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03-20-2009
08:36 AM
I would first double check that your account and make sure that your third list has a ID number 3.
You can use the Contact list Collection and the RestClient to retrieve the collection of contact lists and their ID numbers.
Contact list Collection
http://developer.constantcontact.com/doc/contactLists
RestClient
http://developer.constantcontact.com/node/127
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03-18-2009
12:06 AM
I made some changes to the PHP example for my own website that allows new contacts to join multiple lists. Please feel free to take this code and improve on it. If you are able to make this code better I only ask that you post your own changes so that every one can benefit.
**************Contact_Form.php Starts********************
<!--
/*
* Copyright 2008, Constant Contact
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
-->
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en" dir="ltr">
<head>
<title>Add Contact Sample Script</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
</head>
<body class="sidebar-right">
<form action="AddAContact.php" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="required_params" value="email_address" />
<!--<input type="hidden" name="Landing_Page_URL" value="http://www.google.com" />-->
<table width="800" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td align="left">Email Address:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="email_address" maxLength="100" /></td>
<td align="left"> </td>
<td align="left"> </td>
<td rowspan="12" align="left" valign="top"><p>Please select the areas of interest for which you would like to receive occasional email from us.</p>
<p><br />
<?php
require "Contact.php";
$xml = executeRequest('http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/' . CC_USERNAME . '/lists');
echo $xml;
if (isset($xml)){
$data = simplexml_load_string($xml);
// Load $Data in to Array so we can sort it
foreach ($data->entry AS $item){
$name = $item->content->ContactList->SortOrder;
$Test = $item->id ;
$Test = $item->content->ContactList->Name;
}
ksort($Test); // sort by sort order
foreach ($Test as $K){
if ( $K == "Active" || $K == "Do Not Mail" || $K == "Removed"){}
else
{
?>
<input type='checkbox' name='lists[]' value='<?php echo $K
?>'>
<?php
echo $K;
?>
</br>
</p>
<?php
}
}
}
?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">First Name:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="first_name" maxLength="100" /></td>
<td align="left">Last Name:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="last_name" maxLength="100" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Middle Name:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="middle_name" maxLength="100" /></td>
<td align="left"></td>
<td align="left"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Company Name:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="company_name" maxLength="100" /></td>
<td align="left">Job Title:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="job_title" maxLength="100" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Custom Field1:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="custom_field_1" maxLength="100" /></td>
<td align="left">Custom Field2:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="custom_field_2" maxLength="100" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Custom Field3:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="custom_field_3" maxLength="100" /></td>
<td align="left">Custom Field4:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="custom_field_4" maxLength="100" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Custom Field5:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="custom_field_5" maxLength="100" /></td>
<td align="left">Custom Field6:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="custom_field_6" maxLength="100" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Custom Field7:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="custom_field_7" maxLength="100" /></td>
<td align="left">Custom Field8:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="custom_field_8" maxLength="100" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Custom Field9:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="custom_field_9" maxLength="100" /></td>
<td align="left">Custom Field10:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="custom_field_10" maxLength="100" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Custom Field11:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="custom_field_11" maxLength="100" /></td>
<td align="left">Custom Field12:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="custom_field_12" maxLength="100" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Custom Field13:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="custom_field_13" maxLength="100" /></td>
<td align="left">Custom Field14:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="custom_field_14" maxLength="100" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Custom Field15:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="custom_field_15" maxLength="100" /></td>
<td align="left"></td>
<td align="left"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" colspan="5"><p> </p>
<p>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Add Contact" />
</p>
<p> </p></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
******************AddAContact.php******************
<?php
/*
* Copyright 2008, Constant Contact
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
require "Contact.php";
session_start();
$required_params = $_REQUEST;
$errmsg = '';
$required_fields = explode(',', $required_params);
foreach($required_fields as $field) {
if (empty($_POST)) {
// field doesn't exist or is empty - add error message
$errmsg .= '<br />Missing field: ' . (substr($field, 0, 6) == 'Custom' ? $_POST : $field);
echo $errmsg;
}
}
$ct = new Contact(CC_USERNAME,CC_PASSWORD,CC_APIKEY,LOGFILE);
$email = strip_tags($_REQUEST);
$first_name = urlencode(strip_tags($_REQUEST));
$last_name= urlencode(strip_tags($_REQUEST));
$middle_name= urlencode(strip_tags($_REQUEST));
$company_name = urlencode(strip_tags($_REQUEST));
$job_title= urlencode(strip_tags($_REQUEST));
//$list_name = urlencode(strip_tags($_REQUEST));
//if(LIST_NAME != '') $list_name = LIST_NAME;
$cf_array = array();
foreach($_POST as $k=>$v) {
if (strncmp($k, CUSTOM_FIELD_PREFIX, strlen(CUSTOM_FIELD_PREFIX)) === 0) {
$cf_array = $_REQUEST;
}
}
$ct->SetPrimaryInfo($email, $list_name, $first_name, $last_name, $middle_name, $company_name, $job_title);
$ct->SetCustomFields($cf_array);
$entry = $ct->MaketEntry();
$errmsg .= $ct->GetErrorMessage();
//proceed if there are no errors
//print($errmsg);
if (empty($errmsg)) {
$output='';
if (LOGFILE && LOG_LEVEL == 2) error_log(date('Y-m-d H:i:s') .
