How do I insert data into a contact list with the Mailify API?

To use the Mailify API, firstly you have to check that the "php_curl" extension be enabled in your PHP setup. (archivo php.ini)

Step 1 - Copy the code

As some specific data is similar each time the API is called, copy this PHP function at the beginning of the file so as to create your start string and connect to the API more easily.

<?php    function post_to_url($url, $data) {    $fields = '';    foreach($data as $key => $value) {       $fields .= $key . '=' . $value . '&';    }    rtrim($fields, '&');     $post = curl_init();    curl_setopt($post, CURLOPT_URL, $url);    curl_setopt($post, CURLOPT_POST, count($data));    curl_setopt($post, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $fields);    curl_setopt($post, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);     $result = curl_exec($post);     curl_close($post); }  ?>

As you can see, this function needs 2 parameters to be called:

• A URL ($url)
• Data ($data)

Step 2 - Find the URL in Mailify and paste it

To connect to the API, we will use the URL from the contact list($url). Copy and paste the URL that appears under 'To insert a contact' in the API access window.

To find this URL, follow the steps in our guide here.

We only need to use part of the URL so as to get one that looks like this:

(everything that comes after "?" was deleted)

Then we get:

<?php    $url = "https://api-sd.sarbacane.com/lists/325/7CsS69R44UaSy7TazcRLMw";   ?>

Step 3 - Send the data

We now have to send the data ($data) that we want to be added to that list:

$data is a chart with data that comes as follows:

<?php    $data=array(       'action' => 'INSERT',       'Email' => $email  );   ?>

/!\ In this example, $email has been previously set up with an email address.

The 'action' box is mandatory as it allows you to choose which of the three actions you want to perform with the data.

The 3 possible values are: 'INSERT', 'UPDATE', 'DELETE'.

The HTML form that is shown above only contains the 'Email' box, the $data table thus only has the 'Email' box.

/!\ The contact list only has the 'Email' column by default. If you decide to add columns to your list, you will also have to add them to your list and report them into the $data chart.

Example with more than one column

Example with a list that shows the email, first name, surname columns:

<?php    $data=array(       'action' => 'INSERT',       'Email' => $email,       'Prenom' => $prenom,       'Nom' => $nom  );   ?>

Once the values have been reported in the '$data' column, you just have to send it to the API with the following command.

<?php    post_to_url($url, $data);   ?> 

Your data has now been included in your contact list.
/!\ Mailify updates your contact list every 4 minutes. To force the list update, restart the software.

Summary of the PHP code file

<?php    function post_to_url($url, $data) {    $fields = '';    foreach($data as $key => $value) {       $fields .= $key . '=' . $value . '&';    }    rtrim($fields, '&');     $post = curl_init();    curl_setopt($post, CURLOPT_URL, $url);    curl_setopt($post, CURLOPT_POST, count($data));    curl_setopt($post, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $fields);    curl_setopt($post, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);     $result = curl_exec($post);     curl_close($post); }  //We now have data to send:   $url = "https://api-sd.sarbacane.com/lists/325/7CsS69R44UaSy7TazcRLMw";   $email = $_POST["email"];  $data=array(       'action' => 'INSERT',       'Email' => $email   );  //Sending data   post_to_url($url, $data);   ?>