How do I set transactional email attributes in Sendinblue api v3? - php

Question

So, I'm novice at best with php, but I've figured out how to set up and send transactional emails with sendinblue.
But for whatever reason, I can't seem to set the attributes.
This is really the only line of the code that I can't seem to get to work.
$sendEmail['attributes'] = array('FIRSTNAME' => "STEVE");$sendEmail['attributes'] = array('FIRSTNAME' => "STEVE");
I've also tried
$sendEmail['params'] = array('FIRSTNAME' => "STEVE");
and
$params['attributes'] = array('FIRSTNAME' => "STEVE");
...and probably 127 variations of the above, but I can't seem to get it it to work.
I also can't seem to figure out how to create a contact with php...
What is the "create contact" equivilent of this line of code:
$sendEmail = new \SendinBlue\Client\Model\SendEmail();
?
Like I said, my emails asre sending, but where I expect them to read "Dear STEVE," they read "Dear ,"
BELOW IS THE FULL CODE:
<?php
# Include the SendinBlue library\
require_once('../vendor/autoload.php');
# Instantiate the client\
$config = SendinBlue\Client\Configuration::getDefaultConfiguration()->setApiKey('api-key', 'MY API KEY HERE');
// Uncomment below to setup prefix (e.g. Bearer) for API key, if needed
// $config = SendinBlue\Client\Configuration::getDefaultConfiguration()->setApiKeyPrefix('api-key', 'Bearer');
// Configure API key authorization: partner-key
$config = SendinBlue\Client\Configuration::getDefaultConfiguration()->setApiKey('partner-key', 'MY API KEY HERE');
// Uncomment below to setup prefix (e.g. Bearer) for API key, if needed
// $config = SendinBlue\Client\Configuration::getDefaultConfiguration()->setApiKeyPrefix('partner-key', 'Bearer');
$apiInstance = new SendinBlue\Client\Api\SMTPApi(
// If you want use custom http client, pass your client which implements `GuzzleHttp\ClientInterface`.
// This is optional, `GuzzleHttp\Client` will be used as default.
new GuzzleHttp\Client(),
$config
);
$templateId = 2; // int | Id of the template
$sendEmail = new \SendinBlue\Client\Model\SendEmail(); // \SendinBlue\Client\Model\SendEmail |
$sendEmail['emailTo'] = array("test#example.com");
$params['attributes'] = array('FIRSTNAME' => "STEVE"); //THIS IS THE LINE OF CODE THAT ISN'T WORKING.
//$mail->setFrom('info#myeasy.wedding', 'My Easy Wedding');
try {
$result = $apiInstance->sendTemplate($templateId, $sendEmail);
print_r($result);
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo 'Exception when calling SMTPApi->sendTemplate: ', $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;
}
?>

Answer 1

You need to use sendTransacEmail() and it works with PARAM. Need to add code in template {{ params.FIRSTNAME }}
Complete API code
$config = SendinBlue\Client\Configuration::getDefaultConfiguration()->setApiKey('api-key', 'MY API KEY HERE');
$apiInstance = new SendinBlue\Client\Api\TransactionalEmailsApi(
// If you want use custom http client, pass your client which implements `GuzzleHttp\ClientInterface`.
// This is optional, `GuzzleHttp\Client` will be used as default.
new GuzzleHttp\Client(),
$config
);
$sendEmail = new SendinBlue\Client\Model\SendSmtpEmail();
$sendEmail['to'] = [["email" => 'test#example.com', "name" => 'test']];
$sendEmail['templateId'] = 2;
$sendEmail['params'] = ['FIRSTNAME' => 'Test'];
try {
$response = $apiInstance->sendTransacEmail($sendEmail);
print_r($response);
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo 'Exception when calling AccountApi->getAccount: ', $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;
}

Answer 2

try to use FNAME instead of FIRSTNAME
Reference
<?php
require_once(__DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php');
$config = SendinBlue\Client\Configuration::getDefaultConfiguration()->setApiKey('api-key', 'YOUR API KEY');
$apiInstance = new SendinBlue\Client\Api\TransactionalEmailsApi(
new GuzzleHttp\Client(),
$config
);
$templateId = 1;
$sendEmail = new \SendinBlue\Client\Model\SendEmail()
$sendEmail['emailTo'] = array('example#example.com');
$sendEmail['emailCc'] = array('example1#example1.com');
$sendEmail['headers'] = array('Some-Custom-Name' => 'unique-id-1234');
$sendEmail['attributes'] = array('FNAME' => 'Jane', 'LNAME' => 'Doe');
$sendEmail['replyTo'] = 'replyto#domain.com';
$sendEmail['attachmentUrl'] = 'https://example.net/upload-file.pdf';
try {
$result = $apiInstance->sendTemplate($templateId, $sendEmail);
print_r($result);
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo 'Exception when calling TransactionalEmailsApi->sendTemplate: ', $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;
}
?>
You can find more examples at https://developers.sendinblue.com/