Action Network

Campaigns Version 1

Note: This documentation describes Version 1 of our API, which is now depreciated. It will continue to work, but it will not reveive any updates or bug fixes. We recommend you use Version 2 instead. Documentation for this resource for Version 2 of our API is available here.

This document describes the campaigns collection and campaign resource as implemented by the Action Network.

Campaigns are resources created by the group associated with your API key. They correspond to campaign pages created in the Action Network user interface.

Campaigns have summaries (titles), actions, descriptions, and other fields.

Note: Campaigns are read-only and can only be created and manipulated by groups, so they will not appear using an individual API key.

Sections:

Endpoints and URL structures
Field names and descriptions
Links
Scenario: Retrieving a collection of campaign resources (GET)
Scenario: Retrieving an individual campaign resource (GET)
Scenario: POST/PUT/DELETE

Endpoints and URL structures

Endpoints:

https://actionnetwork.org/api/v1/campaigns

Campaign resources live exclusively at the above endpoint. The endpoint returns a collection of all the campaigns associated with your API key.

URL Structures:

https://actionnetwork.org/api/v1/campaigns/[id]

To address a specific campaign, use the identifier without the action_network: prefix to construct a URL, like https://actionnetwork.org/api/v1/campaigns/d91b4b2e-ae0e-4cd3-9ed7-d0ec501b0bc3

Field names and descriptions

Field Name	Type	Required on POST	Description
identifiers	array[]	n/a	An array of identifiers in the format `[system name]:[id]`. See the general concepts document for more information about identifiers.
originating_system	string	n/a	A human readable string identifying where this campaign originated. May be used in the user interface for this purpose.
created_at	datetime	n/a	The date and time the resource was created. System generated, not editable.
modified_at	datetime	n/a	The date and time the resource was last modified. System generated, not editable.
summary	string	n/a	The campaign's title.
description	string	n/a	The campaign's description. May contain HTML.
url	string	n/a	The URL to this campaign's public page on the Action Network.
actions	array[]	n/a	An array of hashes identifying the actions this campaign links to on its public page.
actions.summary	string	n/a	The title of the action linked on the public page of this campaign.
actions.url	string	n/a	The link to the public page of this action that's linked on the public page of this campaign.
action_network:sponsor	hash	n/a	A hash of the sponsoring group of this campaign. Action Network-only feature. Automatically added if you post using a group API key. System generated, not editable.
action_network:sponsor.summary	string	n/a	The name of the sponsoring group.
action_network:sponsor.url	string	n/a	The URL to the group's public page.

Links

Link Name	Description
self	A link to this individual campaign resource.

Scenario: Retrieving a collection of campaign resources (GET)

Campaign resources are sometimes presented as collections of campaigns. For example, calling the campaigns endpoint will return a collection of all the campaigns associated with your API key.

Request

						
GET https://actionnetwork.org/api/v1/campaigns/

Header:
api-key:[your api key here]

Response

						
200 OK

Content-Type: application/hal+json
Cache-Control: max-age=0, private, must-revalidate


{
  "total_pages": 2,
  "per_page": 25,
  "page": 1,
  "total_records": 30,
  "_links": {
    "next": {
      "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v1/campaigns?page=2"
    },
    "self": {
      "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v1/campaigns"
    },
    "action_network:campaigns": [
      {
        "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v1/campaigns/e7b02e0a-a0a9-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29"
      },
      {
        "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v1/campaigns/e7b0287e-a0a9-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29"
      },
      //truncated for brevity
    ],
    "curies": [
      {
        "name": "osdi",
        "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/docs/v1/{rel}",
        "templated": true
      },
      {
        "name": "action_network",
        "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/docs/v1/{rel}",
        "templated": true
      }
    ]
  },
  "_embedded": {
    "action_network:campaigns": [
      {
        "identifiers": [
          "action_network:e7b02e0a-a0a9-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29"
        ],
        "originating_system": "Action Network"
        "created_at": "2013-10-02T14:21:32Z",
        "modified_at": "2013-10-02T14:22:06Z",
        "summary": "Join our week of actions!",
        "description": "<p>Our week of action is here -- click the links on the right to join in!</p>",
        "url": "https://actionnetwork.org/campaigns/join-our-week-of-action",
        "action_network:sponsor": {
          "summary": "Progressive Action Now",
          "url": "https://actionnetwork.org/groups/progressive-action-now"
        },
        "actions": [
          {
            "summary": "Sign the petition",
            "url": "https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/sign-the-petition"
          },
          {
            "summary": "Attend the rally",
            "url": "https://actionnetwork.org/events/attend-the-rally"
          }
        ],
        "_links": {
          "self": {
            "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v1/campaigns/e7b02e0a-a0a9-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29"
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "identifiers": [
          "action_network:e7b0287e-a0a9-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29"
        ],
        "originating_system": "Action Network"
        "created_at": "2013-09-30T15:55:44Z",
        "modified_at": "2014-01-16T19:07:00Z",
        "summary": "Welcome to our Action Center",
        "description": "<p>Welcome to our Action Center. Take action on the right.</p>",
        "url": "https://actionnetwork.org/campaigns/welcome-to-our-action-center",
        "action_network:sponsor": {
          "summary": "Progressive Action Now",
          "url": "https://actionnetwork.org/groups/progressive-action-now"
        },
        "actions": [
          {
            "summary": "Sign up for email updates",
            "url": "https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-up-for-email-updates"
          },
          {
            "summary": "Take our survey",
            "url": "https://actionnetwork.org/forms/take-our-survey"
          }
        ],
        "_links": {
          "self": {
            "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v1/campaigns/e7b0287e-a0a9-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29"
          }
        }
      },
      //truncated for brevity
    ]
  }
}

Scenario: Retrieving an individual campaign resource (GET)

Calling an individual campaign resource will return the resource directly, along with all associated fields and appropriate links to additional information about the campaign.