Constant Contact Connection¶

Introduction¶

A Constant Contact connection, created using the Constant Contact connector, establishes access to Constant Contact. Once a connection is configured, you can create instances of Constant Contact activities associated with that connection to be used either as sources (to provide data in an operation) or as targets (to consume data in an operation).

Create or Edit a Constant Contact Connection¶

A new Constant Contact connection is created using the Constant Contact connector from one of these locations:

The design component palette's Connections tab (see Design Component Palette).
The Global Connections page (see Create a Global Connection in Global Connections).

An existing Constant Contact connection can be edited from these locations:

The design component palette's Connections tab (see Design Component Palette).
The project pane's Components tab (see Component Actions Menu in Project Pane Components Tab).
The Global Connections page (see Edit a Global Connection in Global Connections).

Configure a Constant Contact Connection¶

Each user interface element of the Constant Contact connection configuration screen is described below.

Constant Contact connection configuration

Tip

Fields with a variable icon support using global variables, project variables, and Jitterbit variables. Begin either by typing an open square bracket [ into the field or by clicking the variable icon to display a list of the existing variables to choose from.

Connection Name: Enter a name to use to identify the connection. The name must be unique for each Constant Contact connection and must not contain forward slashes / or colons :. This name is also used to identify the Constant Contact endpoint, which refers to both a specific connection and its activities.
API Key: Enter the Constant Contact API key that you previously saved. See Constant Contact Registration.
Access Token: Enter the Constant Contact access token that you previously saved. See Constant Contact Registration.
Test: Click to verify the connection using the specified configuration. When the connection is tested, the latest version of the connector is downloaded by the agent(s) in the agent group associated with the current environment. This connector supports suspending the download of the latest connector version by using the Disable Auto Connector Update organization policy.
Save Changes: Click to save and close the connection configuration.
Discard Changes: After making changes to a new or existing configuration, click to close the configuration without saving. A message asks you to confirm that you want to discard changes.
Delete: After opening an existing connection configuration, click to permanently delete the connection from the project and close the configuration (see Component Dependencies, Deletion, and Removal). A message asks you to confirm that you want to delete the connection.

Next Steps¶

After a Constant Contact connection has been created, you place an activity type on the design canvas to create activity instances to be used either as sources (to provide data in an operation) or as targets (to consume data in an operation).

Menu actions for a connection and its activity types are accessible from the project pane and design component palette. For details, see Actions Menus in Connector Basics.

These activity types are available:

Query: Retrieves contacts from Constant Contact and is intended to be used as a source in an operation.
Create: Creates a new contact at Constant Contact and is intended to be used as a target in an operation.
Update: Updates existing contacts at Constant Contact and is intended to be used as a target in an operation.
Delete: Deletes a contact from Constant Contact and is intended to be used as a target in an operation.