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Create a segment

POSThttps://api.pidgely.com/segments
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Creates a segment: a named group of contacts that broadcasts are sent to.

Authorization: Bearer pdg_…. An API key with full_access. A sending_access key gets 401 restricted_api_key.

Body parameters

JSON object.

Name Type Required Description
name string Yes Display name.

Request

Node.js
import { Pidgely } from 'pidgely';

const pidgely = new Pidgely(process.env.PIDGELY_API_KEY);

const { data, error } = await pidgely.segments.create({
  name: 'Newsletter',
});
console.log(data ?? error);
Python
import os
import pidgely

pidgely.api_key = os.environ["PIDGELY_API_KEY"]

result = pidgely.Segments.create({
    "name": "Newsletter",
})
print(result)
PHP
<?php

require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

$pidgely = Pidgely::client(getenv('PIDGELY_API_KEY'));

$result = $pidgely->segments->create([
    'name' => 'Newsletter',
]);
var_dump($result);
Go
package main

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"os"

	"github.com/pidgely/pidgely-go"
)

func main() {
	ctx := context.Background()
	client := pidgely.NewClient(os.Getenv("PIDGELY_API_KEY"))

	result, err := client.Segments.Create(ctx, &pidgely.CreateSegmentRequest{
		Name: "Newsletter",
	})
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Println(result)
}
Ruby
require "pidgely"

Pidgely.api_key = ENV["PIDGELY_API_KEY"]

result = Pidgely::Segments.create({
  name: "Newsletter"
})
puts result
cURL
curl -X POST 'https://api.pidgely.com/segments' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PIDGELY_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "name": "Newsletter"
}'

Response

200 OK

JSON
{
  "object": "segment",
  "id": "0199d7f5-9a3e-7d4b-a1c2-7e5f0b3d6c48",
  "name": "Newsletter"
}

Response fields

Name Type Required Description
object string No Object type.
id string No Unique id (UUID). UUID.
name string No Display name.

Errors

Errors have the shape {"statusCode", "name", "message"}. See Errors for the full list.

Status Name When
401 missing_api_key, restricted_api_key No Authorization: Bearer header, or a sending_access key called an endpoint that needs full_access.
403 invalid_api_key, validation_error The API key is invalid or revoked, or the request is not allowed for this account (unverified domain, plan limit, paused account).
404 not_found The resource does not exist in this account (or the id is not a valid UUID).
422 validation_error A field is missing or invalid; message names it.
429 rate_limit_exceeded Too many requests per second. Wait for Retry-After seconds.