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Hello,   Are you creating a new integration, or are you using an integration already set up by that company?   If you are creating a new integration, when creating a contact with our API, you must use the list ID instead of the actual list name.  You can find the list ID by doing a GET https call to the lists collection.   If you are working with an existing integration with nanacast, I'm not familiar with that site, so I am not sure what they have set up to add contacts to the account.  However, in general, when adding contacts with our API, you must provide a list ID and not the list name, unless you are using a library that does that for you.   If you have any questions please let me know. ... View more

Hello,   I am happy that this was resolved for you.  If you run into any other issues please feel free to post them on the forum!   Regards, ... View more

Hello,   I definitely apologize for the problem you are having.  We have confirmed that this is an issue and are working to get this fixed as soon as possible.   Regards, ... View more

Hello,   I took a look at your XML and I believe the problem you are having is in three areas.  The first issue that would cause a 400 error is that it does not appear that your EmailContent or TextContent HTML tags are HTML encoded.  In order to post HTML in the XML, they must be encoded.   The second and third issues that would cause a 400 error is that the ForwardEmailLinkText and the SubscribeLinkText must both have content, if the IncludeSubscribeLink and IncludeForwardLink nodes are YES.   Once I did these changes I was able to post the email without a problem.   If you have any questions please let me know.   Regards, ... View more

Great!  If you run into any other issues please feel free to post your questions here on the forum!   Sincerely, ... View more

Hello,   You would get a 415 error if you are trying to do an incorrect call to a URI.  If you are updating a campaign, you must do a PUT HTTPS call with the correct XML to the campaigns URI.  More information about this can be found here.   If you have any questions please let me know.   Sincerely, ... View more

Hello,   If your directory does include the php files, I am not sure why you would be getting an error stating that the file does not exist.  What version of php are you using?  Also, have you modified any files in the CCSFG at all?  If so, can you try with a completely new version of the folder.   Sincerely, ... View more

Hello,   I can definitely help you with the 400 errors you are receiving.  I took a look at your XML and I do see a few things that would be causing this.   The nodes ViewAsWebPage, PermissionReminder, IncludeSubscribeLink, and IncludeForwardEmail must have something in it, either a yes or no.  If you do not want either then you must choose no for each node.   Also, the GreetingName node must be specific as well.  It can either be FirstName, LastName, FirstAndLastName, or none.   I also noticed that you do not include a verified From or ReplyTo address.  These must be set correctly, and a valid contact list must be set as well.   One other problem is that when submitting the campaign, the EmailContent and EmailTextContent nodes need to be correct.  The EmailContent needs to be correct HTML/XHTML and the Text content needs to be surrounded by text tags.   After fixing these issues I was able to post your XML.  Also, please take a look at this documentation that goes further into the requirements of campaign XML.   If you have any further questions please let me know.   Regards, ... View more

Hello,   The URI you want to connect to is https://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/USERNAME/   You would not put the API key, username, and password in the URI.  You put these in the authentication area, depending on which scripting language you are using.  If you are using one of our wrappers, there is usually a variable that we set for them.  I would suggest taking a look at our sample code, here.   If you have any questions please let me know.   Regards, ... View more

Hello,   I took a look at your account and I do notice that you do not have a General Interest list.  I cannot access the account with the API, because it requires me to know your password.  However, the first thing I would check with the XML is that you still have a contact list ID 1.  Is it possible for you to do a GET on the lists uri, https://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/username/lists, and see if you have a valid list URI for the contact?   Also, you are correct, if you are getting a 400 error, more than likely you are authenticating correctly in OAuth.  Most of the time 400 errors are XML related.   I did test the XML on my end, and it does work as long as the contact list is correct.  If it is still not working for you after you verify that you are using a valid list ID, it may be beneficial to send me your entire code here.   Regards, ... View more

The current C# library gets the first 50 campaigns.  Currently with the campaign collection, you will have to take the returned data and pull out the next link on your end, and then use it in the httpGet function, which will return the next list of 50.   Regards, ... View more

Hello,   Our CCSFG program does not actually have the ability to "update" contacts, which is the process of adding contacts to a seperate list when they are already on another list.  The reason we do this is because we feel that it may be a security risk for some of our customers, who may not want any person that knows an email address to update that email addresses information in the system.   However, we are willing to give you a version that does this, if you accept that above mentioned risk.  If you do want the updating CCSFG program, please send an email here requesting it and I will send it over to you.   If you have any questions please let me know.   Regards, ... View more

