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Constant Contact: Create a Contact

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Creates a single contact.

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import { Http, HttpResponse, JsonObject, StringBuilder } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
  // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

  const http = new Http();

  // Implements the following CURL command:

  // curl -X POST \
  //   https://api.cc.email/v3/contacts \
  //   -H 'accept: application/json' \
  //   -H 'authorization: Bearer {access_token}' \
  //   -H 'cache-control: no-cache' \
  //   -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  //   -d '{
  //   "email_address": {
  //     "address": "danipper@example.com",
  //     "permission_to_send": "implicit"
  //   },
  //   "first_name": "David",
  //   "last_name": "Nipper",
  //   "job_title": "Musician",
  //   "company_name": "Acme Corp.",
  //   "create_source": "Account",
  //   "birthday_month": 11,
  //   "birthday_day": 24,
  //   "anniversary": "2006-11-15",
  //   "steet_addresses":{
  //     "kind":"home",
  //     "street": "123 Kashmir Valley Road",
  //     "city": "Chicago",
  //     "state": "Illinois",
  //     "country": "United States",
  //   }
  // }'

  // Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
  // Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code

  // Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON:
  // Generate Code to Create JSON

  // The following JSON is sent in the request body.

  // {
  //   "email_address": {
  //     "address": "danipper@example.com",
  //     "permission_to_send": "implicit"
  //   },
  //   "first_name": "David",
  //   "last_name": "Nipper",
  //   "job_title": "Musician",
  //   "company_name": "Acme Corp.",
  //   "create_source": "Account",
  //   "birthday_month": 11,
  //   "birthday_day": 24,
  //   "anniversary": "2006-11-15",
  //   "steet_addresses": {
  //     "kind": "home",
  //     "street": "123 Kashmir Valley Road",
  //     "city": "Chicago",
  //     "state": "Illinois",
  //     "country": "United States"
  //   }
  // }

  const json = new JsonObject();
  json.updateString('email_address.address', 'danipper@example.com');
  json.updateString('email_address.permission_to_send', 'implicit');
  json.updateString('first_name', 'David');
  json.updateString('last_name', 'Nipper');
  json.updateString('job_title', 'Musician');
  json.updateString('company_name', 'Acme Corp.');
  json.updateString('create_source', 'Account');
  json.updateInt('birthday_month', 11);
  json.updateInt('birthday_day', 24);
  json.updateString('anniversary', '2006-11-15');
  json.updateString('steet_addresses.kind', 'home');
  json.updateString('steet_addresses.street', '123 Kashmir Valley Road');
  json.updateString('steet_addresses.city', 'Chicago');
  json.updateString('steet_addresses.state', 'Illinois');
  json.updateString('steet_addresses.country', 'United States');

  http.setRequestHeader('content-type', 'application/json');
  // Adds the "Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN" header.
  http.authToken = 'ACCESS_TOKEN';
  http.setRequestHeader('cache-control', 'no-cache');
  http.setRequestHeader('accept', 'application/json');

  const resp = new HttpResponse();
  try {
    await http.httpJsonAsync('POST', 'https://api.cc.email/v3/contacts', json, 'application/json', resp);
  } catch {
    console.log(http.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  const sbResponseBody = new StringBuilder();
  resp.getBodySb(sbResponseBody);
  const jResp = new JsonObject();
  jResp.loadSb(sbResponseBody);
  jResp.emitCompact = false;

  console.log('Response Body:');
  console.log(jResp.emit());

  const respStatusCode = resp.statusCode;
  console.log(`Response Status Code = ${respStatusCode}`);
  if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
    console.log('Response Header:');
    console.log(resp.header);
    console.log('Failed.');
    return;
  }

  // Sample JSON response:
  // (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

  // {
  //   "contact_id": "{contact_id}",
  //   "email_address": {
  //     "address": "danipper@example.com",
  //     "permission_to_send": "implicit",
  //     "created_at": "2018-02-23T13:38:28-05:00",
  //     "updated_at": "2018-02-23T13:38:28-05:00",
  //     "opt_in_source": "Account",
  //     "opt_in_date": "2018-02-23T13:38:28-05:00",
  //     "confirm_status": "off"
  //   },
  //   "first_name": "David",
  //   "last_name": "Nipper",
  //   "job_title": "Musician",
  //   "company_name": "Acme Corp.",
  //   "birthday_month": 11,
  //   "birthday_day": 24,
  //   "anniversary": "2006-11-15",
  //   "create_source": "Account",
  //   "created_at": "2018-02-23T13:38:28-05:00",
  //   "updated_at": "2018-02-23T13:38:28-05:00"
  // }

  // Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
  // Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
  // Generate Parsing Code from JSON

  const contactId = jResp.stringOf('contact_id');
  const emailAddressAddress = jResp.stringOf('email_address.address');
  const emailAddressPermissionToSend = jResp.stringOf('email_address.permission_to_send');
  const emailAddressCreatedAt = jResp.stringOf('email_address.created_at');
  const emailAddressUpdatedAt = jResp.stringOf('email_address.updated_at');
  const emailAddressOptInSource = jResp.stringOf('email_address.opt_in_source');
  const emailAddressOptInDate = jResp.stringOf('email_address.opt_in_date');
  const emailAddressConfirmStatus = jResp.stringOf('email_address.confirm_status');
  const firstName = jResp.stringOf('first_name');
  const lastName = jResp.stringOf('last_name');
  const jobTitle = jResp.stringOf('job_title');
  const companyName = jResp.stringOf('company_name');
  const birthdayMonth = jResp.intOf('birthday_month');
  const birthdayDay = jResp.intOf('birthday_day');
  const anniversary = jResp.stringOf('anniversary');
  const createSource = jResp.stringOf('create_source');
  const createdAt = jResp.stringOf('created_at');
  const updatedAt = jResp.stringOf('updated_at');
}