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Hello user959297,   Thank you for reaching out to Constant Contact API Developer Support. My team is here to assist outside software developers with questions about building into Constant Contact's API.   The endpoint to Create or Update a Contact Using a Single Method is specifically intended for use with sign-up forms, as it does automatically set the permission of the contact being added to explicit, meaning they have given you their explicit (rather than implied) permission to send them emails. You can learn more about differences between implied and express permission here:   Understanding implied and express permission for CASL and GDPR https://knowledgebase.constantcontact.com/articles/KnowledgeBase/5924-implied-and-express-permission-in-casl-regulations   If you feel that explicit permission isn’t right for the way that you’ll be gathering contacts through your application, you can use this flow to add/update your contacts which incorporates three contact endpoints instead, which allows you to set the desired parameters for the Create Source and Permission to Send:   Step 1: Check to see if the contact exists in the account using the email query parameter to search for a contact using a specific email address.   GET Contacts Collection https://v3.developer.constantcontact.com/api_reference/index.html#!/Contacts/getContacts   Step 2: If the contact comes back as non-existent, use POST to create the contact:   POST (create) a Contact https://v3.developer.constantcontact.com/api_reference/index.html#!/Contacts/createContact   Step 3: If the contact comes back as already existing in the account. You need to append the returned data with the desired list memberships and send that back with PUT to update the contact:   **When Updating a contact, we need to append the new information to the old information and send all of it back in the request, because when you update a contact using a PUT, all properties are updated, overwriting all existing property values. Any properties left blank or not included in the PUT will be overwritten with a null value.   PUT (update) a Contact https://v3.developer.constantcontact.com/api_reference/index.html#!/Contacts/putContact   Please have a look and let us know if you have any other questions! ... View more

Hello user959297,   Thank you for reaching out to Constant Contact API Developer Support. My team is here to assist outside software developers with questions about building into Constant Contact's API.   When exporting contact data to a file either via the API or the UI, the fields specified will only appear in the file if at least one of the contacts returned has a value set for this field.   As an example, if you specify the field “company_name” in your request body, but none of the contacts returned have a value set for “company_name”, that field column will be absent from the response.   If you need all of the specified fields from your request body to appear in the response body file regardless of whether the returned contacts contain a value for that field, I’d suggest adding a test contact into the account/list/segment that you are pulling data from, and adding a value to all of the fields that you want returned within the file.   Please have a look and let us know if you have any other questions!   For further assistance with this, please feel free to contact us directly and securely via email at webservices@constantcontact.com with your full request body and the UN of the account you are working with. ... View more

Hello user959297,   Thank you for reaching out to Constant Contact API Developer Support. My team is here to assist outside software developers with questions about building into Constant Contact's API.   If the method you are using (browser control) is having difficulties displaying captcha and is preventing user accounts from connecting, then it may be outdated or unsupported.   Please feel free to contact us directly via email at webservices@constantcontact.com with the language/platform you’re using, as well as samples/screenshots of any errors you are encountering so that we can look into this and investigate further with you as a courtesy.   We are limited in the support we can provide regarding the implementation of the API in any specific language or setting, but will try to answer any questions to the best of our ability as they pertain to Constant Contact’s API endpoints and functionality. ... View more

Hello user959297,   Thank you for reaching out to Constant Contact API Developer Support. My team is here to assist outside software developers with questions about building into Constant Contact's API.   At this time, there is no way to bypass the Authorization Request screen for the V3 API and the Authorization Request URL must be accessed via a browser in order for the client connecting their account to grant permission.   If the method you are using (browser control) is having difficulties displaying captcha and is preventing user accounts from connecting, then it may be outdated or unsupported.   Please feel free to contact us directly via email at webservices@constantcontact.com with the language/platform you’re using, as well as samples/screenshots of any errors you are encountering so that we can look into this and investigate further with you as a courtesy.   We are limited in the support we can provide regarding the implementation of the API in any specific language or setting, but will try to answer any questions to the best of our ability as they pertain to Constant Contact’s API endpoints and functionality. ... View more