Marketing

Constant Contact

56min
the constant contact modules allow you to monitor, create, update, send, retrieve, list, and delete the contacts, contact lists, contact tracking reports, email campaigns, email scheduling, and email tracking report in your constant contact account get started with constant contact prerequisites a constant contact account create an account at constantcontact com/de/account home connect constant contact to make go to make and open the constant contact module's create a connection dialog in the connection name field, enter a name for the connection and click continue confirm the access by signing into your constant contact account the connection has been established constant contact modules contact watch contacts triggers by contact create or update events optionally filters by contact status required permissions contact data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account event select or map the events you want to watch for the contact for example, create , update , or delete contact lists select or map the contact lists whose contacts you want to watch limit set the maximum number of contacts make should return during one scenario account list contacts retrieves a list of contacts and filters by criteria required permissions contact data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account status select or map the status of the contacts you want to list for example, active email enter (map) the email address of the contact you want to list contact lists select or map the contact lists whose contacts you want to list updated after enter (map) the date to list the contacts that were updated on or after the specified date limit set the maximum number of contacts make should return during one scenario account create a contact creates a new contact required permissions contact data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account create source select or map the source from where you want to create the contact email enter (map) the contact's email address permission to send select or map the permissions for the contact for example, explicit first name enter (map) the contact's first name last name enter (map) the contact's last name job title enter (map) the contact's job title company name enter (map) the company name with which the contact is associated birthday month enter (map) the contact's birthday month number this field is required if you use the birthday day field enter (map) a value between 1 and 12 birthday day enter (map) the contact's birthday day number this field is required if you use the birthday month field enter (map) a value between 1 and 31 anniversary enter (map) the date on which contact converted to the customer of the organization of constant contact phone number add the phone numbers of the contact phone number enter (map) the contact's phone number kind select or map the phone number type for example, home ` street addresses add the contact's address kind select or map the address type for example, work street enter (map) the street name city enter (map) the city name state enter (map) the state name postal code enter (map) the area postal code countr enter (map) the country name custom field add the custom fields and their values for the contact contact list ids select or map the contact list id to which you want to add the contact import contacts imports contacts by an array of contacts existing contact with the same email will be replaced required permissions contact data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account contacts add the contact details you want to import email enter (map) the contact's email address first name enter (map) the contact's first name last name enter (map) the contact's last name job title enter (map) the contact's job title company name enter (map) the company name with which the contact is associated birthday month enter (map) the contact's birthday month number this field is required if you use the birthday day field enter (map) a value between 1 and 12 birthday day enter (map) the contact's birthday day number this field is required if you use the birthday month field enter (map) a value between 1 and 31 anniversary enter (map) the date on which contact converted to the customer of the organization of constant contact see the list of supported date and time formats phone number enter (map) the contact's phone number street 1 enter (map) the street address of the contact street 2 enter (map) the contact's street address city enter (map) the contact's city name state enter (map) the contact's state name zip code enter (map) the contact's area zip code country enter (map) the contact's country name custom fields add the custom field names and their values contact list id add the contact list ids whose contacts you want to import import contact by csv imports contacts by a csv file only the first 4 mb of the file will be imported if the file exceeds 4 mb required permissions contact data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account contact list ids add the contact list ids to which you want to add the contacts file name enter (map) the file name containing the contacts including the extension for example, sample csv data enter (map) the data of the file the csv file you are importing the column headings that you can use in the file are first name , last name , email , phone , job title , anniversary , birthday day , birthday month , company name , street , street2 , city , state , zip , and country the only required column heading is email update a contact updates a contact by its id required permissions contact data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account contacts add the contact details you want to import email enter (map) the contact's email address first name enter (map) the contact's first name last name enter (map) the contact's last name job title enter (map) the contact's job title company name enter (map) the company name with which the contact is associated birthday month enter (map) the contact's birthday month number this field is required if you use the birthday day field enter (map) a value between 1 and 12 birthday day enter (map) the contact's birthday day number this field is required if you use the birthday month field enter (map) a value between 1 and 31 anniversary enter (map) the date on which contact converted to the customer of the organization of constant contact see the list of supported date and time formats phone number enter (map) the contact's phone number street 1 enter (map) the street address of the contact street 2 enter (map) the contact's street address city enter (map) the contact's city name state enter (map) the contact's state name zip code enter (map) the contact's area zip code country enter (map) the contact's country name custom fields add the custom field names and their values contact list id add the contact list ids whose contacts you want to import delete a contact removes a contact by its id deleted contacts can be revived required permissions contact data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account contact id select or map the contact id you want to delete delete contacts from lists removes contacts from lists by their ids required permissions contact data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account list ids add the list ids from which you want to delete the contacts all active contacts select whether you want to delete all the active contacts in the contact list contact ids add the contact ids you want to delete contact list ids add the contact list ids whose contacts you want to delete contact list list contact lists retrieves a list of contact lists required permissions contact data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account limit set the maximum number of contact lists make should return during one execution cycle create a contact list creates a new contact list required permissions contact data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account name enter (map) a name for the new contact favorite select whether you want to mark this contact list as your favorite description enter (map) the details of the contact list update a contact list updates a contact list by its id required permissions contact data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account contact list id select or map the contact list id you want to update name enter (map) a name for the new contact favorite select whether you want to mark this contact