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Anonymous
February 20, 2017
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Creating a new program in marketo

  • February 20, 2017
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Hi,

I am trying to create a new program in marketo using api calls.I am using the following post call according to documentation.

Function-Post

https://068-qnu-696.mktorest.com/rest/asset/v1/programs.json

Headers-

Authorization- Bearer "accesstoken"

Content-type-application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Body-name=new hello&folder={"id":14,"type":"Folder"}&description=Sample API Program&type=Default&channel=Email Blast&costs=[{"startDate":"2015-01-01","cost":2000}]

name=new hello&folder={"id":14,"type":"Folder"}&description=Sample API Program&type=Default&channel=Email Blast&costs=[{"startDate":"2015-01-01","cost":2000}]

But i am getting the following response-

{

  "requestId": "c980#15a4b368a9c",

  "success": false,

  "errors": [

    {

      "code": "709",

      "message": "Invalid folder type for program"

    }

  ]

}

Can someone help fix this issue?

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3 replies

SanfordWhiteman
SanfordWhiteman
Level 10
February 20, 2017

You can't create a program in the default Emails folder. This is true in the UI as well, obviously.

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Anonymous
February 20, 2017

Can you please share what exactly should I change in my call so that i will be able to create a program?

SanfordWhiteman
SanfordWhiteman
Level 10
February 20, 2017

Can you please share what exactly should I change in my call so that i will be able to create a program?

Choose an extant folder in Marketing Activities. No idea why you'd try to target Design Studio, as this doesn't work in the UI.

Also, when you actually POST form-urlencoded data, there should be no literal spaces (they are encoded to "+") and no literal JSON delimiters, either. Looks you're not actually posting in this format, if that's the literal payload you've pasted above. Make sure you're using a real HTTP library... don't do this by hand.

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Anonymous
February 20, 2017

Hi,

The call I am using is referenced from the marketo developer documentation. I am new to this field and so am not clear on which folder to use.If you can share a working payload for creating a program it will be really helpful.Thanks in advance.

SanfordWhiteman
SanfordWhiteman
Level 10
February 20, 2017

The call I am using is referenced from the marketo developer documentation.

The developer docs don't reference Folder ID 14 as far as I know.  Where do you see that ID?

I am new to this field and so am not clear on which folder to use.If you can share a working payload for creating a program it will be really helpful.

You do have a working payload... if you use a valid folder ID. But someone else can't tell you what a valid folder ID is in your instance. That's instance-specific info and you either need to use the API or the UI to identify a valid parent folder.

Honestly, if you're totally new to the field of HTTP APIs there's going to be a lot to learn. For example, you have to understand how to properly form-urlencode a payload. This method to call to do this will be different depending on the language and/or framework you're using. In plain PHP, it's urlencode(). That's just one of tons of methods.

SanfordWhiteman
SanfordWhiteman
Level 10
February 20, 2017

OK. Note one full, correctly encoded payload looks like this:

name=Hello+New+Program&folder=%7B%22id%22%3A1525%2C%22type%22%3A%22Folder%22%7D&description=Sample+API-Created+Program&type=Default&channel=Email+Blast

If your payload doesn't look like this, you'll eventually have problems. Marketo mixes outer form-urlencoding with inner JSON encoding. While the endpoint is somewhat forgiving, some data will be incorrectly decoded unless correctly encoded all the way through.

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