# Add special price promotion

Use the **AddSpecialPricePromotion** method to create a promotion with a special price.

## Request parameters

<table><thead><tr><th width="130.800048828125">Parameters</th><th>Type / Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>Promotion</code></td><td><p><strong>Required (object)</strong></p><p>Contains details of the promotion.</p></td></tr><tr><td><code>PriceMatrix</code></td><td><p><strong>Required (array of objects)</strong></p><p>Only for this type of promotion. It is generated by getPriceMatrix and used to set promotion special prices.</p></td></tr><tr><td><code>Coupon</code></td><td><p><strong>Required (object)</strong></p><p>Type of coupon applied to the promotion.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Request sample

```php
<?php

require('PATH_TO_AUTH');

$promotionObject = new stdClass;
$promotionObject->Name = 'YOUR_PROMOTION_TITLE';
$promotionObject->Description = 'YOUR_PROMOTION_DESCRIPTION';
$promotionObject->DefaultCurrency = "EUR";
$promotionObject->StartDate = date('Y-m-d', strtotime('1 month ago'));
$promotionObject->EndDate = date('Y-m-d', strtotime('+1 month'));
$promotionObject->Type = 'SPECIAL_PRICE';
$promotionObject->Enabled = 1;
$promotionObject->MaximumOrdersNumber = 0;
$promotionObject->MaximumQuantity = 0;
$promotionObject->InstantDiscount = false;
$promotionObject->ApplyRecurring = 'NONE';
$promotionObject->RecurringChargesNumber = 3;
$promotionObject->InstantDiscount = 0;

$couponObject = new stdClass;
$couponObject->Type = 'SINGLE';
$couponObject->Code = 'single_code';
$promotionObject->Coupon = $couponObject;

$productsObj1 = new stdClass;
$productsObj1->Code = 'test';
$promotionObject->Products = [$productsObj1];

$priceMatrixDefinition1 = new stdClass;
$priceMatrixDefinition1->ProductCode = "test";
$priceMatrixDefinition1->PricingConfigurationCode = "738C6A2049";
$priceMatrixDefinition1->OptionHash = "708e43960c4edc42f14cf388bcb24bde";

$option1 = new stdClass;
$option1->GroupName = "Units";
$option1->OptionText = "1 - maximum";

$price1 = new stdClass;
$price1->Value = 10;
$price1->Currency = "USD";
$price2 = new stdClass;
$price2->Value = 15;
$price2->Currency = "EUR";

$priceMatrixDefinition1->Options = [$option1];
$priceMatrixDefinition1->Prices = [$price1, $price2];

$promotionObject->PriceMatrix = [$priceMatrixDefinition1];

$jsonRpcRequest = array (
'jsonrpc' => '2.0',
'id' => $i++,
'method' => 'addPromotion',
'params' => array($sessionID, $promotionObject),
);

$result = callRPC((object)$jsonRpcRequest, $host);
var_dump($result);
```

## Response

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "result": {
    "Code": "M99QQ7Q97A",
    "Name": "Promo percentage REST",
    "Description": "Promo description1",
    "StartDate": "2019-11-30",
    "EndDate": "2100-12-31",
    "MaximumOrdersNumber": -1,
    "MaximumQuantity": "1",
    "InstantDiscount": false,
    "Coupon": {
      "Type": "MULTIPLE",
      "Codes": [
        "code1",
        "code2"
      ]
    },
    "Enabled": true,
    "Type": "SPECIAL_PRICE",
    "Products": [
      {
        "Code": "test",
        "PricingOptionCodes": null,
        "PricingConfigurationCode": null
      }
    ],
    "Translations": [
      {
        "Name": "Promo percentage REST",
        "Language": "EN"
      }
    ],
    "Sources": [],
    "ApplyRecurring": "NONE",
    "RecurringChargesNumber": "0",
    "DefaultCurrency": "EUR",
    "PriceMatrix": [
      {
        "ProductCode": "test",
        "PricingConfigurationCode": "738C6A2049",
        "OptionHash": "708e43960c4edc42f14cf388bcb24bde",
        "Options": [
          {
            "GroupName": "Units",
            "OptionText": "1 - maximum"
          }
        ],
        "Prices": [
          {
            "Value": 31.15600000000014,
            "Currency": "CAD"
          },
          {
            "Value": 20,
            "Currency": "EUR"
          },
          {
            "Value": 40,
            "Currency": "USD"
          },
          {
            "Value": 1587.5251590697817,
            "Currency": "ARS"
          },
          {
            "Value": 18541.128586270122,
            "Currency": "CLP"
          },
          {
            "Value": 18.132399999999887,
            "Currency": "GBP"
          },
          {
            "Value": 2447.1999999999794,
            "Currency": "JPY"
          },
          {
            "Value": 499.51800000000384,
            "Currency": "MXN"
          },
          {
            "Value": 97.536,
            "Currency": "RON"
          },
          {
            "Value": 1846.0500000000052,
            "Currency": "RUB"
          },
          {
            "Value": 601.8285443739301,
            "Currency": "UAH"
          },
          {
            "Value": 384.3740000000019,
            "Currency": "ZAR"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}
```


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