' Request data: ' . $entry .
"\n", 3, LOGFILE);
//$list_resp = $ct->FindContactList("Friends");
$request = "http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/".CC_USERNAME."/contacts";
$session = curl_init($request);
// Set up Digest authentication - username and password.
$userNamePassword = CC_APIKEY."%".CC_USERNAME.":".CC_PASSWORD;
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_DIGEST);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $userNamePassword);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION ,1);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS , $entry);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, Array("Content-Type:application/atom+xml"));
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0); // Do not return headers
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$response = curl_exec($session);
curl_close($session);
if (!$response) {
// curl failed, create error message
$output .= "
<h1>Error Encountered!</h1>
<p>There was an error trying to connect to the server. <br />
Please go <strong><a href=\"#\" onClick=\"history.go(-1)\">BACK</a></strong> and try again later.</p>
";
// write error to logfile
if (LOGFILE && LOG_LEVEL) error_log(date('Y-m-d H:i:s') .
' Error attempting to connect via curl to ' . $request .
"\n", 3, LOGFILE);
} else {
if (!($xml = strstr($response, '<?xml'))) {
$xml = null;
if (DISPLAY_ERRORS) {
// write error to browser output
$output .= "
<h1>System Error Encountered!</h1>
<p>Error {$details}: {$details}</p>" . $response; // echo response, it may contain an error message
}
} else {
$data = simplexml_load_string($response);
$code = $data->code;
if (!empty($code) && intval($code) >= 400) {
$output .= "
<h1>System Error Encountered!</h1>
<p>Error {$details}: {$details}</p>" . $data->message;
} else {
if (LOGFILE && LOG_LEVEL) error_log(date('Y-m-d H:i:s') .
' Successfully added ' . $_REQUEST .
' (IP Address: ' . $_SERVER . ') to list \'' . $_REQUEST . '\'' .
"\n", 3, LOGFILE);
// redirect to landing page if specified
if (!empty($_REQUEST)) {
if (LOGFILE && LOG_LEVEL == 2) error_log(date('Y-m-d H:i:s') .
' Redirecting subscriber to ' . $_REQUEST .
"\n", 3, LOGFILE);
// save $_POST to session var for accessibility after the jump
$_SESSION = $_POST;
//$data = simplexml_load_string($xml);
//$location = $data->id; // URL to the newly created Contact object
//echo $data->id;
header('Location: ' . $_POST);
exit;
} else {
$output .= "
<h1>You have been added to our list.</h1>
<p>Thank you for subscribing.</p>
<p>Please <a href=\"" . SITE_HOME . "\">CLICK HERE</a> to return to our main page.</p>";
}
}
}
}
} else {
$output .= "
<h1>System Error Encountered!</h1>
<p>Error</p>" . $errmsg;
}
echo $output;
// display output either to default view or to template if specified
if (OUTPUT_TEMPLATE) {
if (LOGFILE && LOG_LEVEL == 2) error_log(date('Y-m-d H:i:s') .
' Displaying output using template ' . OUTPUT_TEMPLATE .
