Using the Goal Retrieval and Shopping Cart Integration

The Goal Retrieval XML feed allows you to remotely fetch information regarding goals and commission from the Aflite server.

Go to: "Merchant Account > DATA^LIVE"

Uses

• Test if a sale resulted in a goal
  You may wish to know if a sale resulted in a goal programatically. If no goal is returned the sale was not resultant from an affiliate.
  
• Integrate into shopping cart system
  You can retrieve commission values into your shopping cart system if you would prefer to keep your data in a central location.

How to use fetch a goal

You must always attempt the Goal Retrieval after the tracking event otherwise a false negative will be returned. Make a call to the below url including the correct variables:

http://aflite.co.uk/data/goals?apikey=[API Key]&mref=[Merchant Reference]

Variables

Variables can be sent to http://aflite.co.uk/data/goals as either GET or POST.