Communication Preference

This API manages constituent communication preference information and related entities such as constituent consent.

POST

Constituent solicit code

Creates a constituent solicit code.

Try it

Request URL

Request headers

Header Required Type Description
Content-Type string Media type of the body sent to the API.
Bb-Api-Subscription-Key Property is required string Subscription key which provides access to this API. Found in your Profile.
Authorization Property is required string OAuth 2.0 access token obtained from Blackbaud OAuth 2.0 Service. Supported grant types: Authorization code, Implicit.

Request body

An object that represents the constituent solicit code to create.

{
  "constituent_id": "280",
  "end_date": "2019-04-03T04:00:00Z",
  "solicit_code": "Do not call on weekends",
  "start_date": "2011-04-03T04:00:00Z"
}
{
  "required": [
    "constituent_id",
    "solicit_code"
  ],
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "constituent_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The immutable system record ID of the constituent associated with the solicit code."
    },
    "end_date": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The end date of the solicit code. Uses <a href=\"https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3339\">ISO-8601 format: </a><i>1969-11-21T10:29:43</i>.",
      "format": "date-time",
      "nullable": true
    },
    "solicit_code": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Communication instructions and/or restrictions for a constituent. Available values can be obtained from the <a href=\"https://developer.sky.blackbaud.com/docs/services/communication-preference/operations/ListSolicitCodes\">Solicit Codes List</a>."
    },
    "start_date": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The start date of the solicit code. Uses <a href=\"https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3339\">ISO-8601 format: </a><i>1969-11-21T10:29:43</i>.",
      "format": "date-time",
      "nullable": true
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "description": "Solicit codes provide guidance on how to contact constituents. These rules describe instructions and restrictions about when to reach out to constituents and how to tailor communications to honor their requests."
}

Response 200 OK

Returned when the operation succeeds. The response body contains the ID of the new constituent solicit code.

{
  "id": "4343"
}
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Id of the created record.",
      "nullable": true
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "description": "Response for creating a record."
}

Response 400 Bad Request

Returned when the request body is not in the appropriate format.

[
  {
    "message": "The request body is not in the appropriate format.",
    "error_name": "BadRequest",
    "error_code": 400,
    "raw_message": "The request body is not in the appropriate format."
  }
]
{
  "type": "array",
  "items": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "message": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "The message of the service error with any string arguments replaced.",
        "nullable": true
      },
      "error_name": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "The name of the service error.",
        "nullable": true
      },
      "error_code": {
        "type": "integer",
        "description": "Code number of the service error.",
        "format": "int32"
      },
      "raw_message": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "The raw message of the service error. This message may contain string replacement arguments (ie: {0}, {1}, etc) that map to the 'error_args' property and will be replaced when you get the full message from the 'message' property.",
        "nullable": true
      },
      "error_args": {
        "type": "array",
        "items": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "description": "A list of arguments to be replaced in the raw message. Useful for when the message needs to be localized.",
        "nullable": true
      }
    },
    "additionalProperties": false,
    "description": "Base service error contract."
  },
  "x-apim-inline": true
}

Response 403 Forbidden

Returned when the user does not have permission to create a constituent solicit code.

[
  {
    "message": "The user does not have permission to create a record.",
    "error_name": "Forbidden",
    "error_code": 403,
    "raw_message": "The user does not have permission to create a record."
  }
]
{
  "type": "array",
  "items": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "message": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "The message of the service error with any string arguments replaced.",
        "nullable": true
      },
      "error_name": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "The name of the service error.",
        "nullable": true
      },
      "error_code": {
        "type": "integer",
        "description": "Code number of the service error.",
        "format": "int32"
      },
      "raw_message": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "The raw message of the service error. This message may contain string replacement arguments (ie: {0}, {1}, etc) that map to the 'error_args' property and will be replaced when you get the full message from the 'message' property.",
        "nullable": true
      },
      "error_args": {
        "type": "array",
        "items": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "description": "A list of arguments to be replaced in the raw message. Useful for when the message needs to be localized.",
        "nullable": true
      }
    },
    "additionalProperties": false,
    "description": "Base service error contract."
  },
  "x-apim-inline": true
}

Response 404 Not Found

Returned when the specified constituent or solicit code cannot be found.

