EzineArticles API - Create A New Account

The new account creation API method allows you to create new account and become an EzineArticles Expert Author.

Parameters for New Account Creation

Parameter	Possible Values	Purpose	Default
submit	account.create.new			Required
email		Email address is used as account login.		Required
password		Six characters minimum and must contain at least one number.		Required
first_name		Initial author name will be created from your first & last name. Additional pen names can be added after your account is created.		Required
last_name				Required
middle_name
address1		Mailing address.		Required
address2
city		City name.		Required
state		Account owner's Province or State name.		Required
zip		Postal or Zip code		Required
country				Required
phone				Required
fax
business		Account owner's business name.
url		Account owner's web site url.		Required
referrer		Application name or web site url used to create this account.		Required
newsletter_subscribe	true, false	To Subscribe To The Weekly/Periodic EzineArticles Newsletter	true
training_series_subscribe	true, false	To Subscribe To The EzineArticles 12+ Part Email-Based Training Series	true

New Account Creation Example

Using PHP:

<?php

$data['submit'] = 'account.create.new';

$data['key'] = '{your api key}';

$data['response_format'] = 'xml';

$data['email'] = '{email address}';

$data['password'] = '{password}';

$data['first_name'] = '{first name}';

$data['last_name'] = '{last name}';

$data['address1'] = '{address}';

$data['city'] = '{city}';

$data['state'] = '{state}';

$data['zip'] = '{postal/zip code}';

$data['country'] = '{country}';

$data['phone'] = '{phone}';

$data['business'] = '{business name}';

$data['url'] = '{web url address}';

$data['referrer'] = '{api application name}';

//traverse array and prepare data for posting (key1=value1)

foreach ( $data as $key => $value) {

  $post_items[] = $key . '=' . $value;

}

//create the final string to be posted using implode()

$post_string = implode ('&', $post_items);

//create cURL connection

$curl_connection = curl_init('http://api.ezinearticles.com/api.php');

//set options

curl_setopt($curl_connection, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 30);

curl_setopt($curl_connection, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

curl_setopt($curl_connection, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);

curl_setopt($curl_connection, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);

curl_setopt($curl_connection, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array("Expect:"));

//set data to be posted

curl_setopt($curl_connection, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $post_string);

//perform our request

$result = curl_exec($curl_connection);

//API response information

$response = curl_multi_getcontent($curl_connection);

//close the connection

curl_close($curl_connection);

?>

If above submit is successful, the API will return something similar to this:

<ezinearticles_api_response>
<success>New account has been created.</success>
<account_id>143256</account_id>
<response_info>
<time>2008-08-27 16:36:49</time>
<status>200</status>
<submit>account.create.new</submit>
<format>xml</format>
</response_info>
</ezinearticles_api_response>

Response Status Codes

If there is a problem with your API request, an error message will be shown in the format specified by the response_format parameter or in plain text if that parameter is missing.

Code	Meaning
200	The request was successful. This code will accompany a response from the API.
404	No results found. This code will accompany a message explaining that no results were found for your request.
400	The request was invalid. This code will also be sent if you have exceeded your maximum hourly requests or your API Key is invalid.
500	The API is experiencing a problem unrelated to your request that prevents it being performed at this time.

EzineArticles API - Create A New Account

Parameters for New Account Creation

New Account Creation Example

Response Status Codes

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