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11-24-2008
04:01 PM
Did you set the correct numbers in the XML for your contact lists? The ones in the example are just that -- examples -- yours may be different:
<ContactList id="http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/' . $UN . '/lists/1" />' // Do this for all the lists you want to add to
The list number is at the end of the URI.
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11-21-2008
10:48 AM
The problem is that $_REQUEST only retrieves the variables $_GET, $_PUT, or $_COOKIE, which are not the same as the constants.
For example, if my site user name is joesgarage, $_REQUEST is really $_REQUEST. But there is no $_REQUEST. There is $_REQUEST, and there is PARAM_NAME_USER_NAME, both of whose correct value should be 'joesgarage'. Big difference.
In other words, both $_REQUEST and PARAM_NAME_USER_NAME equal 'joesgarage', but $_REQUEST does not -- in fact, it doesn't even exist.
So if your script calls $_REQUEST, it looks for $_REQUEST, which it cannot find.
If your script calls $_REQUEST, it finds it with the value 'joesgarage' (assuming that it was entered into the form field), which is correct, and authenticates the login.
If it calls PARAM_NAME_USER_NAME, it also finds 'joesgarage'.
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11-20-2008
10:52 AM
Here's a sample script to create a new contact. It's assuming you have a member signup form on your page that has collected first name, last name, email address, and zip code.
This is based on the "SAMPLE: PUT (Update) a Contact (PHP)" script found here:
http://developer.constantcontact.com/samples/putSubscriber
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<?php
$first_name = trim($_POST);
$last_name = trim($_POST);
$email = trim($_POST);
$zipcode = $_POST;
/////////// REGISTER EMAIL WITH CONSTANT CONTACT ///////////////////
$UN = "your_member_name_here";
$PW = "your_password_here";
$Key = "your_API_key_here";
$entry = '<entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
<title type="text"> </title>
<updated>' . date('c') . '</updated>
<author></author>
<id>data:,none</id>
<summary type="text">Contact</summary>
<content type="application/vnd.ctct+xml">
<Contact xmlns="http://ws.constantcontact.com/ns/1.0/">
<EmailAddress>' . $email . '</EmailAddress>
<FirstName>' . $first_name . '</FirstName>
<LastName>' . $last_name . '</LastName>
<PostalCode>' . $zipcode . '</PostalCode>
<OptInSource>ACTION_BY_CUSTOMER</OptInSource>
<ContactLists>
<ContactList id="http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/' . $UN . '/lists/1" />' // Do this for all the lists you want to add to
. '<ContactList id="http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/' . $UN . '/lists/2" />' // Be sure to get the correct list number(s) for your list(s)
. '</ContactLists>
</Contact>
</content>
</entry>';
// Initialize the cURL session
$request ="http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/" . $UN . "/contacts";
$session = curl_init($request);
// Set up digest authentication
$userNamePassword = $Key . '%' . $UN . ':' . $PW ;
// Set cURL options
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_DIGEST);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $userNamePassword);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS , $entry);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, Array("Content-Type:application/atom+xml"));
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_HEADER, false); // Do not return headers
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); // If you set this to 0, it will take you to a page with the http response
// Execute cURL session and close it
$response = curl_exec($session);
curl_close($session);
////////////////// END REGISTER EMAIL WITH CONSTANT CONTACT ///////////////////////
// Your code goes here: typically sending a confirmation email, and/or a Header("Location: your_page.php") redirect
?>
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11-18-2008
10:24 AM
I got the sample scripts to work. There are some errors in them:
In Functions.php and getLists.php, the constants are in the request variables, and that's why the scripts don't work.
In Functions.php, instead of:
$userNamePassword = $_REQUEST . '%' . $_REQUEST . ':' . $_REQUEST;
it needs to be:
$userNamePassword = PARAM_NAME_API_KEY . '%' . PARAM_NAME_USER_NAME . ':' . PARAM_NAME_PASSWORD;
And in getLists.php, instead of:
$xml = executeRequest(URI . '/ws/customers/' . $_REQUEST . '/lists');
it needs to be either:
$xml = executeRequest(URI . '/ws/customers/' . PARAM_NAME_USER_NAME . '/lists');
or:
$xml = executeRequest(URI . '/ws/customers/' . $_REQUEST . '/lists');
(I think the latter is more appropriate since this is an authentication form.)
If you make the above changes, these sample scripts work fine. Otherwise, no go. I haven't checked the other scripts in the php samples, but I fear that the same mistakes might be in them too.
Thanks for your help on this -- and yes, I understand that these functions are not what I need for my project -- I was just trying to get them to work as an exercise in understanding how the the API works.
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11-17-2008
06:16 PM
Thanks very much -- okay, the browser test works as above.
Still getting stuck on the php sample code. Here are the constants settings in Constants.php:
define("PARAM_NAME_API_KEY", "my_api_key");
define("PARAM_NAME_USER_NAME", "my_user_name");
define("PARAM_NAME_PASSWORD", "my_password");
define("HOST", "api.constantcontact.com");
define("URI", "http://api.constantcontact.com");
define("LOCAL_BASE_URL", "http://localhost/");
I've also tried using the concatenated version for PARAM_NAME_USER_NAME, and also entered both the concatenated and unconcatenated usernames in the form for both versions. Still getting 401 error.
I also tried changing "localhost" to the actual URL of my site.
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11-17-2008
05:41 PM
Still no luck -- on the php sample page: still a 401 error.
At
http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/my_api_key%my_username/lists
I get: 400 Bad Request.
Nothing unusual with the user name or password. Originally the password had an ampersand in it, but I got rid of it.
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11-17-2008
04:58 PM
I'm having trouble getting out of the gates -- I read the docs, downloaded the sample php docs, changed the constants to my own api key, user name, and password, uploaded them to my site... and can't get my username/password to work.
When I try to log in on the index page of the sample php scripts (it goes to getLists.php), I get a 401 error.
When I try to go straight to a page such as http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/my_username/lists , it won't accept my username/password.
I've quadruple checked my api key, username and password, and I've definitely not mistyped them or anything. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
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