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Reviresco · ‎11-24-2008

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.

Reviresco · ‎11-21-2008

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'.

Reviresco · ‎11-20-2008

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 ------------------------------------ <?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 ?>

Reviresco · ‎11-18-2008

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.

Reviresco · ‎11-17-2008

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.

Reviresco · ‎11-17-2008

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.

Reviresco · ‎11-17-2008

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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