"\n", 3, LOGFILE);
include(OUTPUT_TEMPLATE);
exit;
}
?>
***********************Contact.php*********************
<?php
/*
* Copyright 2008, Constant Contact
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
@define('CC_USERNAME','Username'); // Constant Contact username (API enabled) and need to be changed before using the script
@define('CC_PASSWORD','Password'); // Constant Concact password (API enabled) and need to be changed before using the script
@define('CC_APIKEY','APIKeY');
@define('LIST_NAME','General Interest');
@define('SITE_HOME','http://localhost'); // Site home page URL
@define('OUTPUT_TEMPLATE', ''); // Optional output template to use for customizing standard display
@define('USE_SSL', false); // Use SSL connection to access API
@define('DISPLAY_ERRORS', true); // Display verbose errors to screen (not recommended in production)
@define('LOGFILE','ccsub.log'); // Log file to save messages to
@define('LOG_LEVEL', 1); // level of detail to put in logfile (0 = no logging, 1 = basic info, 2 = debug info)
@define('CUSTOM_FIELD_PREFIX', 'custom_field_');
function executeRequest($webServiceUrl){
$request = $webServiceUrl;
// Initialize the session
$session = curl_init($request);
// Set up Digest authentication - username and password.
$userNamePassword = CC_APIKEY . '%' . CC_USERNAME . ':' . CC_PASSWORD;
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_DIGEST);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $userNamePassword);
// The following option tells Curl to not send the result of the execution to the browser
// This must be set to 1 or true in order to process the resulting xml programatically.
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
// Make the request
$response = curl_exec($session);
// Get the XML from the response, bypassing the header
if (!($xml = strstr($response, '<?xml'))) {
$xml = null;
echo $response;
// XML is Null!!! Must display an error.
}
// Close the curl session
curl_close($session);
return $xml;
}
class Contact {
// Constructor VARIABLES
var $user_name;
var $password;
var $api_key;
var $log_file_name = "ccsub.log";
// contact vars
var $email_address='';
var $list_url;
var $first_name;
var $last_name;
var $middle_name;
var $company_name;
var $job_title;
var $work_phone;
var $home_phone;
var $update_date;
var $list_name;
var $err_message;
var $custom_fields = array();
var $nritems;
// FUNCTIONS
// constructor
public function __construct($user,$pw,$key, $log_file) {
$this->user_name=$user;
$this->password=$pw;
$this->api_key=$key;
if ($log_file) $this->log_file_name=$log_file;
}
// set contact vars
function SetPrimaryInfo($email, $list, $first, $last, $middle, $company, $job) {
//if ((!empty($email)) && (eregi('^+@+\.({2,4})$', $email))) {
// $this->err_message .= '<br />Missing or invalid email address.';
//}
$this->email_address=$email;
$this->first_name=$first;
$this->last_name=$last;
$this->middle_name=$middle;
$this->update_date=date("Y-m-d").'T'.date("H:i:s").'+01:00';
$this->company_name=$company;
$this->job_title=$job;
$this->list_name=$list;
$this->list_url=$this->FindContactList($list);
}
public function SetContactInfo($home_num, $home_num, $addr_1, $addr_2, $addr_3, $city, $state, $country, $postal_code, $sub_postal) {
$this->home_number=$home_num;
$this->home_number=$home_num;
$this->address_line_1=$addr_1;
$this->address_line_2=$addr_2;
$this->address_line_3=$addr_3;
$this->city_name=$city;
$this->state_code=$state;
$this->country_code=$country;
$this->zip_code=$postal_code;
$this->sub_zip_code=$sub_postal;
}
public function SetCustomFields($cf_array) {
$this->custom_fields = $cf_array;
}
private function FindContactList($list_name) {
$request = "http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/".$this->user_name."/lists";
$session = curl_init($request);
// Set up Digest authentication - username and password.
$userNamePassword = $this->api_key."%".$this->user_name.":".$this->password;
if (empty($this->api_key) || empty($this->user_name) || empty($this->password)) {
$this->err_message .= '<br />Missing or invalid user name or password or api key.';
error_log(date('Y-m-d H:i:s') .
' Error invlid user name or password or api key '.
"\n", 3, $this->log_file_name);
}
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_DIGEST);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $userNamePassword);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION ,1);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_GET, 1);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, Array("Content-Type:application/atom+xml"));
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0); // Do not return headers
//don't send the response to browser
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$response = curl_exec($session);
curl_close($session);
//error handling and write to log file
if (!$response) {
$list_id = -1;
if ($this->log_file_name) error_log(date('Y-m-d H:i:s') .
' Error attempting to connect via curl to ' . $request .
