Contactlab section
The <contactlab> section is the main container for all the other sections and elements in the XML instructions file.
The <contactlab> section is:
- Mandatory
 - Positioned as:
- The first tag ( 
<contactlab ...>) after the XML declaration - The last tag ( 
</contactlab>) in the XML instructions file 
 - The first tag ( 
 
The <contactlab> section includes the following children:
| Child | Type | Description | Use | 
|---|---|---|---|
| auth | element | Container for the required authentication tokens. | Mandatory | 
| campaign | element | Where the generic campaign type (For example, Email, SMS, Fax or Push) is defined. Also the container for all other campaign -sections and elements. | Mandatory | 
Example:
    <?xml version=“1.0“ encoding=“utf-8“?>
    <contactlab xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance“
    xsi:schemaLocation=“http://t.contactlab.it/contactlab/xmld/contactlab.xsd“>
        <auth>
            See the Auth section topic.
        </auth>
        <campaign>
            See the Campaign section topic.
            …
        </campaign>
    </contactlab>
See Building a campaign with XMLDelivery and Working examples for more about the structure of a complete XML instructions file.