In programming languages, loops are a basic, yet a very powerful and indispensable concept. They shorten the code and reduce the need to repeat tasks. A loop is a set of instructions to be executed until a certain condition is met. In this article, we will focus on the most fundamental kind of loop, the …
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There are many reasons for checking the client IP address, most common include tracking and personalization. What can you find out about the visitors of a webpage from their IP address? You can identify their ISP, figure out approximately where they're located and see how often they (or someone else sharing their router) visit your …
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The LogUnsubEvent provides a convenient way of handling unsubscribes when you create your own unsubscribe landing page or profile center functionality. This call allows you to unsubscribe a subscriber and log an UnsubEvent that is tracked against a specific Job, which means that you will be able to track from which email they unsubscribed and …
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In this tutorial, I would like to show you how to make a simple API call using the HTTPGet function. In AMPscript, there are three HTTP functions used to interact with third-party APIs (HTTPGet, HTTPPost, HTTPPostTo). The HTTPGet function retrieves content from a publicly accessible URL. In the ampscript.guide, you can see an example of …
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Debugging AMPscript in Salesforce Marketing Cloud can be a pain, as there is no built-in feature that would show script errors in CloudPages. The idea to add a debugging feature to CloudPages has been hanging in the Traiblazer Community's "Ideas" section for two years now and haven't yet reached the point threshold set by Salesforce …
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