How to get a list of unsubscribes or opt-outs thru API?

[EdgarR237]

How do I get a list of unsubscribes or opt-outs thru API?       I saw a 'Contact Tracking' method and a 'Campaign Tracking' method but each one requires you to put the contact id or the campain id.     If I want to get a full list of unsubscribes, do I have to iterate thru all my campaign ids?

[ourtime · Accepted solution]

You can use the Contacts endpoint specifiying the opt out status, like:

GET: https://api.constantcontact.com/v2/contacts?limit=500&status=OPTOUT

See more on http://developer.constantcontact.com/docs/contacts-api/contacts-index.html#contact_status.

There's also Wrappers on multiple technologies for ease of use.

https://developer.constantcontact.com/libraries/libraries.html

[Elijah_G]

Thank you for your response! What is described above is definitely the best method to get a complete list of all unsubscribes on your account. One additional piece worth noting that is that Constant Contact's API will paginate output if the number of results is large enough. We have a page discussing paginated output here: https://developer.constantcontact.com/docs/developer-guides/paginated-output.html

Best Regards,