Why Can't I Update a Contact's Status

[Mike_Cravitz]

Using C# wrapper for Version 2 APIs. In the following code fragment, c is a Contact object and api is a

CTCT.ConstantContact object.

c.FirstName = "George";

c.Status = Status.Removed;

c = api.UpdateContact(c, false);

The modification to the FirstName property works. But the attempt to change the status fails very quietly.

1) Is there no way to modify a contact's status via API?

2) What is the significance of the 2nd parameter in the UpdateContact call?

[Mike_Cravitz]

Looks like DeleteContact call will do the trick. I still would like an answer to the 2nd question...

2) What is the significance of the 2nd parameter in the UpdateContact method?

[JoshuaK893 · Accepted solution]

Hello Mike,

The second parameter in UpdateContact is a boolean value stating whether or not the action to update the contact was performed by the Site Owner, or by the contact. This is important in certain situations, such as when a contact was previously unsubscribed, they can only be resubscribed when this action is performed by the contact. More information is available at:

http://developer.constantcontact.com/docs/contacts-api/contacts-resource.html?method=PUT