Why do we need a transactional messaging API?
The API runs on an updated messaging platform, which improves scale and send speed. All messages are sent as quickly as possible. For email, there’s no need to select high, medium, or low priority in a send definition.
What does transactional messaging mean in Marketing Cloud?
Transactional messaging is immediate, automated, non-promotional messaging, such as order confirmation messages, password reset emails, and bank balance inquiry messages. Use the Marketing Cloud Transactional Messaging REST API to send personalized transactional email and SMS messages to your customers.
How are email APIs used in the cloud?
When used with cloud email delivery, an email API makes it easy to send email, particularly transactional messages, from your app or website—without needing to manage servers and their operational requirements. Instead, your app relies on the email API to manage things such as message assembly, message sending, and reporting.
How are messages sent as part of a transaction?
Sending messages as part of a transaction ensures that the messages are delivered in order, delivered only once, and successfully retrieved from their destination queue. If a queue is transactional, it accepts only messages that are sent as part of a transaction.
What is the maximum number of records I can send per RESTful API call?
– Salesforce Stack Exchange What is the maximum number of records I can send per RESTful API call? There is a maximum batch size for the number of records returned by an API call.
Is there a maximum batch size for an API call?
There is a maximum batch size for the number of records returned by an API call. Most of the documentation for the API calls reference including a .json file, and some, like the Update a Record page, refers to including multiple records – Records in a single file must be of the same object type.