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01-29-2010
08:21 AM
Noticed a small error on this page:
http://developer.constantcontact.com/doc/activities#add_remove_contacts
It says "Line breaks are represented as "CR LF" pairs (i.e., `%0D%0A')." but the example code below that uses just %0A eg.
"&data=Email+Address%2CFirst+Name%2CLast+Name%0A"
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01-18-2010
12:16 PM
Ok thanks, would be useful if the API could allow us to pass a sort param.
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01-18-2010
06:12 AM
Please can you tell me what the sort order is for the contact lists method http://developer.constantcontact.com/doc/contactLists#list_contact_lists
The problem is I have a user of the drupal module who says they have 30+ contact lists and the module is displaying them in ascending order by ID, I would expect them to use the SortOrder field.
Can you confirm what this uses and if it is possible to change the behaviour please?
Thanks
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11-20-2009
06:02 AM
You need to html encode the + sign in the email address I think.
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11-19-2009
05:31 AM
You will need to get the contact lists the subscribers are subscribed to first (using the API) then merge those with the contact lists they have selected.
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11-11-2009
10:34 AM
No that's the XML document you need to send an HTTP header.
I'm not familar with ASP but the code looks like the bit below needs adapting to also send that header with a post?
If strMethod = "PUT" Then
objWinHttp.setRequestHeader "Content-type", _
"application/atom+xml"
End If
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11-11-2009
03:59 AM
My guess is you have not set a Content-Type header of application/atom+xml .
http://developer.constantcontact.com/doc/contactsCollection#create_contact
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11-11-2009
03:49 AM
According to the docs below is the fieldnames you get with an export so importing will use the same:
FIRST NAME, MIDDLE NAME, LAST NAME, JOB TITLE, COMPANY NAME, WORK PHONE, HOME PHONE, ADDRESS LINE 1, ADDRESS LINE 2, ADDRESS LINE 3, CITY, STATE, STATE/PROVINCE (US/CANADA), COUNTRY, POSTAL CODE, SUB POSTAL CODE, CUSTOM FIELD 1, CUSTOM FIELD 2, CUSTOM FIELD 3, CUSTOM FIELD 4, CUSTOM FIELD 5, CUSTOM FIELD 6, CUSTOM FIELD 7, CUSTOM FIELD 8, CUSTOM FIELD 9, CUSTOM FIELD 10, CUSTOM FIELD 11, CUSTOM FIELD 12, CUSTOM FIELD 13, CUSTOM FIELD 14, CUSTOM FIELD 15
I think you may have copied the fieldname from the constantocntact.com website rather than the developer docs?
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11-05-2009
05:16 PM
http://www.michaelearth.org/cc/addcontact.html is dead for me.
Is PHP error reporting turned on and set to report all errors?
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11-05-2009
04:58 AM
Your pretty much correct in everything you say, you have to visit the constantcontact.com website to actually send the email you create using the APi, currently there is no way to send the email using the API, I'm sure this will be added at some point but no set date.
One thing I would mention is you should create the contact list before importing your contacts then you simply assign the imported contacts to the new list you create.
Also might want to look at the remove contacts from lists feature:
http://developer.constantcontact.com/doc/activities#add_remove_contacts
Another thing is once you create the contacts the first time your never going to be able to delete the contacts so would suggest you just update them the second time with a new contact list, after you have sent the email if you update all the contacts and remove them from the list it will add them to the "Removed" list meaning you can easily add them to another list the second time the script runs.
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11-05-2009
04:49 AM
This is nothing to do with you being in a trial, it is a PHP error you have created in the script.
This error usually means you have forgot to close something in the PHP code, usually an if statement.
Please post the code from add_contact.php here and someone should be able to spot the problem easily enough.
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11-03-2009
07:13 PM
You will need to call the get_contact() method on each user to get the "Status" field.
Please get in touch via my website if you need further help.
Best Regards,
James
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11-03-2009
05:29 AM
Hi,
I presume your using the get_contacts.php script?
