Documentation for CODE@ExactTarget

 API Overview

This document outlines the API options available to developers and provides some insight into how they work and how to interact with them.

• API Overview

Developer Community Scenarios

• Integration Scenario - Demonstrates how to integrate your existing system with the ExactTarget API
• Triggered Send Scenario - Demonstrates how to include triggered sends with your system's existing workflow

Simple Development Scenarios

Before review these scenarios, be sure to review the Web Server API Getting Started information.

• Create an Email
• Create a List
• Create a Subscriber
• Retrieve a Subscriber
• Update a Subscriber
• Send an Email to a Subscriber List
• Send an Email to a Data Extension using an Email Send Definition
• Send an Email in Response to an Event (Triggered Email Send)
• Retrieve the Tracking Information from an Email Send
• Retrieve the Tracking Information for a Triggered Email Send

Web Service API

This collection of documents outlines the SOAP Web Service API and provides connection instructions, code samples, best practices,and other information.

• Working with the SOAP API - How to interact with the SOAP API
• Best Practices - The concepts and tips you need to best plan and execute your API integration
• Getting Started - How to configure and connect your development environment to the SOAP API, broken out by language
• Code Samples - Use these samples to create your own SOAP API calls
• API Starter Kits - Each file contains downloadable code samples in the development language of your choice

XML API

This collection of documents outlines the XML API and provides connection instructions, code samples, best practices,and other information.

• Technical Reference - How to interact with the XML API
• Code Samples - Use these samples to create your own XML API calls

AMPscript

This collection of documents outlines the functionality of AMPscript and provides information about the functions, syntax, and sample code necessary to implement it in your code.

• Getting Started with AMPscript - Understanding what AMPscript is and how you can interact with it
• AMPscript Syntax Guide - The how-to guide for writing your own AMPscript, including functions and code samples

Server-Side JavaScript

This collection of documents outlines the functionality of AMPscript and provides information about the functions, syntax, and sample code necessary to implement it in your code.

• Server-Side JavaScript -  Understanding what server-side JavaScript is and how you can interact with it
• Server-Side JavaScript Syntax Guide - The how-to guide for writing your own server-side JavaScript, including functions and code samples

Content Scripting

Developers can use AMPscript, server-side JavaScript, and XML content scripting to include dynamic content in their applications. This document provides an overview of content scripting and links to relevant documentation.

• Content Scripting - How to include dynamic content in your API calls

As always, ExactTarget wants to fully support our developers and give them the tools they need to be successful. Feel free to offer any feedback you might have to make this a better development community.

User Interface Documentation

Developers may find the ExactTarget user interface documentation helpful in understanding how the application functions and how to tailor your code to interaction with those functions. You can find the complete repository of ExactTarget user interface documentation at http://wiki.memberlandingpages.com.

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