* dataFile=[strDic dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
            NSString* newStr = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:dataFile
                                                     encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
           
            dirJson = [newStr JSONValue] ;
        }
        // -------------------------------------------------------------------
        
        NSString *str=[[dirJson objectForKey:@"returnObject"]valueForKey:@"customer_no"];
    }
    else
    {
        UIAlertView *alert=[[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle:@"Error" message:@"An Error Occurred" delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:@"Ok" otherButtonTitles:nil];
        [alert show];
    }
require 'net/http'

uri = URI('https://peoplevine.azure-api.net/customer/customer/registerCustomer')

uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
   # Specify your subscription key
   'subscription-key' => '',
})

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.request_uri)

# Basic Authorization Sample
# request.basic_auth 'username', 'password'
request['Content-type'] = 'application/json'

request.body = ""

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, :use_ssl => uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
    http.request(request)
end

puts response.body
########### Python 2.7 #############
import httplib, urllib, base64

headers = {
   # Basic Authorization Sample
   # 'Authorization': 'Basic %s' % base64.encodestring('{username}:{password}'),
   'Content-type': 'application/json',
}

params = urllib.urlencode({
   # Specify your subscription key
   'subscription-key': '',
})

try:
   conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection('peoplevine.azure-api.net')
   conn.request("POST", "/customer/customer/registerCustomer?%s" % params, "", headers)
   response = conn.getresponse()
   data = response.read()
   print(data)
   conn.close()
except Exception as e:
   print("[Errno {0}] {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror))

####################################

########### Python 3.2 #############
import http.client, urllib.request, urllib.parse, urllib.error, base64

headers = {
   # Basic Authorization Sample
   # 'Authorization': 'Basic %s' % base64.encodestring('{username}:{password}'),
   'Content-type': 'application/json',
}

params = urllib.parse.urlencode({
   # Specify your subscription key
   'subscription-key': '',
})

try:
   conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection('peoplevine.azure-api.net')
   conn.request("POST", "/customer/customer/registerCustomer?%s" % params, "", headers)
   response = conn.getresponse()
   data = response.read()
   print(data)
   conn.close()
except Exception as e:
   print("[Errno {0}] {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror))

####################################
@ECHO OFF

REM for Basic Authorization use: --user {username}:{password}
REM Specify values for path parameters (shown as {...}), your subscription key and values for query parameters
curl -v -X POST "https://peoplevine.azure-api.net/customer/customer/registerCustomer?subscription-key="^
 -H "Content-Type: application/json"