"\n", 3, $this->log_file_name);
} else {
$data = simplexml_load_string($response);
echo $data->entry ;
foreach($data->entry as $data_entry) {
$entry_name = urlencode($data_entry->content->ContactList->Name);
echo $entry_name ." List name: ". $list_name ."<br>" ;
if ($entry_name == $list_name) {
$list_id=$data_entry->content->ContactList;
}
}
}
return $list_id;
}
public function GetErrorMessage() {
return $this->err_message;
}
// output feed
public function MaketEntry() {
if ($_POST== null){
$this->err_message .= '<br />Please Select a list ';
error_log(date('Y-m-d H:i:s') .
' Error could not find valid list with list name ' . $this->list_name .
"\n", 3, $this->log_file_name);
}
/*
if ($this->list_url == -1 || empty($this->list_url) || $this->list_url == ""){
$this->err_message .= '<br />could not find valid list with the name '. $this->list_name;
error_log(date('Y-m-d H:i:s') .
' Error could not find valid list with list name ' . $this->list_name .
"\n", 3, $this->log_file_name);
}*/
$xml_sttring = "<entry xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'></entry>";
$xml_object = simplexml_load_string($xml_sttring);
$title_node = $xml_object->addChild("title", htmlspecialchars("Hmmm this is ignored right now"));
$updated_node = $xml_object->addChild("updated", htmlspecialchars($this->update_date));
$author_node = $xml_object->addChild("author");
$author_name = $author_node->addChild("name", htmlspecialchars("CTCT Samples"));
$id_node = $xml_object->addChild("id", "urn:uuid:E8553C09F4xcvxCCC53F481214230867087");
$summary_node = $xml_object->addChild("summary", htmlspecialchars("Customer document"));
$summary_node->addAttribute("type", "text");
$content_node = $xml_object->addChild("content");
$content_node->addAttribute("type", "application/vnd.ctct+xml");
$contact_node = $content_node->addChild("Contact", htmlspecialchars("Customer document"));
$contact_node->addAttribute("xmlns", "http://ws.constantcontact.com/ns/1.0/");
$email_node = $contact_node->addChild("EmailAddress", urldecode(htmlspecialchars($this->email_address)));
$fname_node = $contact_node->addChild("FirstName", urldecode(htmlspecialchars($this->first_name)));
$lname_node = $contact_node->addChild("LastName", urldecode(htmlspecialchars($this->last_name)));
$lname_node = $contact_node->addChild("MiddleName", urldecode(htmlspecialchars($this->middle_name)));
$lname_node = $contact_node->addChild("CompanyName", urldecode(htmlspecialchars($this->company_name)));
$lname_node = $contact_node->addChild("JobTitle", urldecode(htmlspecialchars($this->job_title)));
$optin_node = $contact_node->addChild("OptInSource", htmlspecialchars("ACTION_BY_CONTACT"));
if (!empty($this->home_number))
$hn_node = $contact_node->addChild("HomePhone", htmlspecialchars($this->home_number));
if (!empty($this->work_number))
$wn_node = $contact_node->addChild("WorkPhone", htmlspecialchars($this->work_number));
if (!empty($this->address_line_1))
$ad1_node = $contact_node->addChild("Addr1", htmlspecialchars($this->address_line_1));
if (!empty($this->address_line_2))
$ad2_node = $contact_node->addChild("Addr2", htmlspecialchars($this->address_line_2));
if (!empty($this->address_line_3))
$ad3_node = $contact_node->addChild("Addr3", htmlspecialchars($this->address_line_3));
if (!empty($this->city_name))
$city_node = $contact_node->addChild("City", htmlspecialchars($this->city_name));
if (!empty($this->state_code))
$state_node = $contact_node->addChild("StateCode", htmlspecialchars($this->state_code));
if (!empty($this->country_code))
$ctry_node = $contact_node->addChild("CountryCode", htmlspecialchars($this->country_code));
if (!empty($this->zip_code))
$zip_node = $contact_node->addChild("PostalCode", htmlspecialchars($this->zip_code));
if (!empty($this->sub_zip_code))
$subzip_node = $contact_node->addChild("SubPostalCode", htmlspecialchars($this->sub_zip_code));
if (!empty($this->custom_fields)) {
foreach($this->custom_fields as $k=>$v) {
if (!empty($v))
$contact_node->addChild("CustomField".$k, htmlspecialchars($v));
}
}
$contactlists_node = $contact_node->addChild("ContactLists");
foreach ($_POST as $tmp)
{
$contactlist_node = $contactlists_node->addChild("ContactList");
$contactlist_node->addAttribute("id", 'http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/' . CC_USERNAME . '/lists/'.$tmp);
}
$entry = $xml_object->asXML();
return $entry;
}
};
?>
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03-17-2009
11:51 PM
The PHP example you are using does not check if a contact is already in your account and it also does not update contacts. It only adds new contacts to your account. Once a contact is in your account you no longer can do a HTTP POST request to update the contact. You will need to do HTTP PUT request to update the contact.
