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PUT
/
v2
/
custom-segments
/
file-segment
/
replace
Replace users from File Segment
curl --request PUT \
  --url https://api-{dc}.moengage.com/v2/custom-segments/file-segment/replace \
  --header 'Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: <content-type>' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "custom_segment_unique_name",
  "attribute_name": "unique_identifier",
  "attribute_type": "string",
  "file_url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/Sample_GAIDs_replace.csv",
  "callback_url": "http://example.com/moengage-callback",
  "emails": [
    "user1@example.com"
  ]
}
'
{
  "message": "File-segment user-replace request accepted",
  "success": true,
  "cs_name": "custom_segment_unique_name"
}
  • This API drops all existing users from the custom segment and adds the new users provided in the file_url.
  • Only the newly added users are counted towards the daily file_segment_user limit.

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Basic Authentication using your Workspace ID (as username) and Data API Key (as password) from the MoEngage Dashboard.

Headers

​
Content-Type
enum<string>
default:text/csv
required

Select the file content type.

Available options:
text/csv,
application/csv,
application/vnd.ms-excel,
text/plain,
application/octet-stream,
binary/octet-stream
​
Database
string

Set the database from which the data is available (MOE-DBNAME).

Body

application/json

Details of the segment to update and the file URL of users to replace with.

Schema for updating an existing file segment (add, remove, replace users).

​
name
string
required

Name of the custom segment. Must be unique for creation.

​
attribute_name
string
required

Name of the user attribute to use as an identifier (e.g., 'ID', 'email').

​
attribute_type
enum<string>
required

The data type of the attribute_name.

Available options:
string,
double
​
file_url
string<uri>
required

A public, downloadable URL to a single-column CSV file.

​
callback_url
string<uri>

Callback URL to receive the result of segment processing.

​
emails
string<email>[]

List of email IDs to receive segment processing response.

Response

Request accepted for processing.

​
message
string

The status message of the request.

​
success
boolean

Indicates if the request was accepted.

Example:

true

​
cs_name
string

The unique name of the custom segment being processed.