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Individual Contacts

Use this endpoint to retrieve (GET), update (PUT), or optout/unsubscribe (DELETE) a contact. To create a new contact, use the POST method for the contacts-collection API.

Methods:

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GET PUT DELETE

DescriptionTOP

Privileges required: contacts:write

Update the information for an existing contact specified by the contactId path parameter (REQUIRED).

NOTE: When you update a resource using a PUT, all properties are updated, overwriting all existing property values. Any properties left blank or not included in the PUT will be overwritten with a null value.

name	type	default	description
PUT: https://api.constantcontact.com/v2/contacts/{contactId}
Test API
action_by	query	ACTION_BY_OWNER	Identifies who originated the action of adding the contact: ACTION_BY_OWNER - contact was added by the Constant Contact account owner or user ACTION_BY_VISITOR - contact was added by the contact
api_key	query		REQUIRED; The API key for the application
contactId	path		Specifies the contact being updated

Example JSON Request BodyTOP

{
    
    "addresses": [
        {
            "line1": "47 Shawmut Ave.",
            "line2": "Suite 404",
            "city": "Boston",
            "address_type": "BUSINESS",
            "state_code": "MA",
            "country_code": "us",
            "postal_code": "02158"
        }
    ],
    "lists": [
        {
            "id": "1"
        }
    ],
    "email_addresses": [
        {
            "email_address": "username1@example.com"
        }
    ],
    "prefix_name": "Mr.",
    "first_name": "Ronald",
    "last_name": "Martone",
    "job_title": "Systems Analyst 3",
    "company_name": "System Optimizations",
    "home_phone": "555-555-5555",
    "work_phone": "555-555-5555",
    "cell_phone": "555-555-5555",
    "fax": "555-555-5555",
    "custom_fields": [
        {
            "name": "CustomField1",
            "value": "Has control of $25 million budget"
        }
    ]
}

Response CodesTOP

code	description
200	Contact was successfully updated
400	Either JSON was malformed or there was a data validation error
401	Authentication failure
404	Contact not found for ID
406	Unsupported Accept Header value, must be application/json
415	Unsupported content-type in the header, use application/json
500	Internal server error occurred

StructureTOP

property	type(max length)	description

Example ResponseTOP

{
    "id": "1237272667",
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "fax": "555-555-5555",
    "addresses": [
        {
            "id": "613f6340-8a7f-11e2-ba64-00163e68e976",
            "line1": "47 Shawmut Ave.",
            "line2": "Suite 404",
            "city": "Boston",
            "address_type": "BUSINESS",
            "state":"Massachusetts",
            "state_code": "MA",
            "country_code": "us",
            "postal_code": "02158",
            "sub_postal_code": ""
        }
    ],
    "notes": [],
    "confirmed": false,
    "lists": [
        {
            "id": "1",
            "status": "ACTIVE"
        }
    ],
    "source": "API",
    "email_addresses": [
        {
            "id": "61348dd0-8a7f-11e2-ba64-00163e68e976",
            "status": "ACTIVE",
            "confirm_status": "NO_CONFIRMATION_REQUIRED",
            "opt_in_source": "ACTION_BY_OWNER",
            "opt_in_date": "2013-03-11T19:10:47.000Z",
            "email_address": "username1@example.com"
        }
    ],
    "prefix_name": "Mr.",
    "first_name": "Ronald",
    "last_name": "Martone",
    "job_title": "Systems Analyst 3",
    "company_name": "System Optimizations",
    "home_phone": "",
    "work_phone": "555-555-5555",
    "cell_phone": "555-555-5555",
    "custom_fields": [
        {
            "name": "CustomField1",
            "value": "Has control of $25 million budget"
        }
    ],
    "created_date": "2013-03-11T19:10:47.000Z",
    "modified_date": "2013-03-11T19:43:47.000Z",
    "source_details": "Server Flow App"
}