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Example Usage of 
automation_list

View existing automations

Description: Fetch all saved automations in the system.
Endpoint: /admin/api.php?api_action=automation_list
HTTP method: GET
Supported output formats: xml, json, serialize
Requires authentication: true
Parameters:
* indicates requirement. Underlined params include in URL, otherwise as part of the post body. POST data must be formatted as 
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
. We don't accept any other input formats like JSON.
Variable Description
api_action*automation_list
api_key*Your API key
api_outputxml, json, or serialize (default is XML)
offsetOffset to start returning records from (default is 0)
limitLimit of records per page (default and maximum is 100)
Example response:
Variable Description
0Array
id2
name"Automation 1"
status"2"
1Array
id3
name"Automation 3"
status"2"
result_code1
result_messageSuccess: Something is returned
result_outputserialize

PHP Example

This is an example of using the automation_list call with PHP. You can replicate the same idea in virtually any other programming language. The example shown is using serialize as the output format. You can change that to XML or JSON if you would like. 

<?php

// Set up an object instance using our PHP API wrapper.
define("ACTIVECAMPAIGN_URL", "https://{ACCOUNT}.api-us1.com");
define("ACTIVECAMPAIGN_API_KEY", "{API_KEY}");
require_once("../activecampaign-api-php/includes/ActiveCampaign.class.php");
$ac = new ActiveCampaign(ACTIVECAMPAIGN_URL, ACTIVECAMPAIGN_API_KEY);

$response = $ac->api("automation/list?offset=0&limit=50");

echo "<pre>";
print_r($response);
echo "</pre>";?>

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