Basic Question with Creating Contact in C#

[dwmcqueen]

 I believe this is very basic, but I can't figure out the issue.  I have a list called "Test".  I get an error when I do the following code in C#

<code>Utility.IsValidUserAuthentication(ad); string[] emailAddress = new string[] {"test@gmail.com"}; string nextChunkId; IList<ConstantContactBO.Contact> list = Utility.SearchContactByEmail(ad, emailAddress, out nextChunkId); if (list.Count == 0) { ConstantContactBO.Contact contact = new ConstantContactBO.Contact("test@gmail.com", "Sal", "Smith"); ConstantContactBO.ContactOptInList cl = new ConstantContactBO.ContactOptInList(); cl.OptInSource = ConstantContactBO.ContactOptSource.ActionByContact; cl.ContactList = new ConstantContactBO.ContactList("Test"); contact.ContactLists.Add(cl); Utility.CreateNewContact(ad, contact); } else { Console.Write("Sal is already there"); }</code>

 I get this error:

System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException: The given key was not present i

n the dictionary.

   at System.ThrowHelper.ThrowKeyNotFoundException()

   at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.get_Item(TKey key)

   at ConstantContactUtility.Components.ContactComponent.CreateAtomEntry(Contact

 contact, String accountContactListUri)

   at ConstantContactUtility.Utility.CreateNewContact(AuthenticationData authent

icationData, Contact contact)

   at ConstantContactSyncPOC1.Program.Main(String[] args)

My authentication is fine - what do I have wrong?  I have tried several different ways of refering to the list, but can't figure out what the ID is (used its sort order, but that gave same error).

Thanks!

[David_J]

Sorry for the long response time, this post fell under the radar and I certainly apologize for that.

I just needed to modify the Contact List to use an actual list id (ie: 1, 2, 18 ..etc). You can obtain the list Id by performing an http get on https://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/{user-name}/lists, and it will be referred to in the <id> node.  I also needed to make a slight modification to the syntax that selects the contact Opt In Source.

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               Utility.IsValidUserAuthentication(ad);
   
   


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               string emailAddress = new string { "test@gmail.com" };
   
   


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               string nextChunkId;
   
   


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               IList<ConstantContactBO.Contact> list = Utility.SearchContactByEmail(ad, emailAddress, out nextChunkId);
   
   


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               if (list.Count == 0)
   
   


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               {
   
   


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                   ConstantContactBO.Contact contact = new ConstantContactBO.Contact("test@gmail.com", "Sal", "Smith");
   
   


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                   ConstantContactBO.ContactOptInList cl = new ConstantContactBO.ContactOptInList();
   
   


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                   contact.OptInSource = ContactOptSource.ActionByContact;
   
   


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                    cl.ContactList = new ConstantContactBO.ContactList("1");
    
    


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                    contact.ContactLists.Add(cl);
    
    


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                    Utility.CreateNewContact(ad, contact);
    
    


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                }
    
    


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                else
    
    


15. 
    
                {
    
    


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                    Console.Write("Sal is already there");
    
    


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                }
    
    

I hope this helps resolve your issue. I certainly apologize for any inconvenience this cuased. Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns regarding this. Thank you.

[dwmcqueen]

 Thanks!  That worked.  

With regards to the http get - what do I enter for username / password?  I tried retrieving that manually usering regular account credentials, and it did not work (invalid access)

[atran88]

Hello,

The credentials you would use for all API calls would be the following:

Username: {apikey}%{ConstantContactusername}

Password: {ConstantContactPassword}