Get Communication Type(s)

GET /v2/finplus/debtmanagement/debtornotes/communicationtypes (/{id})

This endpoint retrieves a list of available debtor note communication types, such as SMS, Email, Telephonic, and others. These types define the method used to communicate with debtors regarding their accounts.

By default, this endpoint returns a collection of records, wrapped in a data array. To retrieve a single record, provide its ID in the URL, which will return a single object instead of a collection.

Path Parameters

Name	Type	Description
{id}	Integer	Optionally provide the Communication Type ID for retrieving a single record.

Request Headers

Name	Type	Description
HTTP-X-USERNAME*	String	As provided by d6
HTTP-X-PASSWORD*	String	As provided by d6
HTTP-X-SCHOOLID*	Integer	The unique identifier of the school for which the data is being queried.

Response Examples

Success - Collection (200 OK)

Status: 200 OK

{
    "data": [
        {
            "id": 1,
            "name": "SMS"
        },
        {
            "id": 2,
            "name": "E-mail"
        },
        {
            "id": 3,
            "name": "Telephonic"
        },
        ...
    ]
}

Success - Resource (200 OK)

Description: When querying a specific communication type ID

Status: 200 OK

{
    "id": 2,
    "name": "E-mail"
}

ID Not Found Error (404 Not Found)

Description: The requested ID does not exist in the system.

Status: 404 Not Found

{
    "success": false,
    "message": "The note type does not exist"
}

Code Samples

PHP

<?php

// API Credentials
$api_username = 'your_username';
$api_password = 'your_password';
$school_id = 'the_school_id';

// Base API endpoint
define('BASE_URL', 'https://integrate.d6plus.co.za/api/v2/finplus/debtmanagement/debtornotes/communicationtypes');

// Optional: Set an ID to fetch a specific communication type (or leave empty for all)
$id = '';

$url = BASE_URL;
if (!empty($id)) {
    $url .= '/' . $id;
}

// Initialize cURL
$curl = curl_init();

// Set cURL options
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL            => $url,
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT        => 30,  // Set timeout to prevent hanging requests
    CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION   => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST  => 'GET',
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER     => [
        "HTTP-X-USERNAME: $api_username",
        "HTTP-X-PASSWORD: $api_password",
        "HTTP-X-SCHOOLID: $school_id"
    ],
]);

// Execute request
$response = curl_exec($curl);

// Check for errors
$error = curl_error($curl);
if ($error) {
    curl_close($curl);
    throw new Exception("cURL Error: $error");
}

// Close cURL and output response
curl_close($curl);
echo $response;

cURL

curl --location --request GET 'https://integrate.d6plus.co.za/api/v2/finplus/debtmanagement/debtornotes/communicationtypes' \
     --header 'HTTP-X-USERNAME: your_username' \
     --header 'HTTP-X-PASSWORD: your_password' \
     --header 'HTTP-X-SCHOOLID: the_school_id'