Create unconfirmed contact with xml api

API Q&A
#1

I wanted to know if there is a way to create a contact using the xmlrpc api simultaneously making it ‘unconfirmed’ or available for marketing emails, or if it must be done with a follow on request (to APIEmailService.optIn)

Ideally it would be somethign like this: API and Marketing Opt In where I just set some field in the data payload for adding the contact.

#2

I believe you answered your own question :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: The link you shared tells you how to do this.

#3

Is that true? The link I shared is for the REST API, but you’re saying it will work the same way in the xmlrpc api?

If so, great!

Thanks.

#4

Hey @Ben_Smith in xmlrpc I believe you would add a contact and then opt it in.

#5

Hi Ben,

For XML-RPC API, it will indeed take a 2nd API call to APIEmailService.optIn to change the email status to ‘unconfirmed’.

Hope it helps!

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#6

Great, thanks for confirming that!

#7

No, I didn’t understand that you were asking about the rpc…thought you were specifically asking about REST. With anything prior to REST you must call optIn() after creation.

#8

Yup, got this working, thanks everyone!

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#9

glad to hear it. if anything else comes up, just let us know!