You would have to add the following logic to the PHP Example.
First check to see if the contact is already on your list by querying the contacts collection
http://developer.constantcontact.com/doc/contactsCollection#Querying
If the contact exists then you would have to do HTTP Put command to update the contact.
http://developer.constantcontact.com/samples/putSubscriber
Else you would do a HTTP Post command which the example you are using is doing.
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03-05-2009
04:10 PM
Here is Example of php code that checks to see if a contact Exist
<?php
$UN = "Username";
$PW = "Password";
$Key = "Key";
$Email = "Email@address.com"; // $_POST
strtolower($Email); // Make the string lowercase
// Initialize the curl session
$url ="http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/" . $UN . "/contacts?email=".$Email ;
$UserKey = $Key . '%' . $UN . ':' . $PW ;
$session = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_DIGEST);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $UserKey);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION ,1);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, Array("Content-Type:application/atom+xml"));
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$response = curl_exec($session);
curl_close($session);
//echo $response ; use for Debugging
$pos = strpos($response , "entry") ;
if ($pos !== false )
{
// Contact found check to see if the contact is on the Do Not Mail List or Remove list
$UnsubscribeContact = strpos($response , "Do Not Mail") ; // Check if the contact is a unsubscribe contact
$Removed = strpos($response , "Removed") ; // Check if the contact is on the remove list
if ($UnsubscribeContact !== false || $Removed !== false)
{
// Insert Code to do a PUT
}
else
{
// Insert code to give option to update profile
}
}
else
{
// Contact Not Found insert your code to add contact
}
?>
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11-26-2008
01:00 AM
I ran the script that I believe you are using that I found here using php 4.3.11 and it did not work
I then switched to PHP version 5.2.6 and the code works.
The following line of code requires PHP 5
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_DIGEST);
I was able to add a contact using PHP Example for SiteVistorAPI which you can find here
While there is no reason that the APIs themselves won't work from PHP v4, we do not have a PHP v4 compatible sample at this time.
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11-24-2008
08:36 PM
I believe you are using the code found here
http://developer.constantcontact.com/node/132
This code adds your contact two lists.
Remove this from the code as you don't have a second list
. '<ContactList id="http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/' . $UN . '/lists/2" />' // Be sure to get the correct list number(s) for your list(s)
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11-21-2008
08:41 PM
I think the misunderstanding with Constants.php file. Let say my api_Key = 123345abc and let take a look at one line of code in Constants.php file.
define("PARAM_NAME_API_KEY", "api_key");
After this line of code
PARAM_NAME_API_KEY = "api_key"
Not "123345abc"
$_REQUEST is the same as $_REQUEST
if you echo PARAM_NAME_API_KEY you will get api_key
if you echo $_REQUEST you will get 123345abc
if you also echo $_REQUEST you will get 123345abc
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11-20-2008
11:00 PM
I was unable to recreate your issue. My understanding of the code is as following.
PARAM_NAME_API_KEY, PARAM_NAME_USER_NAME, and PARAM_NAME_PASSWORD is define as a Constant String in Constants.php
The Value of PARAM_NAME_API_KEY equals to "api_key"
The Value of PARAM_NAME_USER_NAME equals to "site_owner_user_name"
The Value of PARAM_NAME_PASSWORD equals to "sopassword'
This means that this code in GetList.php
$xml = executeRequest(URI . '/ws/customers/' . $_REQUEST . '/lists');
would give you the same results as this code
$xml = executeRequest(URI . '/ws/customers/' . $_REQUEST . '/lists');
Also this code in Functions.php,
$userNamePassword = $_REQUEST . '%' . $_REQUEST . ':' . $_REQUEST;
would give you the same results as this code
$userNamePassword = $_REQUEST . '%' . $_REQUEST . ':' . $_REQUEST;
This should not have worked for you in Function.php
$userNamePassword = PARAM_NAME_API_KEY . '%' . PARAM_NAME_USER_NAME . ':' . PARAM_NAME_PASSWORD;
If you echo $userNamePassword after using the above you would get this string
"api_key%site_owner_user_name:sopassword"
It would not echo your actual API Key, Username or Password, but rather the names of the variables you are using
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11-19-2008
09:36 PM
Skeletal PHP Script to Update an Existing Contact via a PUT.
