Prospect accounts group prospect accounts that work for the same company under the same umbrella, keeping all the information about the company in one place. Use prospect account resources to request the name and Account Engagement ID of your prospect accounts. Learn more about prospect accounts in [Salesforce Help](https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=sf.Account Engagement_prospect_account_parent.htm).
Include the authentication header with every request. For information on how to authenticate, see Authentication.
Note
| Resource Name | Operation | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Prospect Account Assign | POST | Assign a prospect to a prospect account. |
| Prospect Account Create | POST | Create a prospect account. |
| Prospect Account Describe | GET | Request the field metadata for prospect accounts. |
| Prospect Account Read | GET | Request information for a single prospect account. |
| Prospect Account Query | GET | Request information for the prospect accounts that match the specified criteria. |
| Prospect Account Update | POST | Update a prospect account’s information, including the Account Engagement ID of the prospect account, and the prospect account name. |
Assign a prospect to a prospect account. You can specify the prospect by Account Engagement ID or email address.
1/api/prospectAccount/version/3/do/assign/id/<ID>You can use any prospect account field as a parameter. For a list of prospect fields, see Prospect Account.
Assign the prospect with ID 1234 to the prospect account with ID 5678.
1POST /api/prospectAccount/version/3/do/assign/id/5678 HTTP/1.1
2Host: pi.pardot.com
3Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
4Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS TOKEN>
5Pardot-Business-Unit-Id: <BUSINESS UNIT ID>
6
7user_id=1234Create a prospect account with the specified fields.
1/api/prospectAccount/version/3/do/create?...You can use any prospect account field as a parameter. For a list of prospect fields, see Prospect Account.
Create a prospect account with the name “My Account”.
1POST /api/prospectAccount/version/3/do/create HTTP/1.1
2Host: pi.pardot.com
3Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
4Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS TOKEN>
5Pardot-Business-Unit-Id: <BUSINESS UNIT ID>
6
7name=My AccountRequest the field metadata for prospect accounts. The metadata describes which fields are available, their types, whether they’re required, and their option.
1/api/prospectAccount/version/3/do/describeRequest information for a single prospect.
1/api/prospectAccount/version/3/do/read/id/<ID>?..Replace <ID> with the Account Engagement ID of the prospect account.
Request information for the prospect account with ID 1234.
1/api/prospectAccount/version/3/do/read/id/1234Request information about the prospect accounts that match the specified criteria. You can specify which prospect accounts and which fields to request. A maximum of 200 prospect accounts are returned, unless you specify the output as mobile. If you specify the output as mobile, then all prospect accounts are returned.
Note: To request information about a specific prospect account, use Prospect Account Read.
1/api/prospectAccount/version/3/do/query?...Use these parameters to specify which prospect accounts are returned. Parameters can be used in any combination and in any order unless otherwise specified.
Notes:
yyyy-mm-dd:hh:ss:mm).| Parameter | Type | Possible Values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
created_after | string | today, yesterday, last_7_days, this_month, last_month,<custom_time> | Request prospect accounts created after the specified date and time. Example: To request prospect accounts created in 2020, use /api/prospectAccounts/version/3/do/query?created_after=2019-12-31 24:59:59. |
created_before | string | today, yesterday, last_7_days, this_month, last_month, <custom_time> | Request prospect accounts created before the specified date and time. Doesn’t include prospect accounts created at the specified time. <custom_time> Example: to request prospect accounts created before today (but not created today), use /api/prospectAccount/version/3/do/query?created_before=today. |
id_greater_than | integer | Any positive integer | Request prospect accounts that have an Account Engagement ID greater than the specified number. |
id_less_than | integer | Any positive integer | Request prospect accounts that have an Account Engagement ID less than the specified number. |
name | string | string | Request prospect accounts with the specified name. |
updated_after | string | today, yesterday, last_7_days, this_month, last_month, <custom_time> | Request prospect accounts that were last updated after the specified date and time. |
updated_before | string | today, yesterday, last_7_days, this_month, last_month, <custom_time> | Request prospect accounts that were last updated before the specified date and time. |
Use these parameters to specify which prospect account fields are returned, and how the prospect accounts are sorted.
| Parameter | Type | Possible Values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
fields | array | Any valid Account Engagement field IDs. | The fields to return. Separate fields by a comma. |
limit | integer | Any integer from 1 through 200. | The number of prospect accounts to return. Default value is 200. |
offset | integer | Any positive integer | The number of prospect accounts to omit from the response (the number to “skip over”). Example: Retrieve a list of prospect accounts, omitting the 50 most recently updated prospect accounts. Sort the query by the updated_at field and use offset=50: api/prospect/version/3/do/query?sort_by=updated_at&offset=50 |
sort_by | string | created_at, id, name, updated_at | The field by which the results are sorted. See Sort Order. |
sort_order | string | ascending, descending | The sort order. The default value depends on which sort_by value you specify. See Sort Order. |
Use sort_by to specify which field Account Engagement uses to sort the results. Different fields have different default sort orders.
| Value | Default Sort Order | Description |
|---|---|---|
created_at | descending | Sort the results by the prospect accounts’ created_at timestamps. |
id | ascending | Sort the results by the prospect accounts’ id fields. |
name | ascending | Sort the results by the prospect accounts’ name fields. |
updated_at | ascending | Sort the results by the prospect accounts’ updated_at timestamps. |
Request a list of prospect accounts, sorted in ascending order by cost.
1/api/prospectAccount/version/3/do/query?sort_order=ascending&sort_by=costUpdate a prospect account’s information. Fields that aren’t specified in the request aren’t changed. To clear a field, use a null value.
Returns an updated version of the prospect account.
1/api/prospectAccount/version/3/do/update/id/<ID>?...Replace <ID> with the Account Engagement ID of the prospect account.
You can use any prospect account field as a parameter. For a list of prospect account fields, see Object Field References.
To update prospect account’s name to “My Account”, use the following command:
1/api/prospectAccount/version/3/do/update/id/1234?name=My AccountThe XML response for a query request contains information about multiple prospect accounts. The XML response for a read request contains information about a single prospect account.
1<rsp stat="ok" version="1.0">
2 <result>
3 <total_results>...</total_results>
4 <prospectAccount>...</prospectAccount>
5 <prospectAccount>...</prospectAccount>
6 <prospectAccount>...</prospectAccount>
7 </result>
8</rsp>| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
<result> | Parent tag. Contains the prospect accounts that match the parameters specified in your query. |
<total_results> | The number of prospect accounts selected by the query. Note: The query request returns a maximum of 200 prospect accounts. If your query matches more than 200 prospect accounts, you can make several requests to retrieve all matching records. |
<prospectAccount> | The information for a single prospect account. For information about prospect account fields, see Prospect. |
1<rsp stat="ok" version="1.0">
2 <prospectAccount>
3
4 </prospect>
5</rsp>| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
<prospectAccount> | The information for a single prospect account. For information about prospect fields, see Prospect. |
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