NATS4 Affiliate Account Postbacks
NATS4 has to ability to post information to a script of your choice for new affiliate signups as well as affiliate account changes. These postbacks can be enabled from the Configuration admin. For other postback examples, please check this article: NATS4 Postbacks and Post URLs
Configuration Admin
If you would like to enable these postbacks, go to the Configuration Admin and select "Postback" from the Current Section drop-down menu. You will then see the following configurations under the "Affiliate Account Postback" sub-section
- POST_ACCOUNT_SIGNUP - Receive a postback when a new affiliate signs up.
- POST_ACCOUNT_CHANGES - Receive a postback when an existing affiliate updates their account information.
Postback Logging Script
The following example script allows you to log the contents of a postback
NOTE: Make sure that the log is NOT in a web accessible folder.
<?php $file = '/path/to/nats4/logs/postback_logs.txt'; // Open the file to get existing content $post = print_r($_REQUEST, TRUE); file_put_contents($file, $post, FILE_APPEND); ?>
Account Signup Postback Format
Here is an exmaple log of the POST_ACCOUNT_SIGNUP:
Array ( [loginid] => 77 [username] => afftest72 [deleted] => 0 [type] => 0 [skinid] => 102 [payvia_type_id] => 1 [status] => 0 [join_date] => 1437757101 [inhouse] => 0 [tmmid] => 0 [origin] => 0 [payout_period_id] => 0 [firstname] => nick [lastname] => test [email] => afftest72@gmail.com [date_posted] => 1437757101 [join_ip] => 168430111 [reviewed] => 0 [minimum_payout] => 50 [bonus] => 0 [bonus_used] => 0 [unencoded] => 0 [startpage] => internal.php [rep_baseline] => 0 [company] => tmm [url] => AFFTEST.COM [icq] => 1234512345 [aim] => afftest [address1] => 123+address [address2] => addresscont [city] => testcity [state] => nj [country] => US [zip_code] => 12345 [invoicer] => 0 [req_docs] => 0 [w9] => 0 [mailok] => 1 [trust_level] => 0 [new_notification] => 0 [latest_news] => 0 [default_campaign] => 0 [default_program] => 0 [default_site] => 0 [pv_instant] => 0 [payout_approval] => 0 [access_preset] => 0 [custom1] => 0 [custom2] => 0 [custom3] => 0 [custom4] => 0 [custom5] => 0 [remote_access] => 0 [remote_payment] => 0 [remote_adtool] => 0 [allow_subscription_passthrough] => 0 [allow_option_force] => 0 [affiliate_referral] => Array ( [loginid] => 4 [username] => AccountRep1 ) [Address] => 123+address [Address_2] => addresscont [City] => testcity [Country] => United States [Pay_To] => nopay [State] => nj [Zip_Code] => 12345 )
Account Changes Postback Format
NATS will postback the loginid, and only the fields that have changed for your affiliate. Here is an exmaple log from the POST_ACCOUNT_CHANGES postback when changing first name, last name, address, and city for loginid 3:
Array ( [firstname] => testname [lastname] => testlast [address1] => 123+test [city] => testcity [loginid] => 3 )