Compose Email button

The Compose ClearSlide Email button enables your end user to compose ClearSlide email directly from your application with the appropriate data/context. When the user clicks the button, the user is presented with the ClearSlide authentication page. Upon successful login, user is automatically redirected to the ClearSlide Compose Email experience. If the user’s login state is valid, then the user won’t be prompted to login.

Getting Started

The simplest way to display a Compose ClearSlide Email button on your page is to embed the following snippet into your HTML resource.

In the following HTML, replace YOUR_CLIENT_ID with your client id.

<form action="https://www.clearslide.com/public/compose-email" method="POST" target="_blank">
  <input type="hidden" name="clientId" value="YOUR_CLIENT_ID">
  <input type="hidden" name="companyName" value="sampleCompanyName">
  <input type="hidden" name="companyCrmId" value="sampleCompanyId">
  <input type="hidden" name="personCrmId" value="samplePersonId">
  <input type="hidden" name="deckId" value="sampleDeckId">
  <input type="hidden" name="externalId" value="sampleOtherId">

  <input type="hidden" name="emailRecipients" value="sampleEmailRecipients">
  <input type="hidden" name="emailSubject" value="sampleEmailSubject">
  <input type="hidden" name="emailMessage" value="sampleEmailMessage">

  <input type="submit" value="Compose ClearSlide Email">
</form>

Live Example - Embeddable Javascript

Display a Compose ClearSlide Email button on your page to embed the following JS snippet into your application.

In the following HTML, replace YOUR_CLIENT_ID with your client id.

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Supported Browsers

ClearSlide APIs are supported on the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, and Edge. Please note that Internet Explorer 10 and below are not supported.

How does it work?

Compose ClearSlide Email button, when submitted, makes an HTTP POST request to the ClearSlide web application with the form data sent to compose ClearSlide email. The meaning of each parameter can be found in the description section below.

You can place multiple buttons on the same page. Each button can pass the same or different context when composing ClearSlide email.

If you are not logged into ClearSlide in another browser tab, you will be prompted to login before composing email.

If you are logged into ClearSlide in another browser tab, compose ClearSlide email form will be loaded immediately.

What parameters can be sent with a button?

Standard url parameters

Custom url parameters

The purpose of custom parameters is to enable you to attach a custom id to a ClearSlide compose email. By doing so, you’ll be able to associate and relate ClearSlide customer activity and engagement data with objects unique to your application.

Custom parameters are particularly useful when embedding Compose ClearSlide Email button in a CRM application. For example, if your end user starts a ClearSlide compose email with a contact at an account, you can pass personCrmId and companyCrmId as url parameters when calling the ClearSlide compose email url.

End to End working example - 5 mins

In this example, you will be composing ClearSlide Email with third-party data, sending email, and query Insights API to view third-party data associated with activity summary.

Step 1 of 3 :

Provide valid parameters into the HTML. Click Compose ClearSlide Email button.

Step 2 of 3 :

Complete sending a ClearSlide compose email in the web application.

Step 3 of 3 :

Option 1 - Use the Insights API reference document.

Option 2 - Use the below fiddle editing the following parameters: - authorization, targetUserId, timestamp