# Choose which SideShift campaign a campaign maps to

`PATCH https://api.tryscouty.com/v1/campaigns/{campaignId}/activation/sideshift`

Sets which campaign on the connected SideShift account this campaign's creators are checked against, as the picker on the dashboard does. The id must be on the account's list right now.

- Scope: `campaigns:write`
- Kind: write
- Safe to retry with the same idempotency key: yes
- MCP tool: `scouty_choose_sideshift_campaign`

## Authorization

Send `Authorization: Bearer $SCOUTY_TOKEN`. The token needs the `campaigns:write` scope.

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `campaignId` | `integer` | Required | The campaign whose activation flow this is about. |

## Headers

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `Idempotency-Key` | `string` | Optional | The same key the body's idempotencyKey carries. Send one or the other, or both with the same value. |

## Body parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `idempotencyKey` | `string` | Required | A key you choose for this call, 8 to 128 characters of letters, digits, dot, underscore, colon or hyphen. Sending the same key with the same arguments replays the first answer and changes nothing, so a retry after a timeout is safe. |
| `sideshiftCampaignId` | `string` | Required | The SideShift campaign's id, as scouty_list_sideshift_campaigns lists it. |

## Request

### cURL

```bash
curl -s -X PATCH https://api.tryscouty.com/v1/campaigns/42/activation/sideshift \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SCOUTY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"idempotencyKey":"sideshift-42-1","sideshiftCampaignId":"ss-2"}'
```

### JavaScript

```js
const response = await fetch("https://api.tryscouty.com/v1/campaigns/42/activation/sideshift", {
  method: "PATCH",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.SCOUTY_TOKEN}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    idempotencyKey: "sideshift-42-1",
    sideshiftCampaignId: "ss-2"
  }),
});
console.log(await response.json());
```

### Python

```python
import os

import requests

token = os.environ["SCOUTY_TOKEN"]
response = requests.patch(
    "https://api.tryscouty.com/v1/campaigns/42/activation/sideshift",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"},
    json={
        "idempotencyKey": "sideshift-42-1",
        "sideshiftCampaignId": "ss-2",
    },
)
print(response.json())
```

## Responses

### 200 OK

```json
{
  "connected": true,
  "companyName": "Acme",
  "programId": "ss-2",
  "programName": "Acme Summer",
  "status": "chosen",
  "connectionStatus": "connected",
  "lastError": null
}
```

### 400 Bad Request

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "invalid_request",
    "message": "Those arguments are not the shape this capability takes: idempotencyKey."
  }
}
```

### 401 Unauthorized

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "missing_token",
    "message": "This API needs an Authorization header carrying a bearer token."
  }
}
```

### 403 Forbidden

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "insufficient_scope",
    "message": "This token does not carry the campaigns:write scope. Ask the team for one that does."
  }
}
```

### 404 Not Found

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "message": "No such campaign."
  }
}
```

### 409 Conflict

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "idempotency_conflict",
    "message": "That idempotency key was already used for a different request. Use a new key."
  }
}
```

### 429 Too Many Requests

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "rate_limited",
    "message": "Too many requests. Please wait for the current minute to end."
  }
}
```

## Errors

| Status | `error.code` | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 400 Bad Request | `invalid_request` | The request was not the shape this capability takes, or its body was not JSON. |
| 401 Unauthorized | `missing_token`, `invalid_token`, `token_revoked`, `token_expired`, `token_orphaned` | No token, or one that is not recognized, revoked or expired. |
| 403 Forbidden | `insufficient_scope`, `wrong_principal` | The token does not carry the scope this capability needs. |
| 404 Not Found | `not_found` | No such route, or no such campaign for this client. |
| 409 Conflict | `idempotency_conflict` | That idempotency key was already used for a different request. Nothing was changed. |
| 429 Too Many Requests | `rate_limited` | Too many requests this minute. Retry-After says how long is left. |

Full reference: https://docs.tryscouty.com/reference