Programmatically create coupon codes in Magento

Create backup for your database and project directory 2.create a form to post the coupon code information. such as

1. <div >
2. <h2>Create New Coupons</h2>
3. </div>
4. <div >
5. <div >
6. <div >
7. <dl >
8. <dt><label for="discount">Discount Value Type</label></dt>
9. <dd>
10. <div >
11. <select id="discount" name="discountType">
12. <option value="by_percent">Percent</option>
13. <option value="by_fixed">Fixed</option>
14. </select></div>
15. <div >
16. <label for="value">value</label>
17. <input id="spinner" name="discount_amount" value="">
18. </div>
19. <div ></div>
20. </dd>
21. <dt><label for="start_date">Start Date <a href="javascript:void(0)">?</a></label></dt>
22. <dd>
23. <div ><input id="datepicker" name="start_date" value=""></div>
24. <!--input id="start_date" name="start_date" value=""></div-->
25. <div >
26. <label for="expire_date">Expiration Date</label>
27. <input id="datepickerend" name="expire_date" value=" ">
28. <!--input id="expire_date" name="expire_date" value=""-->
29. </div>
30. <div ></div>
31. </dd>
32. <dt><label for="coupon_code">Coupon Code <a href="javascript:void(0)">?</a></label></dt>
33. <dd>
34. <div >
35. <input id="coupon_code" name="coupon_code" value=" "></div>
36. <div ></div>
37. </dd>
38. <dt><label for="coupon_detail">Coupon Description <a href="javascript:void(0)">?</a></label></dt>
39. <dd>
40. <div ><textarea id="coupon_detail" name="coupon_detail"></textarea></div>
41. <div ></div>
42. </dd>
43. </dl>
44. </div>
45. </div>
46. <p><label for="discount_assign"> The Discount will be assigned on <a href="javascript:void(0)">?</a></label> &nbsp; <select id="discount_assign" name="discount_assign">
47. <option value="0">Order Dishes Sum</option>
48. <option value="1">Order Total Sum</option>
49. </select></p>Coupon Limitations <a href="javascript:void(0)">?</a><p></p>
50. <div >
51. <ul >
52. <li ># Times
53. <div ><input name="times" value=" " id="spinner1"></div>
54. </li>
55. <li> # Times Per User
56. <div ><input name="perUser" value=" " id="spinner2" "=""></div>
57. </li>
58. </ul>
59. </div>
60. </div>

3:create Action for post the form data such as

1. <p><!--?php public function saveCouponAction(){</p-->
2. </p><pre>$param=$this-&gt;getRequest()-&gt;getPost();
3. $conditions_serialized = 'a:7:{s:4:"type";s:32:"salesrule/rule_condition_combine";s:9:"attribute";N;s:8:"operator";N;s:5:"value";s:1:"1";s:18:"is_value_processed";N;s:10:"aggregator";s:3:"all";s:10:"conditions";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"type";s:32:"salesrule/rule_condition_address";s:9:"attribute";s:13:"base_subtotal";s:8:"operator";s:2:"==";s:5:"value";s:2:"12";s:18:"is_value_processed";b:0;}}}';
4. $data = unserialize($conditions_serialized);
5. $data['conditions'][0]['value'] = $param['cart_value'];
6. (string)$conditions_serialized = serialize($data);
7. (string)$actions_serialized = 'a:6:{s:4:\"type\";s:40:\"salesrule/rule_condition_product_combine\";s:9:\"attribute\";N;s:8:\"operator\";N;s:5:\"value\";s:1:\"1\";s:18:\"is_value_processed\";N;s:10:\"aggregator\";s:3:\"all\";}';
8. $data = array(
9. 'product_ids' =&gt; null,
10. 'name' =&gt;$param['coupon_code'],
11. 'description' =&gt;$param['coupon_detail'],
12. 'is_active' =&gt; 1,
13. 'website_ids' =&gt; array(1),
14. 'customer_group_ids' =&gt; array(1),
15. 'coupon_type' =&gt; 2,
16. 'coupon_code' =&gt;$param['coupon_code'],
17. 'uses_per_coupon' =&gt;$param['times'],
18. 'uses_per_customer' =&gt;$param['perUser'],
19. 'from_date' =&gt;$param['start_date'],
20. 'to_date' =&gt;$param['expire_date'],
21. 'sort_order' =&gt; null,
22. 'is_rss' =&gt; 1,
23. 'conditions_serialized' =&gt; "'$conditions_serialized'",
24. 'actions_serialized' =&gt; "'$actions_serialized'",
25. 'simple_action' =&gt;$param['discountType'],
26. 'discount_amount' =&gt;$param['discount_amount'],
27. 'discount_qty' =&gt; 0,
28. 'discount_step' =&gt; null,
29. 'apply_to_shipping' =&gt; $param['discount_assign'],
30. 'simple_free_shipping' =&gt; 0,
31. 'stop_rules_processing' =&gt; 0,
32. 'store_labels' =&gt; array($param['coupon_detail'])
33. </pre>
34. <p>);
35. /<em>echo "</em></p><pre><em>";
36. print_r($data);
37. die();</em>/
38. try{
39. $model = Mage::getModel('salesrule/rule');
40. $data = $this-&gt;<em>filterDates($data, array('from</em>date', 'to<em>date'));
41. $validateResult = $model-&gt;validateData(new Varien</em>Object($data));
42. if ($validateResult == true) {
43. if (isset($data['simple<em>action']) &amp;&amp; $data['simple</em>action'] == 'by<em>percent'
44. &amp;&amp; isset($data['discount</em>amount'])) {
45. $data['discount<em>amount'] = min(100, $data['discount</em>amount']);
46. }
47. if (isset($data['rule']['conditions'])) {
48. $data['conditions'] = $data['rule']['conditions'];
49. }
50. if (isset($data['rule']['actions'])) {
51. $data['actions'] = $data['rule']['actions'];
52. }
53. unset($data['rule']);
54. $model-&gt;loadPost($data);
55. $model-&gt;save();
56. $this-&gt;_redirect('manager/account/coupons');
57. }
58. }
59. catch (Exception $e){
60. echo $e-&gt;getMessage();
61. }
62. }<p></p>

4: check from admin panel or database table salesrule coupon has been added to your magento store.

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