<?php
/*A very simple example on how to update a contact name using a PUT command. To run
this script, provide your own Constant Contact User Name (UN), Password (PW), API Key (Key)
and Contact ID (SubID). Then provide an appropriate set of corresponding Contact details
including EmailAddress and Contact List ID (or series of Contact List IDs). Valid Contact ID and
Contact List IDs must be determined via an API Call (not Shown) */
$UN = "yourconstantcontactusername";
$PW = "yourconstantcontactpassword";
$Key = "yourconstantcontactAPIKey";
$SubID ="77898" ;//REPLACE WITH A VALID CONTACT Id, Which you can retrieve with a GET
$entry = '<entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
<id>http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/'.$UN.'/contacts/'.$SubID.'</id>
<title type="text">Contact: test13420001000@3examghfghplexcvxc.com</title>
<updated>2008-04-25T19:29:06.096Z</updated>
<author><name>Mike</name></author>
<content type="application/vnd.ctct+xml">
<Contact xmlns="http://ws.constantcontact.com/ns/1.0/" id="http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/'.$UN.'/contacts/'.$SubID.'">
<EmailAddress>test13420001000@3examghfghplexcvxc.com</EmailAddress>
<FirstName>Joe6</FirstName>
<LastName>Smith6</LastName>
<OptInSource>ACTION_BY_CUSTOMER</OptInSource>
<ContactLists>
<ContactList id="http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/'.$UN.'/lists/7">
</ContactList>
</ContactLists>
</Contact>
</content>
</entry>';
/*
The XML above will change the First name and Last name to Joe6 Smith6 Need to make
sure you have listed all the lists the contact belongs to, in addition to any lists you would like
the Contact added to. If you leave a Contact List out, the Contact will be removed from that
Contact List. This is format of Contact List XML entries:
<ContactLists>
<ContactList id="http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/'.$UN.'/lists/7">
</ContactList>
<ContactList id="http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/'.$UN.'/lists/55">
</ContactList>
<ContactList id="http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/'.$UN.'/lists/57">
</ContactList>
</ContactLists>
*/
// create a temp file and load the xml in to it.
$tmpfile = tmpfile();
fwrite($tmpfile, $entry);
fseek($tmpfile, 0);
// Initialize the curl session
$request ="http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/".$UN."/contacts/".$SubID;
$session = curl_init($request);
// Set up Digest authentication. Put your API key, and CTCT username/pwd here
$userNamePassword = $Key . '%' . $UN . ':' . $PW ;
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_DIGEST);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $userNamePassword);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_INFILE, $tmpfile);
fclose($tmpfile); // Close temp file because it no longer needed
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_PUT, 1);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE, strlen($entry));
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, Array("Content-Type:application/atom+xml"));
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_HEADER, false); // Do not return headers
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 0);
$response = curl_exec($session);
$httpcode = curl_getinfo($session, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
curl_close($session);
if ($httpcode > 199 && $httpcode < 300)
{
echo "It works!!" ; // You might want GET the updated Contact and display it
}
else
{ echo "<br> There a Problem <br>Error Code: ". $httpcode ; }
?>
Comments, additions and corrections encouraged!
Thanks,
Mike C, Constant Contact Support Engineer
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11-19-2008
04:50 PM
Thank you for showing us this possible problem with the PHP Example code. I will look into the code and make sure the PHP Example code is working as designed. If not I will make necessary changes.
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11-19-2008
09:38 AM
Another developer had a problem trying to get CfHttp to work. Click here to see that post. They were unable to get it to work because it doesn't support Digest Authentication. They were able to get it to work with CFX_HTTP5
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11-14-2008
08:48 AM
There have been several requests for samples using ASP.NET and/or VB. While we have not created one here, I recently came across this VB posting:
http://www.codescene.com/2008/09/using-the-constant-contact-api.php.
There is also a C# sample of a contact GET, PUT and POST here:
http://developer.constantcontact.com/node/112.
Hope these help.
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