Activate cashback offer %26 redirect
Cashback offer activation is how your users can earn cashback and rewards from Sleek’s cashback offers.
This API will redirect your users to the retailer’s website automatically and activate the cashback offer.
How to use
This API should be called every time your user wants to activate a cashback offer. The API will return a URL or automatically handle redirects so that your user can visit to complete the activation process.
This API is unauthenticated and expected to be called on the client side from your user’s devices.
Since this API is a GET request, you can use it to redirect your user to the
retailer’s website directly.
First party URL vs Sleek API URL
Users click cashback offers links more often if the link is to your domain, due to trust and simplicity in the activation experience.
Consider putting your applications URL in front of the Sleek API URL to give your customers a seamless experience. For example:
Then, your application would have a route that would redirect to the Sleek API URL.
Steps
Determine the cashback offer
Find the cashback offer that the user wants to activate. For example, the user might
want to activate cashback at Walmart with cashbackOfferId equal to
3b85b29d-d167-41ad-9cde-8507f5cc5fbc.
Activate cashback offer
Send the URL to the URL detailed here with your desired cashbackOfferId, your
activation orgId, and a passbackUid that uniquely identifies this user
or some reference that you will track. Optionally, use the passbackData
param to store any data about this activation that you’d like tracked with
any transaction that occurs from the user after this cashback offer activates.
Redirect the user
The API will automatically redirect the user to the retailer’s website with the activated cashback offer.
Cashback offer activated
After the URL redirect is complete, the cashback offer has been activated. Your user can now shop at the retailer and earn cashback or rewards. Any rewards earned will be tracked in the Sleek transaction API.
Query Parameters
The ID of the cashback offer to activate. Format: UUID RFC 4122
A unique identifier for this activation. This will be passed back to you when a transaction occurs. Format: any string
Any data you want to pass back to you when a transaction occurs. Format: any string
Your organization's UID for activating retailer's cashback offer
Response
The URL to redirect the user to activate the retailer's cashback offer.