POST/EVENT

Used to issue Miles to a Collector’s account in real-time for a non-transactional reason.

POST /checkout/issuance/post/event

Take a look at our OpenAPI (Swagger-Spec) schema to learn more about the API calls.

The POST/EVENT endpoint is used to issue Miles to a Collector’s account in real-time for a non-transactional reason (e.g., issuing Miles for desired activity or issuing a manual correction to a Collector’s account). With this method selected the total Miles to be issued are calculated by the partner.

API call validation process

After making a call to POST/EVENT, you will receive one of the following responses:

If the call is SUCCESSFUL

You will receive a response code of 200
No further action is required

If the call is SUCCESSFUL but issuances are pending and causing a delay

You will receive a response code of 202
No further action is required
Resubmitting the same request will have no effect on the transaction

If the call is REJECTED due to incorrect or invalid details

You will receive a response code of 400
You must retry the request with a valid transaction record and/or the corrected details

If the call FAILS due to an error or other issue

You will receive a response code of 500
It’s recommended you retry the request at least 2 additional times

Note

The “FAIL” response above could indicate a system error on our end. If this happens, please contact our Support Desk for assistance.

Sample request

curl -X POST https://cert.airmilesapis.ca/checkout/issuance/post/event \
-H "Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJ..." \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Idempotency-Key: 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426655440000" \
-d {
    "clientTransactionId": "111112314",
    "collectorNumber": "80085102028",
    "context": {"key1": "value1","key2": "value2"},
    "coupon": [
        "coupon"
    ],
    "deviceId": "string",
    "issuances": [
        {
            "issuanceOfferCode": "STANDARD",
            "locationCode": "0037",
            "milesAmount": 8,
            "offerDescription": "offer",
            "offerId": 22
        }
    ],
    "sponsorCode": "KENY",
    "transactionDateTime": "2021-11-09T21:04:45.930Z"
}

Request parameters

* required field

Parameter	Description
`clientTransactionId`*	Unique identifier generated by the Partner for the event transaction. Example: `"12340001111"`
`collectorNumber`*	The customer’s AIR MILES account number. Example: `"81111111111"` Must be 11 digits in length and must start with an 8
`context`	Notes or additional information that is desired on each request as a key value pair. Example: `{"key1": "value1","key2": "value2"}`
`coupon`	A list of all coupon codes applied to the bill at checkout. Example: `["57841","57862"]`
`deviceId`	ID number used to identify the POS terminal currently in use. Example: `"001"`
`issuances`*	This mandatory object contains data elements related to issuance data. Example: `[{"issuanceOfferCode": "STANDARD","locationCode": "1100"}]` issuanceOfferCode* The offer code that miles are issued against. This is the offer code that is setup by the Partner and AIR MILES for the `sponsorCode` in the transaction. Example: `"STANDARD"` locationCode A maximum of four alpha-numeric characters created by the Partner and used to identify the Partner’s location. Example: `ST90` milesAmount* The number of miles to be issued to the Collector. Example: `2` offerDescription The description of the offer that the issuance is based on. Example: `"This is a sample description."` offerId* The identifier for an offer in the Partner's system. This can be the same value as your `issuanceOfferCode` OR an internal marketing code shared with AIR MILES. Example: `"11234"`
`sponsorCode`*	Alpha-numeric value used to identify the Partner. Example: `"KELL"` To be provided by AIR MILES
`transactionDateTime`*	The date and time the request was sent. Example: `"2021-11-09T21:04:45.930Z"`

Sample response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 15:27:34 GMT
{
    "clientTransactionId": "111112314",
    "collectorNumber": "80085102028",
    "coupon": [
        "coupon"
    ],
    "deviceId": "string",
    "issuances": [
        {
            "issuanceOfferCode": "STANDARD",
            "locationCode": "0037",
            "milesAmount": 8,
            "offerDescription": "offer",
            "offerId": "22",
            "status": "PENDING"
        }
    ],
    "sponsorCode": "KENY",
    "transactionDateTime": "2021-11-11T12:54:31.780-05:00",
    "transactionId": "93a1237c-545c-4f16-96e5-4d890c903bd9"
}

Response parameters

Only parameters unique to the Sample Response are listed below. For all other parameters, refer to the table above.

Parameter	Description
`issuances`	Array value describing the issuance offers redeemed by the Collector. Example: `[{"status": "PENDING"}]` status The status of the transaction. (Statuses include: `PENDING`, `CONFIRMED`, `REJECTED`) Example: `"CONFIRMED"`
`transactionId`	A unique ID created for the particular transaction. Example: `"c4f6cd00-dd00-4aaf-9099-b0685ab710b3"` To be provided by AIR MILES

Status codes

Refer to our Audit report errors table for more information.

Status Code	Description
200	Request processed successfully.
202	Request still processing, please wait.
400	Bad request, failed to process.
500	Request failed due to internal error.