When pulling a list from any of our collections, it always lists the first fifty.  If you have more than fifty lists, there will be a node in the xml that specifies the next group.  Here is an example of listing the campaign xml:   <?xml version=' 1.0 ' encoding='UTF- 8 ' ?> <feed xmlns = "http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" > <id> http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/joesflowers/campaigns </id> <title type = "text" > Campaigns for customer: joesflowers </title> <link href = "campaigns" /> <link href = "campaigns" rel = "self" /> <author> <name> joesflowers </name> </author> <updated> 2009 - 10 - 19 T18: 55 : 01.918 Z </updated> <link href = "/ws/customers/joesflowers/campaigns?next=2" rel = "next" /> <link href = "/ws/customers/joesflowers/campaigns" rel = "current" /> <link href = "/ws/customers/joesflowers/campaigns" rel = "first" /> Notice the node:  <link href = "/ws/customers/joesflowers/campaigns?next=2" rel = "next" />   You can then call this URI and it will return another list of fifty campaigns.   If you have any questions please let me know. ... View more

Hello,   Currently the only work around for this defect is to restore the events.  However, our engineers are aware how important this is, and are working to correct this problem as soon as possible.  Once the defect has been fixed, I will post an update here letting you know that it has been resolved.   If you have any questions please let me know.   Regards, ... View more

Hello,   If you are a partner of ours, we do have an API that can create accounts under your partner account.  If you want to learn more about this please email our AppConnect team.  They are in charge of giving access to that API.   If you have any questions please let me know.   Regards ... View more

Hello,   I was able to recreate the fact that there may be an issue with the events collection in the ctct wrapper.  I am going to take a look at this now.   We do have a new library though, that definitely works, and also has better documentation.  Please take a look at it here.  There is also a wiki, with specific documentation to the event collection here.   If you have any questions please let me know. ... View more

Hello,   I would like to apologize for the issues that you are having.  Are you doing a POST, PUT, GET, or DELETE to the API when you get that error?  Also, what URI are you sending/requesting information to?  If you are doing a PUT or POST, can you post the XML you are sending here?   Thanks,     ... View more

Hello,   I apologize for the confusion.  While technically it would be possible to create something in our API that sent an email to an email address when they signed up to the account, based on the list that they signed up to.  Our system is not really designed to do this.  In the methods that are set up to do automatic emails, the welcome email and autoresponders, they can only be set up per account.  So that you can have one autoresponder going out to a set of lists, but you cannot have a second autoresponder on a different set.  The welcome email also can only go out to people who are signed up "by contact", and does not differ between lists.   The only work around would be to create a complex system where as a contact signs up, it is assigned to an additional, but empty list, and then an email is created and scheduled for that list.  Once the contact gets the email, he would be removed from the list and it would have to be repeated.  While this is possible, it is not really a great way to do it, and again, our system is not really designed to be used in that way.   If you have any questions please let me know.   Regards, ... View more

Hello,   The best way to get a list of removed contacts in our API is to get a list of "list members" from the removed list.  Unfortunately, in the wrapper, when using the "getLists" function, it ignores the Active, Removed, and Do Not Mail lists.  So that when you do the getListMembers function, you cannot pick the removed list.   The work around to this would be to edit the Collections.php file and go to the getLists function, and take out the Removed list from the ignoreArray array.  Then when you do a getLists, it will show the removed list as list "0".  You would then be able to get the list members from that list.   After removing "removed" from the array, here is the code that I used that worked:   <?php     include_once ( "ConstantContact.php" ) ;     $ConstantContact = new ConstantContact ( 'basic' , "API KEY" , "USERNAME" , "PASSWORD" ) ;     $lists = $ConstantContact -> getLists ( ) ;     $members = $ConstantContact -> getListMembers ( $lists [ 'lists' ] [ 0 ] ) ;     print_r ( $members ) ; ?>   If you have any questions please let me know.   Regards,   Ben Soder ... View more

Hello,   No problem!  Again, please feel free to ask us for help here if you run into any issues!   Regards, ... View more

Hello,   Creating an integration with Constant Contact would work with any program that allows itself to be integrated with an API that uses REST api's.   I am not familiar with Filemaker, so I am not sure if this is possible.  We do not have an official integration already set up with this, and I am not familiar enough with the program to know if there is a third party integration for it.   If you do want to start creating an integration with this product, I would suggest taking a look at our API documentation here.  You can also take a look at our Marketplace, where there may be developers who are familiar with both Constant Contact integration, as well as FileMaker integration.   If you have any quesitons please let me know.   Regards, ... View more