Tag: API

Featured Integration: Genbook

Genbook is an easy-to-use online scheduling software, perfect for spas, fitness instructors, hair and nail salons, wellness and medical providers, finance and legal professionals, and many other local services. Genbook makes it easy for customers to get going by offering a free 30 day trial and by prompting them to set up a few test […]

Building a Great Developer Experience with SDKs

Investing in Software Developer Kits (SDKs) It’s early in 2015 and if you’ve ever worked in Product Management you know what that means: we are starting to execute our big, audacious 2015 product plans. In our Q4 planning cycle we looked at everything we could possibly do and tried to prioritize for the next year. […]

Constant Contact v2 API Supports gzip Compressed Payloads

The Constant Contact v2 API now supports sending and receiving compressed JSON payloads in gzip format on all endpoints. Using compressed payloads improves Web and mobile app performance by reducing the amount of bandwidth required for API calls. Mobile app developers are extremely bandwidth sensitive, and look for performance improvements in every nook and cranny. […]

Introducing Webhooks for Constant Contact

In our recent September release  we announced the release of core API endpoints for our new webhooks API feature.  All of us on the API team are really excited to announce the release of our first set of webhooks topics and full API endpoints. But some of you may be asking, “What are webhooks and […]

Supporting Mixed Mode Services in an API

A new contact management system In 2013, Constant Contact started to roll out our next generation of contact management features.  This new generation of CRM was not just some additional functionality – we moved to a new hardware architecture, a new software technology stack and a modern UI design to improve usability.  All in all, […]

Open Platform Innovation Jam a Huge Success!

Constant Contact’s AppConnect and Mobile Application teams hosted an Open Platform-themed Innovation Jam July 10 and 11, 2014. It was open to any member of the Constant Contact team, and participants were encouraged to come up with cool new ideas by mashing up features, functionality, and coolness from different apps with open platforms. Read more […]

API Developer Spotlight: Network for Good

Network for Good recently integrated  their  DonateNow online donation application with Constant Contact.  In this post, Network for Good’s Tanya Lee, Vice President of Program Management, talks about the process of integrating with Constant Contact. Using Network for Good’s integration with Constant Contact, nonprofits can automatically manage their donor mailing lists. Customers no longer have to […]

Import Contacts using the Multipart form Bulk Activity Endpoint

One of the most efficient ways to add or update contacts using the v2 API is by using the Import Contacts multipart endpoint. You will need to create a file in one of the supported types with the contact information you want to import. Why is using multipart bulk activity your best bet for adding […]

API Release Notes | January 2014

Happy New Year! The Web Services team is releasing the first set of API updates for 2014 on Friday, January 10, 2014. Read on in the API Release Notes to find out what’s new in this release. New Features EventSpot endpoints officially released! The EventSpot endpoints are now officially supported and are no longer in […]

API Release Notes | September 2013

We are releasing an update to the Constant Contact v2 API on September 5, 2013. We have not made any major changes to existing functionality, and we’re not releasing any new functionality in this release, so we don’t anticipate there being any impact on existing v2 API integrations. Upcoming New Features As we mentioned in […]