AddLead

This method allows you to add a new lead to Bullseye, optionally routing the lead and sending standard notification emails.

The lead record is specified via the NewLead parameter. If EmailLead is true, a thank-you email will be sent to the new lead. If EmailDealers is true, notification emails will be sent to the dealer(s) to whom the lead is routed. If DoNotRoute is true, the lead will be left as unassigned. If a value is specified for LocationId, the lead will be routed to that location only. All boolean parameters default to false if not specified.

Return Value: LeadRslt

Notes:

  • On the NewLead record, E-mail address is required.
  • CountryID or CountryCode is required. (The country ID for US is 1; Canada is 2.)
  • StateAbbr is required for US and Canada. Specify standard 2-character US state code or Canadian province code.
  • PostalCode: for US, can be specified as 5-digit code or 5+4. (If specified as 5+4, only the 5-digit code is saved; the rest is ignored.)
  • PriorityID: must be a valid priority ID. See LeadRslt class for valid values.
  • LeadSourceID: must be a valid lead source ID for this client. See GetLeadSources() for valid values.
  • A "Categories" array can be passed in. The CategoryId must be set on each record, to a valid category ID for this client. (Specifying third-party category ID’s is not supported.). Including categories can influence routing if locations are assigned to categories.
  • An "Attributes" array can be used to specify one or more attributes. Only text, numeric, yes/no, and option attributes are supported.

Exception conditions:
This call will set the lead ID in the LeadRslt structure to a negative number on failure. Here are the values related to this method:

-1: invalid credentials (API key and/or client ID) or client does not subscribe to Lead Manager.
-2: validation failure (see errorMsg for details)
-3: exception caught while adding lead. (see errorMsg for details)
Note that, if an error occurs while deserializing the JSON lead object, the system is not capable of passing back a well-formatted error. In this case, you will get a 400 error code and a detailed “request error” from the .Net JSON deserializer.

Lead Priority Values

IdName
1Lowest
2Low
3Medium
4High
5Urgent
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