ValidateLinks

Validate image source, remote includes (CSS) and HREF urls.

URLs:

Sandbox:

https://sandbox.emailonacid.com/v4/validateLinks - Default (XML) Request
https://sandbox.emailonacid.com/v4/validateLinks/xml - XML Request
https://sandbox.emailonacid.com/v4/validateLinks/json - JSON Request

Production:

https://api.emailonacid.com/v4/validateLinks - Default (XML) Request
https://api.emailonacid.com/v4/validateLinks/xml - XML Request
https://api.emailonacid.com/v4/validateLinks/json - JSON Request

Request:

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<validatelinks>
    <eoa_test_id>UNIQUE EMAIL TEST ID</eoa_test_id>
</validatelinks>

JSON

{
    "eoa_test_id" : UNIQUE EMAIL TEST ID
}

Request Details

Element Description Data Type Required
eoa_test_id The reference id for the test to retrieve Integer Y

Response:

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xml>
    <url_group>
        <type>style</type>
        <invalid_total>0</invalid_total>
        <urls/>
    </url_group>
    <url_group>
        <type>link</type>
        <invalid_total>1</invalid_total>
        <urls>
            <url>
                <href><![CDATA[http://..]]></href>
                <valid>yes</valid>
                <reason></reason>
            </url>
            <url>
                <href><![CDATA[http://..]]></href>
                <valid>no</valid>
                <reason>Invalid URL</reason>
            </url>
        </urls>
    </url_group>
    <url_group>
        <type>img</type>
        <invalid_total>0</invalid_total>
        <urls>
            <url>
                <href><![CDATA[http://..]]></href>
                <valid>yes</valid>
                <reason></reason>
            </url>
        </urls>
    </url_group>
</xml>

JSON

[
    {
        "url_group":
        {
            "type":"style",
            "invalid_total":"0",
            "urls":
            [
                {
                    "url":
                        {
                            "href":"http:\/\/www....",
                            "valid":"yes",
                            "reason":""
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
    },{
        "url_group":
        {
            "type":"link",
            "invalid_total":"1",
            "urls":
            [
                {
                    "url":
                    {
                        "href":"{activation_url}",
                        "valid":"no",
                        "reason":"Malformed URL"
                    }
                },
                ....
            ]
        }
    }
]

Response Details

Element Description
invalid_total Total number of invalid links for the url_group.
type The url_group type: 'style', 'link', or 'img'.
href The link's source path.
valid Link passes validation, 'yes' or 'no'.
reason Description of the link's status.