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Hi,   Whenever a contact opts out, they are added to the Do Not Mail List. Our system won't let you add an opted out contact to another list, unless the OptInSource node is set to ACTION_BY_CONTACT in a PUT request. Further, our system will not let you mail to any contacts on the Do-Not-Mail List.   If you are performing a GET on the URL, you will reference the status node to see if they're opted out. Specifically, an opted out contact will have this XML in their entry: <Status>Do Not Mail</Status>. ... View more

Hi,   Sorry for the inconvenience, but I sent you some questions via e-mail and a private forum message. We need to have those questions answered before we can enable scheduling in your account.   You can check your private messages by clicking on the little envelope to the right of the word Help in the upper-right portion of your screen. It is under the yellow bar and above Subscriptions. So, in the upper-right you have your name, then My Settings, then Help, then the envelope. ... View more

I just sent you a private forum message. We need to collect some information before enabling scheduling in an account.   Thanks, ... View more

Hi,   That API key is valid. Usually when you do not have permission to access a certain resource, you will get a 401 error, instead of a 400 one. I would double-check the list number. If you visit https://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/shipca​rsnow1/lists and view the source of the page, you will see the list numbers inside each ID node. I would also try inputting your XML into the REST client: http://community.constantcontact.com/t5/Documentation/How-To-Use-RESTClient/ba-p/24915. The REST client will give you details about exactly what kind of 400 error you are getting in the Body tab of the bottom pane in the application. It is also a good way to determine if the issue is the XML or the server-side code that is causing the issue. ... View more

The XML content posted above is different from the original XML. I found these errors in the new XML:   The </id> closing tag needs to be on the same line as <id>. The left-angle brackets inside PermissionReminderText, EmailContent, and EmailTextContent need to be converted to&lt; enttites. So, here is how the new XML should look:   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> <link href="/ws/customers/shipcarsnow1/campaigns" rel="edit"/> <id>http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/shipcarsnow1/campaigns</id> <title type="text">API Test Email</title> <updated>2009-10-19T18:34:53.105Z</updated> <author> <name>Constant Contact</name> </author> <content type="application/vnd.ctct+xml"> <Campaign xmlns="http://ws.constantcontact.com/ns/1.0/" id="http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/shipcarsnow1/campaigns/1111122233"> <Name>API Test Email</Name> <Status>Draft</Status> <Date>2009-10-19T18:34:53.105Z</Date> <Subject>ShipCarsNow Test</Subject> <FromName>ShipCarsNow Test</FromName> <ViewAsWebpage>NO</ViewAsWebpage> <ViewAsWebpageLinkText/> <ViewAsWebpageText/> <PermissionReminder>YES</PermissionReminder> <PermissionReminderText> You're receiving this email because of your relationship with ctct. Please &lt;ConfirmOptin> &lt;a style="color:#0000ff;">confirm&lt;/a> &lt;/ConfirmOptin> your continued interest in receiving email from us. &lt;/PermissionReminderText> <GreetingSalutation>Dear</GreetingSalutation> <GreetingName>FirstName</GreetingName> <GreetingString>Greetings!</GreetingString> <OrganizationName>ShipCarsnow</OrganizationName> <OrganizationAddress1>123 wsw st</OrganizationAddress1> <OrganizationAddress2/> <OrganizationAddress3/> <OrganizationCity>OMAHA</OrganizationCity> <OrganizationState>NE</OrganizationState> <OrganizationInternationalState/> <OrganizationCountry>US</OrganizationCountry> <OrganizationPostalCode>32423</OrganizationPostalCode> <IncludeForwardEmail>NO</IncludeForwardEmail> <ForwardEmailLinkText/> <IncludeSubscribeLink>NO</IncludeSubscribeLink> <SubscribeLinkText/> <EmailContentFormat>HTML</EmailContentFormat> <EmailContent> &lt;html lang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:cctd="http://www.constantcontact.com/cctd"> &lt;body> &lt;CopyRight>Copyright (c) 1996-2009 Constant Contact. All rights reserved. Except as permitted under a separate written agreement with Constant Contact, neither the Constant Contact software, nor any content that appears on any Constant Contact site, including but not limited to, web pages, newsletters, or templates may be reproduced, republished, repurposed, or distributed without the prior written permission of Constant Contact. For inquiries regarding reproduction or distribution of any Constant Contact material, please contact slboucher@shipcarsnow.com. &lt;/CopyRight> &lt;OpenTracking/> &lt;!-- Do NOT delete previous line if you want to get statistics on the number of opened emails --> &lt;CustomBlock name="letter.intro" title="Personalization"> &lt;Greeting/> &lt;/CustomBlock> &lt;/body> &lt;/html> </EmailContent> <EmailTextContent> &lt;Text>This is the text version.&lt;/Text> </EmailTextContent> <StyleSheet/> <ContactLists> <ContactList id="http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/shipcarsnow1/lists/170"> <link xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" href="/ws/customers/shipcarsnow1/lists/170" rel="self"/> </ContactList> </ContactLists> <FromEmail> <Email id="http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/shipcarsnow1/settings/emailaddresses/8"> <link xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" href="/ws/customers/shipcarsnow1/settings/emailaddresses/8" rel="self"/> </Email> <EmailAddress>slboucher@shipcarsnow.com</EmailAddress> </FromEmail> <ReplyToEmail> <Email id="http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/shipcarsnow1/settings/emailaddresses/8"> <link xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" href="/ws/customers/shipcarsnow1/settings/emailaddresses/8" rel="self"/> </Email> <EmailAddress>slboucher@shipcarsnow.com</EmailAddress> </ReplyToEmail> </Campaign> </content> <source> <id>http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/shipcarsnow1/campaigns </id> <title type="text">Campaigns for customer: shipcarsnow1</title> <link href="campaigns"/> <link href="campaigns" rel="self"/> <author> <name>shipcarsnow1</name> </author> <updated>2009-10-19T19:36:12.622Z</updated> </source> </entry> ... View more

