I don't know in which platform you are working. Here is the c# code for the same. please have a look at it public string GetListUrl(string listName, string userName, string password,strin CCAPIKEY) { string apiUrl = "http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers"; string apiKey = CCAPIKEY; string xmlNamespace = @"http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"; string completeurl = apiUrl + string.Format("/{0}/lists", userName); Uri address = new Uri(completeurl); HttpWebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(address) as HttpWebRequest; request.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(string.Format("{0}%{1}", apiKey, userName), password); request.Method = "get"; HttpWebResponse response = request.GetResponse() as HttpWebResponse; using (response) { StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()); XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument(); doc.Load(reader); XmlNamespaceManager nsm = new XmlNamespaceManager(doc.NameTable); nsm.AddNamespace("cc", xmlNamespace); XmlNodeList nodes = doc.SelectNodes("//cc:entry", nsm); XmlNode targatedNode = null; foreach (XmlNode singelNode in nodes) { XmlNode titleNode = singelNode.SelectSingleNode("cc:title", nsm); //loop here to find the list name if (titleNode.InnerText.ToLower() == listName.ToLower()) { targatedNode = singelNode; break; } } //list name found so return here if (targatedNode != null) { XmlNode idNode = targatedNode.SelectSingleNode("cc:id", nsm); return idNode.InnerText; } } return string.Empty; } ... View more

hi david, I am sorry that i didin't put the path for the sample code. here is the path http://developer.constantcontact.com/node/35 and the code given there is as follows public string addNewList(string accountname, string listname) { string username = "asdf1234" + % + "uname"; string completeurl = surl + accountname + @"/lists"; // collection uri Uri address = new Uri(completeurl); Debug.WriteLine(completeurl); HttpWebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(address) as HttpWebRequest; request.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(username, pword); request.Method = "POST"; request.ContentType = @"application/atom+xml"; // key line StringBuilder data = new StringBuilder(); data.Append(@""); data.Append(@"data:,"); data.Append(@""); byte[] byteData = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(data.ToString()); string st = String.Empty; // Set the content length in the request headers request.ContentLength = byteData.Length; // Write data using (Stream postStream = request.GetRequestStream()) { postStream.Write(byteData, 0, byteData.Length); } // Get response using (HttpWebResponse response = request.GetResponse() as HttpWebResponse) { // Get the response stream StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()); st = reader.ReadToEnd(); } return st; ... View more

it worked, Thanks ... View more

Thanks, let me go forward. Regards, pradeep ... View more

Dear Tom, i got the response like this EXPORT_CONTACTS PENDING 0 2009-05-18T13:52:44.031Z http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/amanaman/activities/a07e2ipl2rgfuv8k8hr EXPORT_CONTACTS: Unnamed 2009-05-18T13:52:44.031Z Constant Contact but the status is pending. why is it so? will the status be "COMPLETE" after some time? if so how can I Check batch job completion status? sorry to disturb in your busy schedule. please be kind enough to have a quick response, I am waiting. Thanks in advance, Pradeep. ... View more

Hi , I am using bulk activities collection. I want to export the contacts under a contact list. I am using the following code for that. But I am getting 400 Bad request error. Please help me out to find where could be the error. The following is the method I am using. Regards Pradeep. private string Export() { string sUserName = "USERNAME"; string sPassWord = "PASSWORD"; string sUri = "http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/" + sUserName + "/activities"; string sAPIKey = "CCAPIKEY"; string sListUri = "http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/" + sUserName + "/lists/2"; Uri address = new Uri(sUri); HttpWebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(address) as HttpWebRequest; request.Credentials = new NetworkCredential((sAPIKey + "%" + sUserName), sPassWord); request.Method = "POST"; request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded "; StringBuilder data = new StringBuilder(); data.Append("activityType=" + HttpUtility.UrlEncode("EXPORT_CONTACTS", Encoding.UTF8)); data.Append("&fileType=" + HttpUtility.UrlEncode("CSV", Encoding.UTF8)); data.Append("&exportOptDate=" + HttpUtility.UrlEncode("true", Encoding.UTF8)); data.Append("&exportOptSource=" + HttpUtility.UrlEncode("true", Encoding.UTF8)); data.Append("&exportListName=" + HttpUtility.UrlEncode("true", Encoding.UTF8)); data.Append("&sortBy=" + HttpUtility.UrlEncode("true", Encoding.UTF8)); data.Append("&columns=" + HttpUtility.UrlEncode("Email Address" , Encoding.UTF8)); data.Append("&columns=" + HttpUtility.UrlEncode("First Name", Encoding.UTF8)); data.Append("&columns=" + HttpUtility.UrlEncode("Last Name", Encoding.UTF8)); data.Append("&lists=" + HttpUtility.UrlEncode(sListUri)); byte[] byteData = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(data.ToString()); string st = String.Empty; request.ContentLength = byteData.Length; using (Stream postStream = request.GetRequestStream()) { postStream.Write(byteData, 0, byteData.Length); } using (HttpWebResponse response = request.GetResponse() as HttpWebResponse) { StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()); st = reader.ReadToEnd(); } return st; } ___and please tell me how could i access the CSV file created. ... View more

I think the addNewList(string accountname, string listname) is to add a new contact list to an account. Please correct me if i am wrong. But I couldn't find any place where we give the second parameter listname in the body of the function. more over that I am getting 404 error when i run this programme. please help. ... View more

please tell me how to retrieve contacts under a contact list ... View more

Thank you Dev, I could get the list of Contact lists under an account name by using the following code. What should I do next to get the contacts under a contact list. Please help me out, Thanking You Pradeep public string[] retrieveLists(string sUserName, string xpathselect) { string sListUri = "http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/" + sUserName + "/lists"; string sAPIKey = "84325c7d-79ae-4754-aeeb-788006cc0745"; List al = new List (); if (xpathselect == String.Empty) { xpathselect = "//at:title|//at:id"; } Uri address = new Uri(sListUri); HttpWebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(address) as HttpWebRequest; request.Credentials = new NetworkCredential((sAPIKey + "%" + sUserName), sPassWord); string st = String.Empty; using (HttpWebResponse response = request.GetResponse() as HttpWebResponse) { // Get the response stream StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()); XmlTextReader xmlreader = new XmlTextReader(reader); XPathDocument doc = new XPathDocument(xmlreader); //XmlDocument readDoc = new XmlDocument(xmlreader.readc); //DataSet mDst = new DataSet(); //mDst.ReadXml(xmlreader); XPathNavigator pn = doc.CreateNavigator(); XmlNamespaceManager ns = new XmlNamespaceManager(pn.NameTable); ns.AddNamespace("at", "http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"); ns.AddNamespace("cc", "http://ws.constantcontact.com/ns/1.0"); XPathNodeIterator nodes = pn.Select(xpathselect,ns); bool bfirst = true; string stemp = String.Empty; while (nodes.MoveNext()) { // note. Don't attemp to use attributes. There aren't any.... XPathNavigator node = nodes.Current; if (bfirst) { stemp = node.Value; bfirst = false; } else { al.Add(stemp + "|" + node.Value); stemp = String.Empty; bfirst = true; } } } return al.ToArray(); } ... View more