addorUpdateContact sample code error

[BarbaraS341]

I'm trying to automatically add a contact to one of my lists and have started with the addOrUpdateContact sample code for v2 API. I'm getting the following error when I submit the form:

Catchable fatal error: Argument 3 passed to Ctct\Services\ContactService::addContact() must be of the type array, boolean given, called in /home/cspacetribeca/public_html/mh/test.php on line 65 and defined in /home/cspacetribeca/public_html/mh/vendor/constantcontact/constantcontact/src/Ctct/Services/ContactService.php on line 131

The line referenced is:

$returnContact = $cc->contactService->addContact(ACCESS_TOKEN, $contact, true);

And ContactService.php, on line 131, does ask for an array:

public function addContact($accessToken, Contact $contact, Array $params = array())

How do I fix this?

Thanks - Joe

[Elijah_G]

Hi Joe,

After looking into this, it looks like the problem here is a bug that we introduced into the sample code for how that last parameter is being sent. The proper formatting is as follows:

$returnContact = $cc->contactService->addContact(ACCESS_TOKEN, $contact, array("action_by" => true));

If you continue to have trouble after this, please let me know!

Sincerely,

[BarbaraS341]

Hi Elijah,

Thanks for the response. I tried replacing that line and now I get the following error:

Array
(
    [0] => stdClass Object
        (
            [error_key] => query.param.action_by.invalid
            [error_message] => Invalid action_by parameter. Acceptable values are {'ACTION_BY_OWNER', 'ACTION_BY_VISITOR'}.
        )

)

How do I handle this?

Best - Joe

[Elijah_G · Accepted solution]

Hi Joe,

My apologies on that! I was referencing a current development build rather than the current stable build. For the current version that code is as follows:

$returnContact = $cc->contactService->addContact(ACCESS_TOKEN, $contact, array("action_by" => "ACTION_BY_VISITOR"));

As a side-note, the ACTION_BY_OWNER and ACTION_BY_VISITOR is a distinction that determines a few things, including if a notification email will be sent about changes to the contact. For an outward facing form, you would want to use ACTION_BY_VISITOR and for an internal form that would instead be used by the account owner, you would use ACTION_BY_OWNER.

Let me know if you see any issues!

Sincerely,

[BarbaraS341]

That did the trick! Thank you so much!