The problem is that script grabs all your subscribers both subscribed and unsubscribed, if you only want active users you should use the get_list_members.php script and get the subscribers from a certain contact list.
Alternatively you can use get_contacts.php but will need to check the status of the user is ACTIVE.
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11-02-2009
04:07 AM
Hi,
The error means nothing to me so presume that is something your custom application has added?
Can you tell me exactly what you mean when you say the contacts are still showing up, how are you viewing the contacts?
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10-29-2009
06:24 AM
Would be useful if we have an explicit option to send the welcome rather than combine it with ACTION_BY_CUSTOMER / ACTION_BY_CONTACT, I still might want to send the welcome email to contacts I personally add or I might want to not send the welcome email to my users that add themselves for example.
Because we have a clause in the terms which prevents the use of ACTION_BY_CONTACT this obviously means I cannot use this when I might want to.
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10-29-2009
06:19 AM
No, not sure why you would need that?
If you need it for the bulk import of contacts that can be done using HTTP and the activities collection:
http://developer.constantcontact.com/doc/reference
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10-29-2009
06:15 AM
The errors you receive are not fatal errors so the script carries on running after it produces those errors where as if they was fatal it would halt the script.
Likely you do not see the errors on your other server because the display error setting is turned off on that server.
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10-28-2009
01:35 PM
if your a paying customer already there is no fee to use the API.
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10-28-2009
12:30 PM
Ahh ok, I thought this was meaning to always get the document before creating.
I think a sample request that works would be good.
Thanks
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10-28-2009
09:42 AM
This example says that I should first GET a campaign but what if I have no campaigns to get?
http://developer.constantcontact.com/doc/manageCampaigns#create_campaign
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10-28-2009
07:06 AM
Thanks for all the new docs and features your creating, progressing nicely!.
I have a small request.
http://developer.constantcontact.com/doc/activities#export_contacts
Would be nice if this can be extended so we can export contacts from multiple contact lists.
Would be even nicer if we could get an export of all ACTIVE contacts in one single file without having to give a contact list to export.
These would be really useful for syncing a system with constant contact among other things.
Thanks
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10-28-2009
06:41 AM
Hi,
The second error is likely produced because of the first error, can you post your code here (with personal details removed).
It sounds like you have an extra semicolon in the top of cc_class.php, I have the version 1 code but do not see that error myself.
Perhaps you should try version 1.1?
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10-27-2009
06:39 AM
If your talking about the forms action tag that does not need to be changed, the form submits to itself so it can be left blank eg. action=""
Can you describe the problem you see, do you get an error or does the subscriber simply not get added to your list?
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10-26-2009
11:26 AM
You can signup for the developer updates newsletter from here:
http://developer.constantcontact.com/DWSHome
Think they have only recently added that.
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10-26-2009
06:19 AM
@ victorgrey Please start your own forum post to ask a question as your question is different your just confusing things, thanks.
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10-26-2009
06:13 AM
You will need to use the API and a custom signup form to do this.
I've edited the add_contact.php example and posted it below, this should do what you need I think?
All you need to do here is edit line 191 and change YOUR_CONTACT_LIST_ID to the ID of your own contact list.
<?php
include_once('cc_class.php');
$ccOBJ = new ConstantContact();
/**
* If we have post fields means that the form have been submitted.
* Therefore we start submiting inserted data to ConstantContact Server.
