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Constant Contact - Create a List

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Create a new list using a POST call to the /contact_lists endpoint. SQL Server

-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

    -- This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    -- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    DECLARE @http int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Http', @http OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- Implements the following CURL command:

    -- curl -X POST \
    --   https://api.cc.email/v3/contact_lists \
    --   -H 'Accept: application/json' \
    --   -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access_token}' \
    --   -H 'cache-control: no-cache' \
    --   -H 'content-type: application/json' \
    --   -d '{
    --   "name": "Multiple purchases",
    --   "favorite": true,
    --   "description": "List of repeat customers"
    -- }'

    -- 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.

    -- {
    --   "name": "Multiple purchases",
    --   "favorite": true,
    --   "description": "List of repeat customers"
    -- }

    DECLARE @json int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @json OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'name', 'Multiple purchases'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateBool', @success OUT, 'favorite', 1
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'description', 'List of repeat customers'

    -- Adds the "Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN" header.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @http, 'AuthToken', 'ACCESS_TOKEN'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'SetRequestHeader', NULL, 'content-type', 'application/json'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'SetRequestHeader', NULL, 'Accept', 'application/json'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'SetRequestHeader', NULL, 'cache-control', 'no-cache'

    DECLARE @resp int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.HttpResponse', @resp OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'HttpJson', @success OUT, 'POST', 'https://api.cc.email/v3/contact_lists', @json, 'application/json', @resp
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp
        RETURN
      END

    DECLARE @sbResponseBody int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sbResponseBody OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @resp, 'GetBodySb', @success OUT, @sbResponseBody
    DECLARE @jResp int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @jResp OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'LoadSb', @success OUT, @sbResponseBody
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @jResp, 'EmitCompact', 0


    PRINT 'Response Body:'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'Emit', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    DECLARE @respStatusCode int
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'StatusCode', @respStatusCode OUT

    PRINT 'Response Status Code = ' + @respStatusCode
    IF @respStatusCode >= 400
      BEGIN

        PRINT 'Response Header:'
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'Header', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0

        PRINT 'Failed.'
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbResponseBody
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jResp
        RETURN
      END

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

    -- {
    --   "list_id": "{list_id}",
    --   "name": "Multiple purchases",
    --   "description": "List of repeat customers",
    --   "favorite": true,
    --   "created_at": "2017-07-14T11:25:00-04:00",
    --   "updated_at": "2017-07-14T11:25:00-04:00"
    -- }

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

    DECLARE @list_id nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'StringOf', @list_id OUT, 'list_id'
    DECLARE @name nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'StringOf', @name OUT, 'name'
    DECLARE @description nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'StringOf', @description OUT, 'description'
    DECLARE @favorite int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'BoolOf', @favorite OUT, 'favorite'
    DECLARE @created_at nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'StringOf', @created_at OUT, 'created_at'
    DECLARE @updated_at nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'StringOf', @updated_at OUT, 'updated_at'

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbResponseBody
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jResp


END
GO