/// <summary>
/// Create a new contact and assign it to one or more lists.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="fields">A dictionary of field IDs (as the key) and
/// the new field value (as the value).</param>
/// <param name="listIDs">An array of list IDs to assign the contact
/// to.</param>
/// <returns>A representation of the newly created contact.</returns>
public Responses.ContactEntity CreateContact(Dictionary <string, string> fields, int[] listIDs)
{
Requests.ContactEntity contact = new Requests.ContactEntity();
Requests.FieldEntity[] fieldArray = new Requests.FieldEntity[fields.Count];
int fieldCounter = 0;
foreach (KeyValuePair <string, string> f in fields)
{
Requests.FieldEntity fieldEntity = new Requests.FieldEntity();
fieldEntity.ID = f.Key;
fieldEntity.Value = f.Value;
fieldArray[fieldCounter++] = fieldEntity;
}
contact.Fields = fieldArray;
if (listIDs.Length > 0)
{
int listCounter = 0;
Requests.ListEntity[] listArray = new Requests.ListEntity[listIDs.Length];
foreach (int id in listIDs)
{
Requests.ListEntity listEntity = new Requests.ListEntity();
listEntity.ID = id;
listArray[listCounter++] = listEntity;
}
contact.ListIds = listArray;
}
contact.ID = null;
return(this.connection.Call <Responses.ContactEntity>("POST", "contactmanager/contacts", null, contact));
}
/// <summary>
/// Update the field values of the given contact.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="contactID">The ID of the contact to update.</param>
/// <param name="fields">A dictionary of field IDs (as the key) and
/// the new field value (as the value).</param>
/// <returns>A representation of the updated contact.</returns>
public Responses.ContactEntity UpdateContact(int contactID, Dictionary <string, string> fields)
{
Requests.ContactEntity contact = new Requests.ContactEntity();
Requests.FieldEntity[] fieldArray = new Requests.FieldEntity[fields.Count];
int fieldCounter = 0;
foreach (KeyValuePair <string, string> f in fields)
{
Requests.FieldEntity fieldEntity = new Requests.FieldEntity();
fieldEntity.ID = f.Key;
fieldEntity.Value = f.Value;
fieldArray[fieldCounter++] = fieldEntity;
}
contact.Fields = fieldArray;
return(this.connection.Call <Responses.ContactEntity>("POST", "contactmanager/contacts/" + contactID, null, contact));
}
/// <summary>
/// Perform an upsert operation by either creating a contact or merging
/// the given data into all contacts that match the provided merge
/// column. For example, if the email field is provided in the fields
/// parameter and is also specified as the merge column, all contacts
/// with that email value will have their entries updated with the new
/// data. If there is no match, a new contact will be created.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="fields">The fields to create / update.</param>
/// <param name="mergeColumnID">The column ID to merge upon.</param>
/// <returns>A collection containing all contacts modified by the
/// <param name="listIDs">An array of list IDs to add the contact(s) to.
/// </param>
/// operation.</returns>
public Responses.ContactCollection UpsertContact(Dictionary <string, string> fields, string mergeColumnID, int[] listIDs)
{
Dictionary <string, string> queryParameters = new Dictionary <string, string>();
queryParameters.Add("mergecolumn", mergeColumnID);
Requests.ContactEntity contact = new Requests.ContactEntity();
Requests.FieldEntity[] fieldArray = new Requests.FieldEntity[fields.Count];
int fieldCounter = 0;
foreach (KeyValuePair <string, string> f in fields)
{
Requests.FieldEntity fieldEntity = new Requests.FieldEntity();
fieldEntity.ID = f.Key;
fieldEntity.Value = f.Value;
fieldArray[fieldCounter++] = fieldEntity;
}
contact.Fields = fieldArray;
if (listIDs.Length > 0)
{
int listCounter = 0;
Requests.ListEntity[] listArray = new Requests.ListEntity[listIDs.Length];
foreach (int id in listIDs)
{
Requests.ListEntity listEntity = new Requests.ListEntity();
listEntity.ID = id;
listArray[listCounter++] = listEntity;
}
contact.ListIds = listArray;
}
contact.ID = null;
string xml = this.connection.Call <string>("POST", "contactmanager/contacts", queryParameters, contact);
//We're going to deserialize ourselves, since the response could be
//either a contact collection or a contact entity. We're going to
//turn the contact entity into a collection for consistency.
using (System.Xml.XmlReader reader = new System.Xml.XmlTextReader(new System.IO.StringReader(xml)))
{
//If it's a collection, return it.
System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer serializer = new System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(typeof(Responses.ContactCollection));
if (serializer.CanDeserialize(reader))
{
return((Responses.ContactCollection)serializer.Deserialize(reader));
}
serializer = new System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(typeof(Responses.ContactEntity));
//If it's an entity, create a collection and put the contact in it.
if (serializer.CanDeserialize(reader))
{
Responses.ContactEntity c = (Responses.ContactEntity)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
Responses.ContactCollection contactCollection = new Responses.ContactCollection();
contactCollection.Contacts = new Responses.ContactEntity[] { (Responses.ContactEntity)c };
return(contactCollection);
}
else
{
throw new Exception("Invalid XML response: could not deserialize into a ContactEntity or ContactCollection.");
}
}
}