Using php-sdk-1.3.2 can't add Contact with Custom Fields

[OctavianC1]

This part works:

$contact = new Contact;
$contact->addEmail($email);
$contact->addList($row->cc_list_id);
$cc->addContact($token, $contact, true);

 However, as soon as I add a custom field it fails with this cryptic message:

{"error_key":"http.status.bad_request","error_message":"Bad request."}

This is the portion with custom fields:

$contact = Contact::create($merge_vars);
$contact->addEmail($email);
$contact->addList($row->cc_list_id);
$cc->addContact($token, $contact, true);

$merge_vars looks like this:

array(9) {
  ["addresses"]=>
  array(1) {
    [0]=>
    array(9) {
      ["line1"]=>
      string(0) ""
      ["line2"]=>
      string(0) ""
      ["line3"]=>
      string(0) ""
      ["city"]=>
      string(0) ""
      ["state_code"]=>
      string(0) ""
      ["state"]=>
      string(0) ""
      ["country_code"]=>
      string(0) ""
      ["postal_code"]=>
      string(0) ""
      ["sub_postal_code"]=>
      string(0) ""
    }
  }
  ["first_name"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["last_name"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["middle_name"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["home_phone"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["company_name"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["job_title"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["work_phone"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["custom_fields"]=>
  array(15) {
    [0]=>
    array(2) {
      ["name"]=>
      string(12) "CustomField1"
      ["value"]=>
      string(0) ""
    }
    [1]=>
    array(2) {
      ["name"]=>
      string(12) "CustomField2"
      ["value"]=>
      string(0) ""
    }
    [2]=>
    array(2) {
      ["name"]=>
      string(12) "CustomField3"
      ["value"]=>
      string(0) ""
    }
    [3]=>
    array(2) {
      ["name"]=>
      string(12) "CustomField4"
      ["value"]=>
      string(0) ""
    }
    [4]=>
    array(2) {
      ["name"]=>
      string(12) "CustomField5"
      ["value"]=>
      string(0) ""
    }
    [5]=>
    array(2) {
      ["name"]=>
      string(12) "CustomField6"
      ["value"]=>
      string(0) ""
    }
    [6]=>
    array(2) {
      ["name"]=>
      string(12) "CustomField7"
      ["value"]=>
      string(0) ""
    }
    [7]=>
    array(2) {
      ["name"]=>
      string(12) "CustomField8"
      ["value"]=>
      string(0) ""
    }
    [8]=>
    array(2) {
      ["name"]=>
      string(12) "CustomField9"
      ["value"]=>
      string(0) ""
    }
    [9]=>
    array(2) {
      ["name"]=>
      string(13) "CustomField10"
      ["value"]=>
      string(0) ""
    }
    [10]=>
    array(2) {
      ["name"]=>
      string(13) "CustomField11"
      ["value"]=>
      string(0) ""
    }
    [11]=>
    array(2) {
      ["name"]=>
      string(13) "CustomField12"
      ["value"]=>
      string(0) ""
    }
    [12]=>
    array(2) {
      ["name"]=>
      string(13) "CustomField13"
      ["value"]=>
      string(0) ""
    }
    [13]=>
    array(2) {
      ["name"]=>
      string(13) "CustomField14"
      ["value"]=>
      string(0) ""
    }
    [14]=>
    array(2) {
      ["name"]=>
      string(13) "CustomField15"
      ["value"]=>
      string(0) ""
    }
  }
}

The resulting JSON looks like:

{"id":null,"status":null,"first_name":"","last_name":"","confirmed":null,"source":null,"email_addresses":[{"id":null,"status":null,"confirm_status":null,"opt_in_source":null,"opt_in_date":null,"opt_out_date":null,"email_address":"octavian@test.com"}],"prefix_name":null,"job_title":"","addresses":[{"id":null,"line1":"","line2":"","line3":"","city":"","address_type":null,"state_code":"","state":"","country_code":"","postal_code":"","sub_postal_code":""}],"notes":[],"company_name":"","home_phone":"","work_phone":"","cell_phone":null,"fax":null,"custom_fields":[{"name":"CustomField1","value":""},{"name":"CustomField2","value":""},{"name":"CustomField3","value":""},{"name":"CustomField4","value":""},{"name":"CustomField5","value":""},{"name":"CustomField6","value":""},{"name":"CustomField7","value":""},{"name":"CustomField8","value":""},{"name":"CustomField9","value":""},{"name":"CustomField10","value":""},{"name":"CustomField11","value":""},{"name":"CustomField12","value":""},{"name":"CustomField13","value":""},{"name":"CustomField14","value":""},{"name":"CustomField15","value":""}],"lists":[{"id":"1234567890","name":null,"status":null,"contact_count":null}],"created_date":null,"modified_date":null,"source_details":null}

I've edited my email address and the list ID (both are correct nonetheless since they work if I don't add the other fields). This JSON is produced by:

$contact->toJson();

My questions now are:

• Why is the addContact() method failing?
• Why isn't there a more specific message, eg. JSON parse error at line 5, invalid property on line 17 etc

[Shannon_W]

Hi Octavian,

UPDATE: Upon looking at the error you were getting, the issue is more likely that you need to set the address_type to be either "PERSONAL" or "BUSINESS." Setting that value should solve your issue. You have the value as null right now.

Previous response:

You are setting the custom field names yourself, right?

Try setting the custom field names to be in the format "custom_field_n" where n=1=15. Below are two code samples for the custom field portion, and at least one of them should work. Sorry for the ambiguity here, but I'm prioritizing a quick response to you (I'm not sure whether label is still required).

$contact->custom_fields = array( 
array('name' => 'custom_field_1', 'value' => 'value 1'), 
array('name' => 'custom_field_2', 'value' => 'value 2') 
); 

$contact->custom_fields = array( 
array('label' => 'Custom Field 1', 'name' => 'custom_field_1', 'value' => 'value 1'), 
array('label' => 'Custom Field 2', 'name' => 'custom_field_2', 'value' => 'value 2') 
); 

Let me know how that goes.

Best Regards,

Shannon Wallace

Partner API Support Engineer