LM_AddNewList

This method creates a list. Lists are used to store a list of contacts (members). Use the LM_DialList or LM_DialListAdvanced methods to send a message to all the members of a list.

Syntax

LM_AddNewList(ListName, ParentListID, LicenseKey)

Request Parameters

Parameter NameDescriptionData TypeRequiredSample Value
ListNameThe name you want to apply to the new list.StringTrueList Three
ParentListIDThe ID of a list which will be this list’s parent. If you don’t want your list to have a parent, set this value to 0.IntegerTrue1230
LicenseKeyYour license key.StringTrue00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000

Response

Returns: Integer

Description: If this operation succeeded, it returns a positive number that is the new list’s ID. (You will need this ID to alter or send messages to the list.)

Code Samples

You can use any programming language you want with our API, as long as it can make a REST or SOAP call. Here are examples for some of the most common platforms.

C#

/* https://ws.esendex.us/notifyws/phonenotify.asmx?wsdl was added as a Service Reference and given the name WSDL */

using WSDL;

var client = new PhoneNotifySoapClient(PhoneNotifySoapClient.EndpointConfiguration.PhoneNotifySoap);
var listName = "My List";
var parentListId = 0;
var listId = await client.LM_AddNewListAsync(
    listName, parentListId, YOUR_LICENSE_KEY);

Console.WriteLine("List ID: " + listId);

Java

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Properties;
import javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys;
import javax.xml.transform.Source;
import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;

public final class LM_AddNewList {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        try {
            URL url = new URL("https://ws.esendex.us/NotifyWS/PhoneNotify.asmx/LM_AddNewList?" + "&ListName=Customers"
                            + "&ParentListID=0" + "&LicenseKey=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000");
            try {
                InputStream in = url.openStream();
                StreamSource source = new StreamSource(in);
                printResult(source);
            } catch (java.io.IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    private static void printResult(Source source) {
        try {
            ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            StreamResult sr = new StreamResult(bos);
            Transformer trans = TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer();
            Properties oprops = new Properties();
            oprops.put(OutputKeys.OMIT_XML_DECLARATION, "yes");
            trans.setOutputProperties(oprops);
            trans.transform(source, sr);
            System.out.println("**** Response ******");
            System.out.println(bos.toString());

            bos.close();
            System.out.println();
        } catch (Exception e) {
        }
    }
}

Python

import zeep

client = zeep.Client(wsdl="https://ws.esendex.us/notifyws/phonenotify.asmx?wsdl")
list_name = "My List"
parent_list_id = 0
license_key = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"

result = client.service.LM_AddNewList(list_name, parent_list_id, license_key)

print(result)

GET Request

GET /NotifyWS/PhoneNotify.asmx/LM_AddNewList?ListName=string&ParentListID=string&LicenseKey=string HTTP/1.1
Host: ws.esendex.us

POST Request

POST /NotifyWS/PhoneNotify.asmx/LM_AddNewList HTTP/1.1
Host: ws.esendex.us
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: length

ListName=string&ParentListID=string&LicenseKey=string

SOAP 1.1 Request

POST /NotifyWS/PhoneNotify.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: ws.esendex.us
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
SOAPAction: "https://ws.esendex.us/NotifyWS/LM_AddNewList"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <LM_AddNewList xmlns="https://ws.esendex.us/NotifyWS/">
      <ListName>string</ListName>
      <ParentListID>int</ParentListID>
      <LicenseKey>string</LicenseKey>
    </LM_AddNewList>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

SOAP 1.1 Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <LM_AddNewListResponse xmlns="https://ws.esendex.us/NotifyWS/">
      <LM_AddNewListResult>int</LM_AddNewListResult>
    </LM_AddNewListResponse>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

SOAP 1.2 Request

POST /NotifyWS/PhoneNotify.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: ws.esendex.us
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body>
    <LM_AddNewList xmlns="https://ws.esendex.us/NotifyWS/">
      <ListName>string</ListName>
      <ParentListID>int</ParentListID>
      <LicenseKey>string</LicenseKey>
    </LM_AddNewList>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>

SOAP 1.2 Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body>
    <LM_AddNewListResponse xmlns="https://ws.esendex.us/NotifyWS/">
      <LM_AddNewListResult>int</LM_AddNewListResult>
    </LM_AddNewListResponse>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>

XML Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<int xmlns="https://ws.esendex.us/NotifyWS/">int</int>HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<int xmlns="https://ws.esendex.us/NotifyWS/">int</int>HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<int xmlns="https://ws.esendex.us/NotifyWS/">int</int>HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<int xmlns="https://ws.esendex.us/NotifyWS/">int</int>HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<int xmlns="https://ws.esendex.us/NotifyWS/">int</int>

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