/// <summary>
/// Convert an object in to JSON string
/// </summary>
/// <param name="req">Object Request</param>
/// <returns>Json String</returns>
private static string GetRequestJSON(Model.MailChimpContactCreateBatchRequest req)
{
string productData = string.Empty;
DataContractJsonSerializer js = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(Model.MailChimpContactCreateBatchRequest));
MemoryStream ms = null;
ms = new MemoryStream();
js.WriteObject(ms, req);
ms.Position = 0;
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(ms);
productData = sr.ReadToEnd();
byte[] data = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(productData);
return(productData);
}
/// <summary>
/// Create json string as per the Mail chimp api
/// </summary>
/// <param name="marketingListID">Marketing list id from config record</param>
/// <param name="members">Entity Collection marketing list members</param>
/// <returns>json string</returns>
private static string CreateBatchJSON(string mailChimpMarketingListID, EntityCollection members, ITracingService tracer)
{
string jsonData = string.Empty;
Model.MailChimpContactCreateBatchRequest requestObject = new Model.MailChimpContactCreateBatchRequest();
List <Model.Operation> operationlist = new List <Model.Operation>();
foreach (var memberEntity in members.Entities)
{
Model.Operation operation = new Model.Operation();
string subscribed = "subscribed";
string firstname = string.Empty;
string lastname = string.Empty;
if (memberEntity.Contains("firstname"))
{
firstname = memberEntity.Attributes["firstname"].ToString();
}
if (memberEntity.Contains("lastname"))
{
lastname = memberEntity.Attributes["lastname"].ToString();
}
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(firstname))
{
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(lastname))
{
tracer.Trace("First name and last name present");
operation.body = "{\"email_address\":\"" + memberEntity.Attributes["emailaddress1"] + "\",\"status\":\"" + subscribed + "\",\"merge_fields\":{\"FNAME\":\"" + firstname + "\",\"LNAME\":\"" + lastname + "\"}}";
tracer.Trace("operation.body: " + operation.body);
}
else
{
tracer.Trace("First name present");
operation.body = "{\"email_address\":\"" + memberEntity.Attributes["emailaddress1"] + "\",\"status\":\"" + subscribed + "\",\"merge_fields\":{\"FNAME\":\"" + firstname + "\"}}";
tracer.Trace("operation.body: " + operation.body);
}
}
else
{
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(lastname))
{
tracer.Trace(" last name present");
operation.body = "{\"email_address\":\"" + memberEntity.Attributes["emailaddress1"] + "\",\"status\":\"" + subscribed + "\",\"merge_fields\":{\"LNAME\":\"" + lastname + "\"}}";
tracer.Trace("operation.body: " + operation.body);
}
else
{
tracer.Trace("First name and last name not present");
operation.body = "{\"email_address\":\"" + memberEntity.Attributes["emailaddress1"] + "\",\"status\":\"" + subscribed + "\"}";
tracer.Trace("operation.body: " + operation.body);
}
}
//// Create request
tracer.Trace("Create request");
operation.method = "POST";
operation.path = "lists/" + mailChimpMarketingListID + "/members";
tracer.Trace("Operation path: " + operation.path.ToString());
operationlist.Add(operation);
}
requestObject.operations = operationlist;
jsonData = GetRequestJSON(requestObject);
return(jsonData);
}