*/
if (!empty($_POST)) {
$postFields = array();
$postFields = $_POST;
$postFields = $_POST;
$postFields = $_POST;
$postFields = $_POST;
$postFields = $_POST;
$postFields= $_POST;
$postFields = $_POST;
$postFields = $_POST;
$postFields = $_POST;
$postFields = $_POST;
$postFields = $_POST;
$postFields = $_POST;
$postFields = $_POST; // The Code is looking for a State Code For Example TX instead of Texas
$postFields = $_POST;
$postFields = $_POST;
$postFields = $_POST;
$postFields = $_POST;
$postFields = $_POST;
$postFields = $_POST;
$postFields = $_POST;
$postFields = array();
foreach($_POST as $key=>$val) {
if (strncmp($key, 'custom_field_', strlen('custom_field_')) === 0) {
$postFields = $val;
}
}
$contactXML = $ccOBJ->createContactXML(null,$postFields);
if (!$ccOBJ->addSubscriber($contactXML)) {
$error = true;
}
else {
$error = false;
$_POST = array();
}
}
//get all available lists for the current CC account.
$allLists = $ccOBJ->getLists();
//get all available states
$allStates = $ccOBJ->getStates();
//get all available countries
$allCountries = $ccOBJ->getCountries();
?>
<?php include_once('header.php');?>
<div align="center" style="width: 900px;">
<h2>Add a new Subscriber - Full form</h2>
<?php
//
// Here we add an area where messages are displayed (error or success messages).
//
if (isset($error)) {
if ($error === true) {
$class = "error";
$message = $ccOBJ->lastError;
}
else {
$class = "success";
$message = "Contact ".$_POST." Added.";
}
echo '<div class="'.$class.'">';
echo $message;
echo '</div>';
}
?>
<form action="" method="post">
<div style="float: right; text-align: left; overflow: auto; height: 640px; width:250px;">
<input type="hidden" name="lists[]" value="YOUR_CONTACT_LIST_ID" />
<!--
<fieldset>
<legend> Interests list </legend>
<?php
foreach ($allLists as $k=>$item) {
$checked = '';
if($_POST){
if (in_array($item,$_POST)) {
$checked = ' checked ';
}
}
echo '<input type="checkbox" '.$checked.' class="checkbox" name="lists[]" value="'.$item.'" id="chk_'.$k.'" /> <label for="chk_'.$k.'">'.$item.'</label><br/>';
}
?>
</fieldset>
-->
</div>
<div>
<h3>Contact information</h3>
<table width="580" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td align="left">Email Address:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="email_address" value="<?php echo $_POST?>" maxLength="100" /></td>
<td align="left"> </td>
<td align="left"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">First Name:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="first_name" maxLength="100" value="<?php echo $_POST?>" /></td>
<td align="left">Last Name:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="last_name" maxLength="100" value="<?php echo $_POST?>" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Middle Name:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="middle_name" maxLength="100" value="<?php echo $_POST?>" /></td>
<td align="left">Home phone:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="home_num" maxLength="100" value="<?php echo $_POST?>" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">Address:</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3">
<input type="text" name="adr_1" maxLength="100" style="width: 440px" value="<?php echo $_POST?>" /><br/>
<input type="text" name="adr_2" maxLength="100" style="width: 440px" value="<?php echo $_POST?>" /><br/>
<input type="text" name="adr_3" maxLength="100" style="width: 440px" value="<?php echo $_POST?>" /><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">City:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="city" maxLength="100" value="<?php echo $_POST?>" /></td>
<td align="left">State:</td>
<td align="left">
<select name="state">
<option value=""> </option>
<?php
foreach ($allStates as $stateCode=>$stateName) {
$selected = '';
if ($stateCode == $_POST) {
$selected = ' selected ';
}
echo '<option value="'.$stateCode.'" '.$selected.'>'.$stateName.'</option>';
}
?>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Zip:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="postal_code" maxLength="100" value="<?php echo $_POST?>"/></td>
<td align="left">State (Other):</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="state_name" maxLength="100" value="<?php echo $_POST?>"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Sub-zip:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="sub_postal" maxLength="100" value="<?php echo $_POST?>"/></td>
<td align="left">Country:</td>
<td align="left">
<select name="country" maxLength="100">
<option value=""> </option>
<?php
foreach ($allCountries as $countryCode=>$countryName) {
$selected = '';
if ($countryCode == $_POST) {
$selected = ' selected ';
}
echo '<option value="'.$countryCode.'" '.$selected.'>'.$countryName.'</option>';
}
?>
</select>
</td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">E-Mail Type:</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3">
<input type="radio" class="checkbox" name="mail_type" id="mt1" value="HTML" <?php echo ($_POST=='HTML' || empty($_POST))?' checked ':'';?> />
<label for="mt1">HTML</label>
or
<input type="radio" class="checkbox" name="mail_type" id="mt2" value="Text" <?php echo ($_POST=='Text')?' checked ':'';?> />
