Api end point for sending Email to list of email id's

[TimM4372]

Hi Guys, 

I am new to CC and trying to integrate this application with Retool. if anybody can help me on how to integrate into Retool it will be very helpful

Moreover if there an API endpoint by CC which allows sending emails to a list of emails ??

[Courtney_E]

Hello TimM4372,

Thank you for reaching out to Constant Contact API Developer Support. My team is here to assist outside software developers with questions about building into Constant Contact's API.

You’ll want to start by creating a V3 API key and setting up your authentication, after which you can choose the appropriate Constant Contact endpoints that you want your integration to connect to your account with.

Getting Started with V3 API

https://v3.developer.constantcontact.com/api_guide/index.html

If you want an automated email to send to contacts as they are added to a list, you’d need to build the automation within the UI and then set it to deploy to the list that you are adding contacts to.

V3 API Contacts Overview

https://v3.developer.constantcontact.com/api_guide/contacts_overview.html

Create an automated email series

https://knowledgebase.constantcontact.com/articles/KnowledgeBase/27935-Choosing-a-Trigger-for-Your-A...

If you are just wanting to be able to schedule an email in the UI to a group of contacts, you can create/schedule emails via the API using the “emails” endpoint:

V3 API Email Campaign Overview

https://v3.developer.constantcontact.com/api_guide/email_campaigns_overview.html

Based on Retool’s documentation, it looks like they offer options for connecting with external APIs using Oauth 2.0, so you should be able to build the connection and get it set up as desired:

Connecting to an API with Retool

https://docs.retool.com/docs/apis

Retool API Authentication

https://docs.retool.com/docs/api-authentication

I also found this community post in Retool’s forum that may be of assistance:

https://community.retool.com/t/rest-api-with-constant-contact-oauth2/2423/3

Please note that Retool is a 3rd party product and not built or supported by Constant Contact, so we are limited in the support we can provide, but will try to answer any questions to the best of our ability as they pertain to Constant Contact’s API endpoints and functionality.

Please have a look and let us know if you have any other questions!

[TimM4372]

can you please direct me to an API endpoint in your docs that can be used to send emails directly without any scheduling or adding to list ?

[Courtney_E]

Thank you for reaching out to Constant Contact API Developer Support. My team is here to assist outside software developers with questions about building into Constant Contact's API.

Constant Contact's email features were designed around 1) marketing to groups of contacts and 2) automation. As such, the only options for sending an email to an individual contact (via the API or the UI) would be to schedule an email to a list containing only that contact, or for that contact to trigger an automated email (such as by being added to a specific list).

Please let us know if you have any other questions!