Look up a placement

Last update: 2024-03-13
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You can look up specific placements by making a GET request to the Offer Library API that includes either the placement @id or the name of the placement in the request path.

API format

GET /{ENDPOINT_PATH}/{CONTAINER_ID}/queries/core/search?schema={SCHEMA_PLACEMENT}&{QUERY_PARAMS}
Parameter Description Example
{ENDPOINT_PATH} The endpoint path for repository APIs. https://platform.adobe.io/data/core/xcore/
{CONTAINER_ID} The container where the placements are located. e0bd8463-0913-4ca1-bd84-6309134ca1f6
SCHEMA_PLACEMENT} Defines the schema associated with placements. https://ns.adobe.com/experience/offer-management/offer-placement;version=0.4
id A string used to match the @id property of the entities. The string is matched exactly. The parameters id and name cannot be used together. xcore:offer-placement:124541309805b7e8
name A string used to match the xdm:name property of the entities. The string is matched exactly, with capitalization, but wild card characters can be used. The parameters id and name cannot be used together Sales and Promotions Placement
curl -X GET \
  'https://platform.adobe.io/data/core/xcore/e0bd8463-0913-4ca1-bd84-6309134ca1f6/instances?schema=https://ns.adobe.com/experience/offer-management/offer-placement;version=0.4&name=Sales%20and%20Promotions%20Placement' \
  -H 'Accept: *,application/vnd.adobe.platform.xcore.hal+json; schema='\''https://ns.adobe.com/experience/xcore/hal/results'\''' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer {ACCESS_TOKEN}' \
-H 'x-api-key: {API_KEY}' \
-H 'x-gw-ims-org-id: {IMS_ORG}' \
-H 'x-sandbox-name: {SANDBOX_NAME}'

Response

A successful response returns the details of the placement including information about your container ID, instance ID and, unique placement @id.

{
    "containerId": "e0bd8463-0913-4ca1-bd84-6309134ca1f6",
    "schemaNs": "https://ns.adobe.com/experience/offer-management/offer-placement;version=0.4",
    "requestTime": "2023-10-21T20:04:53.656503Z",
    "_embedded": {
        "results": [
            {
                "instanceId": "9aa58fd0-13d7-11eb-928b-576735ea4db8",
    "schemas": [
                    "https://ns.adobe.com/experience/offer-management/offer-placement;version=0.4"
                ],
                "productContexts": [
                    "acp"
    ],
                "repo:etag": 2,
                "repo:createdDate": "2023-10-21T19:57:09.837456Z",
                "repo:lastModifiedDate": "2023-10-21T19:59:10.700149Z",
                "repo:createdBy": "{CREATED_BY}",
                "repo:lastModifiedBy": "{MODIFIED_BY}",
                "repo:createdByClientId": "{CREATED_CLIENT_ID}",
                "repo:lastModifiedByClientId": "{MODIFIED_CLIENT_ID}",
                "_score": 0,
                "_instance": {
                    "xdm:name": "Sales and Promotions Placement",
                    "xdm:componentType": "https://ns.adobe.com/experience/offer-management/content-component-html",
                    "xdm:channel": "https://ns.adobe.com/xdm/channel-types/web",
                    "xdm:description": "A test placement to contain offers of sales and discounts",
                    "@id": "xcore:offer-placement:124e0be5699743d3"
                },
                "_links": {
                    "self": {
                        "name": "https://ns.adobe.com/experience/offer-management/offer-placement;version=0.4#9aa58fd0-13d7-11eb-928b-576735ea4db8",
                        "href": "/e0bd8463-0913-4ca1-bd84-6309134ca1f6/instances/9aa58fd0-13d7-11eb-928b-576735ea4db8",
                        "@type": "https://ns.adobe.com/experience/offer-management/offer-placement;version=0.4"
                    }
                }
            }
        ],
        "total": 1,
        "count": 1
    },
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "/e0bd8463-0913-4ca1-bd84-6309134ca1f6/instances?schema=https://ns.adobe.com/experience/offer-management/offer-placement;version=0.4&name=Sales%20and%20Promotions%20Placement",
            "@type": "https://ns.adobe.com/experience/xcore/hal/results"
        }
    }
}

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