Using the Constant Contact C# .net-sdk v2 to create/add

Question

I'm using the official version 2 of the Constant Contact .net-sdk found here.

I've been unable to find methods for the following:

• Creating a Contact List
• Adding a contact to a Contact List
• Removing a contact from a Contact List
• Adding multiple contacts to a Contact List
• Creating an Email Campaign

These features clearly exist in v2 of the API found here, but seem missing from the SDK.

Any help in accessing this functionality is appreciated.

Answer 1

Create Contact.

try
{
    using (var client = new HttpClient())
    {
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", "<Replace with your oAuth Token>");

        ContactObject cont = new ContactObject
        {
            first_name = "Deepu",
            last_name = "Madhusoodanan"
        };

        var email_addresses = new List<EmailAddress>
        {
            new EmailAddress{email_address = "deepumi1@gmail.com"}
        };

        cont.email_addresses = email_addresses;
        cont.lists = new List<List>
        {
            new List {id = "<Replace with your List Id>"}
        };

        var json = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(cont);
        string MessageType = "application/json";
        using (var request = new HttpRequestMessage(System.Net.Http.HttpMethod.Post, "https://api.constantcontact.com/v2/contacts?api_key=<Replace with your API key>"))
        {
            request.Headers.Add("Accept", MessageType);

            request.Content = new StringContent(json);
            request.Content.Headers.ContentType = System.Net.Http.Headers.MediaTypeHeaderValue.Parse(MessageType);

            using (var response = await client.SendAsync(request).ConfigureAwait(false))
            {
                string responseXml = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
                var code = response.StatusCode;
            }
            request.Content.Dispose();
        }
    }
}
catch (Exception exp)
{ 
  //log exception here
}

/*Model class*/
public class Address
{
    public string address_type { get; set; }
    public string city { get; set; }
    public string country_code { get; set; }
    public string line1 { get; set; }
    public string line2 { get; set; }
    public string line3 { get; set; }
    public string postal_code { get; set; }
    public string state_code { get; set; }
    public string sub_postal_code { get; set; }
}

public class List
{
    public string id { get; set; }
}

public class EmailAddress
{
    public string email_address { get; set; }
}

public class ContactObject
{
    public List<Address> addresses { get; set; }
    public List<List> lists { get; set; }
    public string cell_phone { get; set; }
    public string company_name { get; set; }
    public bool confirmed { get; set; }
    public List<EmailAddress> email_addresses { get; set; }
    public string fax { get; set; }
    public string first_name { get; set; }
    public string home_phone { get; set; }
    public string job_title { get; set; }
    public string last_name { get; set; }
    public string middle_name { get; set; }
    public string prefix_name { get; set; }
    public string work_phone { get; set; }
}

Note : You have to replace oAuth token, API key and List id.

Delete method based on the api document.(http://developer.constantcontact.com/docs/contacts-api/contacts-resource.html?method=DELETE)

Note : I have not tested the delete method yet.

private async Task<string> DeleteContact(string contactId)
{
    try
    {
        using (var client = new HttpClient())
        {
            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", "<Replace with your oAuth Token>");
            using (var request = new HttpRequestMessage(System.Net.Http.HttpMethod.Delete, "https://api.constantcontact.com/v2/contacts/" + contactId + "?api_key=<Replace with your API key>"))
            {
                using (var response = await client.SendAsync(request).ConfigureAwait(false))
                {
                    response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
                    return await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
                }
            }
        }
    }
    catch (Exception exp)
    { 
        //log exp here
    }
    return string.Empty;
}