Tcl

Constant Contact - Create a List

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

load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

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

set http [new_CkHttp]

# 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"
# }

set json [new_CkJsonObject]

CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "name" "Multiple purchases"
CkJsonObject_UpdateBool $json "favorite" 1
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "description" "List of repeat customers"

# Adds the "Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN" header.
CkHttp_put_AuthToken $http "ACCESS_TOKEN"
CkHttp_SetRequestHeader $http "content-type" "application/json"
CkHttp_SetRequestHeader $http "Accept" "application/json"
CkHttp_SetRequestHeader $http "cache-control" "no-cache"

set resp [new_CkHttpResponse]

set success [CkHttp_HttpJson $http "POST" "https://api.cc.email/v3/contact_lists" $json "application/json" $resp]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkHttp_lastErrorText $http]
    delete_CkHttp $http
    delete_CkJsonObject $json
    delete_CkHttpResponse $resp
    exit
}

set sbResponseBody [new_CkStringBuilder]

CkHttpResponse_GetBodySb $resp $sbResponseBody
set jResp [new_CkJsonObject]

CkJsonObject_LoadSb $jResp $sbResponseBody
CkJsonObject_put_EmitCompact $jResp 0

puts "Response Body:"
puts [CkJsonObject_emit $jResp]

set respStatusCode [CkHttpResponse_get_StatusCode $resp]
puts "Response Status Code = $respStatusCode"
if {$respStatusCode >= 400} then {
    puts "Response Header:"
    puts [CkHttpResponse_header $resp]
    puts "Failed."
    delete_CkHttp $http
    delete_CkJsonObject $json
    delete_CkHttpResponse $resp
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbResponseBody
    delete_CkJsonObject $jResp
    exit
}

# 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

set list_id [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "list_id"]
set name [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "name"]
set description [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "description"]
set favorite [CkJsonObject_BoolOf $jResp "favorite"]
set created_at [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "created_at"]
set updated_at [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jResp "updated_at"]

delete_CkHttp $http
delete_CkJsonObject $json
delete_CkHttpResponse $resp
delete_CkStringBuilder $sbResponseBody
delete_CkJsonObject $jResp