list as your favorite description enter (map) the details of the contact list delete a contact list removes a contact list by its id required permissions contact data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account contact list id select or map the contact lists you want to delete contact tracking report watch contact activities triggers by new activities of contact for specific events required permissions contact data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account contact id select or map the contact id whose contact activities you want to watch tracking activities list select or map the tracking activities list limit set the maximum number of make should return during one execution cycle list contact activities list contact activities by their id required permissions contact data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account contact id select or map the contact id whose activities you want to list tracking activities list select or map the activities you want to list for the contacts limit set the maximum number of make should return during one execution cycle list contact action summaries list action summary for contact in email campaign activities by the contact id required permissions contact data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account contact id select or map the contact id whose action summaries you want to list start date enter (map) the date to list the action summaries for the contacts from the specified date end date enter (map) the date to list the action summaries for the contacts until the specified date limit set the maximum number of action summaries make should return during one execution cycle summarize average open and click rates summarize average open and click rates by the contact id required permissions contact data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account contact id select or map the contact id whose average open and click rates you want to summarize start date enter (map) the date from which you want to summarize the average open and click rates end date enter (map) the date until which you want to summarize the average open and click rates email campaign watch email campaign triggers by new email campaigns field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account limit set the maximum number of email campaigns make should return during one execution cycle list email campaigns retrieves a list of email campaigns required permissions campaign data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account limit set the maximum number of email campaigns make should return during one execution cycle get an email campaign retrieves details of an email campaign by its id required permissions campaign data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account campaign id select or map the campaign id you want to get details about create an email campaign creates a new email campaign required permissions campaign data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account name enter (map) a name for the email campaign add the email campaign activities add the email campaign activities format type select or map the activity format type modern email or legacy email from name enter (map) the name from which you want to campaign from email enter (map) the email address from which you want to send the campaign reply to email enter (map) the email address to which the recipient can reply subject enter (map) the campaign email subject line html content enter (map) the email body message in html format preheader enter (map) organization name enter (map) the organization's name that is sending the email campaign country code select or map the country code of the company that is sending the email campaign address line 1 enter (map) the street address of the organization address optional enter (map) the address of the organization city enter (map) the city where the organization is located postal code enter (map) the organization area postal code state code for the us only select or map the organization's state code this is applicable if the organization is located in the us state name for non us enter (map) the state name where the organization is located application to non us countries delete an email campaign removes an email campaign by its id required permissions campaign data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account campaign id select or map the campaign id you want to delete get an email campaign activity retrieves details of an email campaign activity by its id required permissions campaign data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account campaign id select or map the campaign id whose email campaign activity details you want to retrieve campaign activity id select or map the campaign activity id whose details you want to retrieve preview an email campaign activity preview an email campaign activity by its id required permissions campaign data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account campaign id select or map the campaign id whose email campaign activity you want to preview campaign activity id select or map the campaign activity id you want to preview test an email campaign activity tests an email campaign activity by its id with a daily limit of 50 test emails required permissions campaign data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account campaign id select or map the campaign id whose email campaign activity you want to test campaign activity id select or map the campaign activity id you want to test email addresses add the email addresses to which you want to send this email campaign activity for testing personal message enter a message that you want to communicate to the recipients email scheduling list email campaign activity schedules retrieves a list of schedules of an email campaign activity by its id required permissions campaign data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account campaign id select or map the campaign id whose email campaign activity schedules you want to list campaign activity id select or map the campaign activity id whose schedule details you want to list limit set the maximum number of email campaign activity schedules make should return during one execution cycle get an email campaign activity send history retrieves the send history of an email campaign activity by its id required permissions campaign data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account campaign id select or map the campaign id whose email campaign activity send history details you want to retrieve campaign activity id select or map the campaign activity id whose sent history details you want to retrieve limit set the maximum number of email campaign activities sent history details make should return during one execution cycle schedule an email campaign activity schedules an email campaign activity by its id required permissions campaign data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account campaign id select or map the campaign id whose email campaign activity you want to schedule campaign activity id select or map the campaign activity id you want to schedule schedule date enter (map) the date on which you want to send the email campaign activity unschedule an email campaign activity unschedules an email campaign activity by its id required permissions campaign data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account campaign id select or map the campaign id whose email campaign activity you want to unschedule campaign activity id select or map the campaign activity id you want to unschedule email tracking report watch email bounces reports triggers by new email bounces reports required permissions campaign data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account campaign id select or map the campaign id whose email campaign activity bounce reports you want to watch campaign activity id select or map the campaign activity id whose bounce reports details you want to watch limit set the maximum number of email bounce reports make should return during one execution cycle watch email clicks reports triggers by new email clicks reports required permissions campaign data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account campaign id select or map the campaign id whose email campaign activity click reports you want to watch campaign activity id select or map the campaign activity id whose click reports details you want to watch limit set the maximum number of email