Synchronize user data using automation

This Vbout Automation Action should be used to push Contact Data from Vbout to an API listener page on your server. You can in turn insert this data into your database or to your CRM, given it has its own api.

This listener is a web page or web application you create on your server that is always active and has code that allows it to accept and verify “contact” data sent from Vbout, This listener then invokes backend services on your server, based on the information received.

The action to be taken when your listener is notified of an event is application-specific. Vbout sends messages to the API listener using the URL you specify in your email automation step actions.

Vbout uses “HTTP POST” to send information to your listener to notify it of a new event. Thus, your listener should listen for the HTTP POST messages that Vbout sends with each event.

1. Create a private file on your server that is not publically accessible to front-end users. The custom listener code will be added to this file (more explanation below).
2. On the Vbout automation action, choose Synch Contact to Third Party, choose which marketing data to synchronize and insert the path to the file created in step 1.
   
3. Vbout will automatically send the marketing data to you each time a contact matches the automation rules specified.
4. Vbout sends a FORM POST containing contact information appended to the URL.
5. The API listener (code sample included below) detects and processes the data.
6. The API listener page must contain a custom script that waits for the messages, and then passes them to various backend applications for processing.

There are two ways to sync the data from VBOUT to the third party app.

1. Using GET as in this example: https://www.example.com/?param1=[#SHORTCODE-1#]&param2=[#SHORTCODE_2#]&… where [#…#] are the custom fields shortcodes from the list you are targeting within the journey. These shortcodes will hold the values of the contact that reached that action, within the journey. The URL would be your receiving end of the API. Note you can use our shortcode library to manipulate the shortcodes, ex: [#PROPER EMAIL/2#] and there are no limits on the number of fields you can pass.
2. Using POST request in the following order:

   Array
   (
       [transactionid] => 123456789
       [contact] => Array()
       [fields] => Array()
       [campaigns-opened] => Array()
       [links-clicked] => Array()
       [pages-visited] => Array()
       [automation-triggered] => Array()
       [goals-reached] => Array()
       [webhooks-triggered] => Array()
       [lead-score] => Array()
       [lead-status] => Array()
   )

This field contains basic contact information such id, email address and phone number as Array:

Array
(
    [id] => Contact's ID
    [email] => Contact's E-mail Address
    [phone] => Contact's Phone
    [profile_url] => Contact's Profile Page
)

This field contains an array list of arrays of the custom fields for the contact:

Array
(
    [id] => Field ID
    [name] => Field name
    [value] => Contact's field value
)

This field contains an array list of arrays of the campaigns opened by the contact:

Array
(
    [id] => Campaign ID
    [name] => Campaign name
    [open_date] => Contact's open campaign date/time
)

This field contains an array list of arrays of the links clicked by the contact:

Array
(
    [url] => Link url
    [clicks] => Contact's total clicks
)

This field contains an array list of arrays of the pages visited by the contact:

Array
(
    [page] => Page url
    [visit_date] => Contact's page visit date/time
)

This field contains an array list of arrays of the automation workflows triggered by the contact:

Array
(
    [id] => Automation ID
    [name] => Automation name
    [trigger_date] => Contact's automation triggered date/time
)

This field contains an array list of arrays of the goals reached by the contact:

Array
(
    [id] => Goal ID
    [name] => Goal name
    [reach_date] => Contact's goal reached date/time
)

This field contains an array list of arrays of the webhooks triggered by the contact:

Array
(
    [id] => Webhook ID
    [name] => Webhook name
    [trigger_date] => Contact's webhook triggered date/time
)

This field contains an array list of arrays of the lead scoring reached by the contact:

Array
(
    [id] => Score ID
    [name] => Score name
    [score] => Score value
    [score_date] => Contact's score triggered date/time
)

This field contains an array list of arrays of the lead status reached by the contact:

Array
(
    [score] => Contact's total score
    [label] => Contact's score label
)