<label for="mt2">Text</label>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Work details</h3>
<table width="580" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td align="left">Company Name:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="company_name" maxLength="100" value="<?php echo $_POST?>" /></td>
<td align="left">Job Title:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="job_title" maxLength="100" value="<?php echo $_POST?>" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Work phone:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="wrk_num" maxLength="100" value="<?php echo $_POST?>" /></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Custom Fields & Notes</h3>
<table width="580" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td align="left">Custom Field 1:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="custom_field_1" maxLength="100" value="<?php echo $_POST?>" /></td>
<td align="left">Custom Field 2:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="custom_field_2" maxLength="100" value="<?php echo $_POST?>" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Custom Field 3:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="custom_field_3" maxLength="100" value="<?php echo $_POST?>" /></td>
<td align="left">Custom Field 4:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="custom_field_4" maxLength="100" value="<?php echo $_POST?>" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Custom Field 5:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="custom_field_5" maxLength="100" value="<?php echo $_POST?>" /></td>
<td align="left">Custom Field 6:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="custom_field_6" maxLength="100" value="<?php echo $_POST?>" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Custom Field 7:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="custom_field_7" maxLength="100" value="<?php echo $_POST?>" /></td>
<td align="left">Custom Field 8:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="custom_field_8" maxLength="100" value="<?php echo $_POST?>" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Custom Field 9:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="custom_field_9" maxLength="100" value="<?php echo $_POST?>" /></td>
<td align="left">Custom Field 10:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="custom_field_10" maxLength="100" value="<?php echo $_POST?>" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Custom Field 11:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="custom_field_11" maxLength="100" value="<?php echo $_POST?>" /></td>
<td align="left">Custom Field 12:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="custom_field_12" maxLength="100" value="<?php echo $_POST?>" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Custom Field 13:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="custom_field_13" maxLength="100" value="<?php echo $_POST?>" /></td>
<td align="left">Custom Field 14:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="custom_field_14" maxLength="100" value="<?php echo $_POST?>" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Custom Field 15:</td>
<td align="left"><input type="text" name="custom_field_15" maxLength="100" value="<?php echo $_POST?>" /></td>
<td align="left"></td>
<td align="left"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Notes:</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3">
<textarea rows="8" cols="50" name="notes"><?php echo htmlspecialchars($_POST)?></textarea>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" colspan="4">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Add Contact" />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</form>
</div>
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10-23-2009
01:42 PM
Hi,
You can add a simple signup form with (or possibly without) a list selection to your website using your constant contact account, it's a simple job of copying and pasting some code, however if you need certain functionality you cannot get using this method you need to use the API.
Sorry maybe I misunderstood, if your looking for a custom signup form that uses the API and do not have any programming experience of any sort you will need someone to do it for you.
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10-23-2009
12:10 PM
He just gave you a link to the sample forms, if you understand PHP or .NET you'll be able to modify those samples to do what you need really quickly.
See add_contact.php lines 195 - 215
That contains the list selection code, all you need to do is hide that bit then add a hidden form field here with the contact list ID of the list you want to subscribe your users to.
Hope that helps.
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10-22-2009
05:29 AM
Hi Marc,
As a workaround you could just get the campaigns with a certain status (SENT for example) by using the query campaigns collection, alternatively simply get all DRAFT campaigns then save the ID to your own database and use those ID's to only grab the specific campaign data you want.
Hope that helps.
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