Classic ASP / Braze Endpoints / Create Content Block
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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Http")
set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")
' Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON
' The following JSON is sent in the request body.
' {
' "name": "content_block",
' "description": "This is my content block",
' "content": "HTML content within block",
' "state": "draft",
' "tags": [
' "marketing"
' ]
' }
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.UpdateString("name","content_block")
success = json.UpdateString("description","This is my content block")
success = json.UpdateString("content","HTML content within block")
success = json.UpdateString("state","draft")
success = json.UpdateString("tags[0]","marketing")
http.SetRequestHeader "Content-Type","application/json"
' Adds the "Authorization: Bearer {{api_key}}" header.
http.AuthToken = "{{api_key}}"
' resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
Set resp = http.PostJson3("https://rest.iad-01.braze.com/content_blocks/create","application/json",json)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
Response.End
End If
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( resp.StatusCode) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( resp.BodyStr) & "</pre>"
%>
</body>
</html>
Curl Command
curl -X POST
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-H "Authorization: Bearer {{api_key}}"
-d '{
"name": "content_block",
"description": "This is my content block",
"content": "HTML content within block",
"state": "draft",
"tags": ["marketing"]
}'
https://rest.iad-01.braze.com/content_blocks/create
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Create Content Block",
"request": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"type": "text",
"value": "application/json"
},
{
"key": "Authorization",
"type": "text",
"value": "Bearer {{api_key}}"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\n \"name\": \"content_block\",\n \"description\": \"This is my content block\",\n \"content\": \"HTML content within block\",\n \"state\": \"draft\",\n \"tags\": [\"marketing\"]\n}\n"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://{{instance_url}}/content_blocks/create",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"{{instance_url}}"
],
"path": [
"content_blocks",
"create"
]
},
"description": "This endpoint will create a Content Block.\n\n### Request Parameters\n\n| Parameter | Required | Data Type | Description |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| `name` | Yes | String | Must be less than 100 characters. |\n| `description` | No | String | The description of the content block. Must be less than 250 characters. |\n| `content` | Yes | String | HTML or text content within Content Block.\n| `state` | Optional | String | Choose \"active\" or \"draft\". Defaults to \"active\" if not specified. |\n| `tags` | No | Array of strings | Tags must already exist. |\n\n### Successful Response Properties\n\n```json\n{\n \"content_block_id\": \"newly-generated-block-id\",\n \"liquid_tag\": \"generated-block-tag-from-name\",\n \"created_at\": \"time-created-in-iso\",\n \"message\": success\n}\n```\n\n### Possible Errors\n- `Content cannot be blank.`\n\n- `Content must be a string.`\n\n- `Content must be smaller than 51200.`\nThe content in your content block must be less than 50kb total.\n\n- `Unable to parse liquid string.`\nThe liquid provided is not valid or parsable. Please try again or reach out to support.\n\n- `Content Block cannot be referenced within itself.`\n\n- `Content Block description cannot be blank.`\n\n- `Content Block description must be a string.`\n\n- `Content block description must be shorter than 250`\nYour content block description must be less than 250 characters. \n\n- `Content Block name cannot be blank.`\n\n- `Content Block name must be a shorter than 100.`\nYour content block name must be shorter than 100 characters. \n\n- `Content Block name can only contain alphanumeric characters.`\nContent Block names can include any of the following characters: the letters (capitalized or lowercase) `A` through `Z`, the numbers `0` through `9`, dashes `-`, and underscores `_`. It cannot contain non-alphanumeric characters like emojis, `!`, `@`, `~`, `&`, and other \"special\" characters.\n\n- `Content Block with this name already exists.`\n\n- `Content Block state must be either Active or Draft.`\n\n- `Tags must be an array.`\n\n- `All Tags must be Strings.`\n\n- `Some Tags could not be found.`"
},
"response": [
]
}