click reports make should return during one execution cycle watch email did not opens reports triggers by new email did not open reports required permissions campaign data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account campaign id select or map the campaign id whose email campaign activity's emails that were not opened reports you want to watch campaign activity id select or map the campaign activity id whose emails that were not opened reports details you want to watch limit set the maximum number of emails that were not opened reports make should return during one execution cycle watch email forwards reports triggers by new email forwards reports required permissions campaign data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account campaign id select or map the campaign id whose email campaign activity's forward reports you want to watch campaign activity id select or map the campaign activity id whose forward reports details you want to watch limit set the maximum number of email forward reports make should return during one execution cycle watch email opens reports triggers by new email opens reports required permissions campaign data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account campaign id select or map the campaign id whose email campaign activity's open reports you want to watch campaign activity id select or map the campaign activity id whose open reports details you want to watch limit set the maximum number of email open reports make should return during one execution cycle watch email opt outs reports triggers by new email opt outs reports required permissions campaign data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account campaign id select or map the campaign id whose email campaign activity's opt out reports you want to watch campaign activity id select or map the campaign activity id whose opt out reports details you want to watch limit set the maximum number of email opt out reports make should return during one execution cycle watch email sends reports triggers by new email send reports required permissions campaign data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account campaign id select or map the campaign id whose email campaign activity's sent reports you want to watch campaign activity id select or map the campaign activity id whose send reports details you want to watch limit set the maximum number of email sent reports make should return during one execution cycle watch email unique opens reports triggers by new email unique opens reports required permissions campaign data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account campaign id select or map the campaign id whose email campaign activity's unique open reports you want to watch campaign activity id select or map the campaign activity id whose unique open reports details you want to watch limit set the maximum number of email unique open reports make should return during one execution cycle get email links reports retrieves email links reports by the email campaign activity id required permissions campaign data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account campaign id select or map the campaign id whose email campaign activity's link reports you want to retrieve campaign activity id select or map the campaign activity id whose link reports details you want to retrieve limit set the maximum number of email link reports make should return during one execution cycle get email bounces reports retrieves email bounces reports by the email campaign activity id required permissions campaign data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account campaign id select or map the campaign id whose email campaign activity's bounce reports you want to retrieve campaign activity id select or map the campaign activity id whose bounce reports details you want to retrieve limit set the maximum number of email bounce reports make should return during one execution cycle get email clicks reports retrieves email clicks reports by the email campaign activity id required permissions campaign data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account campaign id select or map the campaign id whose email campaign activity's click reports you want to retrieve campaign activity id select or map the campaign activity id whose click reports details you want to retrieve limit set the maximum number of email click reports make should return during one execution cycle get email did not opens reports retrieves email did not opens reports by the email campaign activity id required permissions campaign data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account campaign id select or map the campaign id whose email campaign activity's did not open reports you want to retrieve campaign activity id select or map the campaign activity id that did not open the report's details you want to retrieve limit set the maximum number of email did not open reports make should return during one execution cycle get email forwards reports retrieves email forwards reports by the email campaign activity id required permissions campaign data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account campaign id select or map the campaign id whose email campaign activity's forward reports you want to retrieve campaign activity id select or map the campaign activity id whose forward reports details you want to retrieve limit set the maximum number of email forward reports make should return during one execution cycle get email opens reports retrieves email opens report by the email campaign activity id required permissions campaign data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account campaign id select or map the campaign id whose email campaign activity's open reports you want to retrieve campaign activity id select or map the campaign activity id whose open reports details you want to retrieve limit set the maximum number of email open reports make should return during one execution cycle get email opt outs reports retrieves email opt outs reports by the email campaign activity id required permissions campaign data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account campaign id select or map the campaign id whose email campaign activity's opt out reports you want to retrieve campaign activity id select or map the campaign activity id whose opt out reports details you want to retrieve limit set the maximum number of email opt out reports make should return during one execution cycle get email sends reports retrieves email sends reports by the email campaign activity id required permissions campaign data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account campaign id select or map the campaign id whose email campaign activity's open reports you want to retrieve campaign activity id select or map the campaign activity id whose open reports you want to retrieve limit set the maximum number of email sent reports make should return during one execution cycle get email unique opens reports retrieves email unique opens reports by the email campaign activity id required permissions campaign data field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account campaign id select or map the campaign id whose email campaign activity's open reports you want to retrieve campaign activity id select or map the campaign activity id whose open reports you want to retrieve limit set the maximum number of unique open reports make should return during one execution cycle other make an api call performs an arbitrary authorized api call field description connection establish a connection to your constant contact account url enter a path relative to https //api cc email for example, /v3/account/summary method select the http method you want to use get to retrieve information for an entry post to create a new entry put to update/replace an existing entry patch to make a partial entry update delete to delete an entry headers enter the desired request headers you don't have to add authorization headers; we already did that for you query string enter the request query string body enter the body content for your api call example of use list contact lists the following api call returns all the contact lists from your constant contact account url /v3/contact lists method get matches of the search can be found in the module's output under bundle > body in our example, 2 contact lists were returned for the list of available endpoints, refer to the constant contact api documentation