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# Affiliate Account Postbacks

*Article Topics:* [*Sites*](/getting-started/common-topics/sites.md)*,* [*Affiliates*](/getting-started/common-topics/affiliates.md)

NATS has to ability to post information to a script of your choice for new affiliate signups as well as affiliate account changes. These postbacks can be enabled from the Configuration admin. 

For other postback examples, please see [Postbacks and Post URLs](/nats-admin/sites/further-reading/postbacks-and-post-urls.md).

## Configuration Admin

If you would like to enable these postbacks, go to the [Configuration Admin ](/nats-admin/configuration.md)and select "Postback" from the Current Section drop-down menu. You will then see the following configurations under the "Affiliate Account Postback" sub-section

* POST\_ACCOUNT\_SIGNUP - Receive a postback when a new affiliate signs up.
* POST\_ACCOUNT\_CHANGES - Receive a postback when an existing affiliate updates their account information.

### Postback Logging Script

The following example script allows you to log the contents of a postback

{% hint style="warning" %}
**Please Note:** Make sure that the log is NOT in a web accessible folder.
{% endhint %}

```
<?php

	$file = '/path/to/nats4/logs/postback_logs.txt';
	// Open the file to get existing content
	$post = print_r($_REQUEST, TRUE);
	file_put_contents($file, $post, FILE_APPEND);
 
?>
```

## Account Signup Postback Format

Here is an example log of the POST\_ACCOUNT\_SIGNUP:

```
Array
(
    [loginid] => 77
    [username] => afftest72
    [deleted] => 0
    [type] => 0
    [skinid] => 102
    [payvia_type_id] => 1
    [status] => 0
    [join_date] => 1437757101
    [inhouse] => 0
    [tmmid] => 0
    [origin] => 0
    [payout_period_id] => 0
    [firstname] => nick
    [lastname] => test
    [email] => afftest72@gmail.com
    [date_posted] => 1437757101
    [join_ip] => 168430111
    [reviewed] => 0
    [minimum_payout] => 50
    [bonus] => 0
    [bonus_used] => 0
    [unencoded] => 0
    [startpage] => internal.php
    [rep_baseline] => 0
    [company] => tmm
    [url] => AFFTEST.COM
    [address1] => 123+address
    [address2] => addresscont
    [city] => testcity
    [state] => nj
    [country] => US
    [zip_code] => 12345
    [invoicer] => 0
    [req_docs] => 0
    [w9] => 0
    [mailok] => 1
    [trust_level] => 0
    [new_notification] => 0
    [latest_news] => 0
    [default_campaign] => 0
    [default_program] => 0
    [default_site] => 0
    [pv_instant] => 0
    [payout_approval] => 0
    [access_preset] => 0
    [custom1] => 0
    [custom2] => 0
    [custom3] => 0
    [custom4] => 0
    [custom5] => 0
    [remote_access] => 0
    [remote_payment] => 0
    [remote_adtool] => 0
    [allow_subscription_passthrough] => 0
    [allow_option_force] => 0
    [affiliate_referral] => Array
        (
            [loginid] => 4
            [username] => AccountRep1
        )
    [Address] => 123+address
    [Address_2] => addresscont
    [City] => testcity
    [Country] => United States
    [Pay_To] => nopay
    [State] => nj
    [Zip_Code] => 12345
)
```

## Account Changes Postback Format

NATS will postback the loginid, and only the fields that have changed for your affiliate. Here is an exmaple log from the POST\_ACCOUNT\_CHANGES postback when changing first name, last name, address, and city for loginid 3:

```
Array
(
    [firstname] => testname
    [lastname] => testlast
    [address1] => 123+test
    [city] => testcity
    [loginid] => 3
)
```