How to create API requests?

You can find all the SendFox API Endpoints here - https://sendfox.helpscoutdocs.com/article/135-endpoints

This is an example of how to create an API request using Postman app.

1. Create the Request in Postman:

• Click on "New", add the request name and collection, and click Save.

• Log in to your SendFox account and go to your Account Settings --> API
• Click on Create New Token and add a name
• This will give you a Personal Access token so copy it from there as this is the only time you will be able to see it.

• Go back to Postman and click on Authorization tab
• From the dropdown menu select OAuth 2.0
• Paste the Access token you generated from SendFox

• If everything was done correctly, you should see the green dot on the Authorization tab.

3. Write the request

Now you can create GET/POST requests as you like, here's an example of how to create a request which will add the email address and first name to a specific list in SendFox.

For this specific example, we will need to create POST request with additional parameters that will add first name and push the contact to a specific list.

• Select POST from the dropdown menu, and add this URL - https://api.sendfox.com/contacts

• Add the email as a "Key" and enter the email address as a "Value"

• Do the same for "first_name"

• Now you need to specify a list, and to do that, first go to your SendFox account in Lists tab
• Click on the list you want, and copy the List ID from the URL like this:

• Each list has it's own unique value, so just make sure you're using the correct one
• When you have the List ID, head back to Postman and create another parameter like this

• Just keep in mind that your list will have a different value, so you will need to add your own there.
• Lastly, add this header to the "Headers" tab to ensure responses are useful. This way if there's an error, it will be clearly noted in the response:

4. Test the request

After you've done all this, click on Send to test the request and you should see the response like this:

And if everything was set up correctly, you should see that email in your SendFox list:

With this method, you can set up any POST/GET request, just check this article to see all the endpoints you need to use - https://sendfox.helpscoutdocs.com/article/135-endpoints

And if you have any additional questions, feel free to reach out to our support team at support@sendfox.com