Creating a Triggered Email Campaign Workflow

This page contains conceptual and procedural information on creating a triggered send email campaign using the Marketing Cloud SOAP API.

Why Create a Triggered Send Email Campaign

A triggered send email campaign takes a previously created email message and sends that message out in response to an outside request, such as a subscriber opting in to receive the message.

How To Create a Triggered Send Email Campaign

Use the flow chart and sample code as an example of how to create and order the processes necessary for the triggered email send campaign.

Triggered Send Email Campaign Workflow Process

Sample Code

This section contains sample code you can use to conduct your triggered sends.

Sample .NET Code

Sample PHP Code

SOAP Envelopes to Interact with Emails and Triggered Send Definitions

This section includes sample code you can use to create a triggered email send using the SOAP API.

SOAP Request to Retrieve Email from Marketing Cloud System

SOAP Response to Retrieve Email

SOAP Request to Retrieve SendClassification

SOAP Response to Retrieve SendClassification

SOAP Request to Create Triggered Send Defintion

SOAP Response to Create Triggered Send Defintion

SOAP Request to Start Triggered Send Definition (Update Call)

SOAP Response to Start Triggered Send Definition

SOAP Request to Send Triggered Email to Subscriber

SOAP Response to Send Triggered Email to Subscriber

Retrieve Send Classification and Create Triggered Send Definition - Sample PHP Code