Question

I’m trying to insert a campaign into openX with the XML-RPC API, everything except the start and end dates is working fine, my current code looks like this:

$campaign = new XML_RPC_Value(
                    array('advertiserId' => new XML_RPC_Value($advertiserID, 'int'),
                            'campaignName' => new XML_RPC_Value('My Banner', 'string'),
                            'startDate' => new XML_RPC_Value(new Date(time()), 'DateTime'),
                            'endDate' => new XML_RPC_Value(new Date(time() + (3600*24*3), 'DateTime')/*3 days into the future*/,
                            'impressions' => new XML_RPC_Value(10000, 'int'),
                            'clicks' => new XML_RPC_Value(-1, 'int'),
                            'priority' => new XML_RPC_Value(1, 'int'),
                            'weight' => new XML_RPC_Value(0, 'int')
                    ), 
                    'struct');

I’m using the PEAR XML_RPC package. This code runs fine without generating any errors, however when I look at the OpenX control panel my new campaign does not have a start or end date (they are set to “Start Immediatly” and “Don’t Expire”).

What format does the date need to be in, for OpenX to accept it?

Answer 1

EDIT: looked at the http://pear.php.net/package/XML_RPC code, you need to encode your dates as ISO 8601 strings yourself:

Try like this:

$campaign = new XML_RPC_Value(
                array('advertiserId' => new XML_RPC_Value($advertiserID, 'int'),
                        'campaignName' => new XML_RPC_Value('My Banner', 'string'),
                        'startDate' => new XML_RPC_Value(date('c'), 'dateTime.iso8601'),
                        'endDate' => new XML_RPC_Value(date('c', time() + (3600*24*3)), 'dateTime.iso8601')/*3 days into the future*/,
                        'impressions' => new XML_RPC_Value(10000, 'int'),
                        'clicks' => new XML_RPC_Value(-1, 'int'),
                        'priority' => new XML_RPC_Value(1, 'int'),
                        'weight' => new XML_RPC_Value(0, 'int')
                ), 
                'struct');

(The XML-RPC date type is ‘dateTime.iso8601’, not ‘DateTime’.)