{"id":31338,"date":"2018-04-21T15:47:45","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T15:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/script-blocks\/"},"modified":"2021-04-06T01:18:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T01:18:19","slug":"script-blocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/script-blocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Script Blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Script Blocks<\/h3>\n<p>Script blocks can also be included within code blocks to whether the containing code should be interpreted. Two attributes can be included in a script block: <code>name<\/code> and <code>type<\/code>.<\/p>\n<h4>Example 1<\/h4>\n<p>In the example below, the <code>HTTPGet<\/code> function will only be executed if the execution context is &#8216;post&#8217;.<\/p>\n<pre><code>%%[\n\n[type=\"post\"] HTTPGet(\"https:\/\/limedash.com\/webhook\")\n\n]%%<\/code><\/pre>\n<h4>Example 2<\/h4>\n<p>In the example below, the <code>HTTPGet<\/code> function will only be executed if the execution context is &#8216;post&#8217; and the name <code>callback<\/code> is specified.<\/p>\n<pre><code>%%[\n\n[name=\"callback\";type=\"post\"] HTTPGet(\"https:\/\/limedash.com\/webhook\")\n\n]%%<\/code><\/pre>\n<blockquote>\n<p>NOTE: Script blocks must be completed within the same script block section. 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Example 1 In the example below, the HTTPGet function will only be executed if the execution context is &#8216;post&#8217;. %%[ [type=&#8221;post&#8221;] HTTPGet(&#8220;https:\/\/limedash.com\/webhook&#8221;) ]%% Example [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v14.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The AMPscript Guide - Script Blocks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow\" \/>\n<meta name=\"googlebot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"bingbot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/script-blocks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The AMPscript Guide - Script Blocks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Script Blocks Script blocks can also be included within code blocks to whether the containing code should be interpreted. 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