The rdevapa@upcontractor.up.com address is not a verified address in your account. Our system will return a 400 error if you try to specify a from address that is not verified. You can get the address numbers and the address of each verified contact from the following URL:   https://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/shipcarsnow1/settings/emailaddresses   Just visit that URL and enter in your API key, followed by a percent sign and your user name in the user name box. Then, enter your password in the password box. Then, you can view the XML by viewing the source for the page. The correct number of the contacts is shown in the id node.   Also, on Line 11 of your XML, there is an extra space. This:   <Campaign xmlns="http://ws.constantcontact.com/ns/1.0/ " should be this:   <Campaign xmlns="http://ws.constantcontact.com/ns/1.0/" I was able to successfully create a campaign using your XML after correcting the above issues ... View more

Hi,   On lines 3 and 90 you are missing a space between rel and the quote before it. For example on Line 3, this code   <link href="/ws/customers/shipcarsnow1/campaigns"rel="edit"/> should be this:   <link href="/ws/customers/shipcarsnow1/campaigns" rel="edit"/> Likewise, on Line 90, this:   <link href="campaigns"rel="self"/> should be this.   <link href="campaigns" rel="self"/> Regards, ... View more

Hi Meredith,   Not a problem. In the CCSFG and CCSForms folders there is a config.php file you can edit in a text editor. Line 6 should look like this:   var $contact_lists = array("Golf_Sweepstakes_HT");   If you wanted them to join the SweepsHPOC list instead, the code would look like this:   var $contact_lists = array("SweepsHPOC"); Regards, ... View more

Also, I should mention that the contacts are being added to the mfarmer1 account. I noticed that your company has two accounts, so that's why I mention that. ... View more

When a contact has been added successfully to your list, the form tries to take them to a page -- thankyou.html -- to thank them for joining. The problem is the thankyou.html file is not on the server. So, if you place that file in the CCSFG folder, the second form will work.   To illustrate, visit http://www.boomkinproductions.com/SP/CCSFG/index.html and type in an address (something random) that isn't on your list and then submit the form. Then, log into your Constant Contact account and click on Contacts. Then, type in an address in the search box and click on Search and you will see that the contact is now on the Golf_Sweepstakes_HT list.   I hadn't tested the first form (http://boomkinproductions.com/SP/CCSForms/) earlier, but I just did and received the following message: "THANK YOU! You will be notified if you are a winner." I logged in to your account and found that I was now on the Golf_Sweepstakes_HT list..   So, to recap, the second form appears to work, but just displays an error message because it can't findthankyou.html . The first form appears to work and not display an error message. What happens when you try to join using the http://boomkinproductions.com/SP/CCSForms/ form? ... View more

Hi Meredith,   The form at http://boomkinproductions.com/SP/CCSFG/ does appear to be working. The only issue is that the success page -- http://www.boomkinproductions.com/SP/CCSFG/thankyou.html -- does not exist. So, if you create that page, the form should work more smoothly. ... View more

Hi Bonnie,   The correct syntax for casting the request in C# is the following:   HttpWebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(uri) as HttpWebRequest; Also, we do have a C# wrapper and sample forms listed on the following page: http://community.constantcontact.com/t5/Documentation/Code-Samples/ba-p/25019. Using that should save you some time. ... View more