Getting Started
The Swagger tool for Adobe Campaign Standard Rest API Documentation is an incredible resource to help you know the ins and outs of the Adobe Campaign Standard REST API. It is recommended to review all tabs and links associated there to give you the best understanding of how the API works and will give you the solid foundation needed to plan and built a robust integration.
This article is meant to be used as a primer to point you in the right direction and should not be used in replacement of the resources linked above.
Requirements
In order to work with the Adobe Campaign Standard API, you will need:
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Access to an instance of Adobe Campaign Standard
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A Campaign Standard user that has been given API access rights
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Proficiency in the REST protocol
Setting up API access
Information about setting up API access can be seen in the documentation.
This explains how to get your access token, api key, and how to work with OAuth tokens for authentication purposes. This API utilizes the Adobe I/O framework.
Global concepts for the API
There are some prevailing concepts and best practices to working with the Campaign Standard API which are explained in the documentation.
Throughly understanding these concepts will help tremendously in building a successful integration.
How do I best utilize the Adobe Campaign Standard data model?
The data model is critical to understanding the data elements of Campaign Standard. The links below will lead you in the right direction on understanding the data model and also give you resources to the data model itself.
Resources
Links
Tools
The Campaign Standard Postman collection