[
  {
    "message": "The requested record was not found.",
    "error_name": "NotFound",
    "error_code": 404,
    "raw_message": "The requested record was not found."
  }
]
{
  "type": "array",
  "items": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "message": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "The message of the service error with any string arguments replaced.",
        "nullable": true
      },
      "error_name": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "The name of the service error.",
        "nullable": true
      },
      "error_code": {
        "type": "integer",
        "description": "Code number of the service error.",
        "format": "int32"
      },
      "raw_message": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "The raw message of the service error. This message may contain string replacement arguments (ie: {0}, {1}, etc) that map to the 'error_args' property and will be replaced when you get the full message from the 'message' property.",
        "nullable": true
      },
      "error_args": {
        "type": "array",
        "items": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "description": "A list of arguments to be replaced in the raw message. Useful for when the message needs to be localized.",
        "nullable": true
      }
    },
    "additionalProperties": false,
    "description": "Base service error contract."
  },
  "x-apim-inline": true
}

Code samples

@ECHO OFF

curl -v -X POST "https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/commpref/v1/constituentsolicitcodes"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-H "Bb-Api-Subscription-Key: {subscription key}"
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access token}"
--data-ascii "{body}"

using System;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Web;

namespace CSHttpClientSample
{
    static class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            MakeRequest();
            Console.WriteLine("Hit ENTER to exit...");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }

        static async void MakeRequest()
        {
            var client = new HttpClient();
            var queryString = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(string.Empty);

            // Request headers
            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Bb-Api-Subscription-Key", "{subscription key}");
            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", "Bearer {access token}");

            var uri = "https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/commpref/v1/constituentsolicitcodes?" + queryString;

            // Request body
            byte[] byteData = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("{body}");

            using (var content = new ByteArrayContent(byteData))
            {
               content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("< your content type, i.e. application/json >");
               var response = await client.PostAsync(uri, content);
            }

        }
    }
}
// // This sample uses the Apache HTTP client from HTTP Components (http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/)
import java.net.URI;
import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.client.utils.URIBuilder;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;

public class JavaSample 
{
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        HttpClient httpclient = HttpClients.createDefault();

        try
        {
            URIBuilder builder = new URIBuilder("https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/commpref/v1/constituentsolicitcodes");


            URI uri = builder.build();
            HttpPost request = new HttpPost(uri);
            request.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
            request.setHeader("Bb-Api-Subscription-Key", "{subscription key}");
            request.setHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {access token}");

            // Request body
            StringEntity reqEntity = new StringEntity("{body}");
            request.setEntity(reqEntity);

            HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(request);
            HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();

            if (entity != null) 
            {
                System.out.println(EntityUtils.toString(entity)); 
            }
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>JSSample</title>
    <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(function() {
        var params = {
            // Request parameters
        };

        $.ajax({
            url: "https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/commpref/v1/constituentsolicitcodes?" + $.param(params),
            beforeSend: function(xhrObj){
                // Request headers
                xhrObj.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json");
                xhrObj.setRequestHeader("Bb-Api-Subscription-Key","{subscription key}");
                xhrObj.setRequestHeader("Authorization","Bearer {access token}");
            },
            type: "POST",
            // Request body
            data: "{body}",
        })
        .done(function(data) {
            alert("success");
        })
        .fail(function() {
            alert("error");
        });
    });
</script>
</body>
</html>

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
{
    NSAutoreleasePool * pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];

    NSString* path = @"https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/commpref/v1/constituentsolicitcodes";
    NSArray* array = @[
                         // Request parameters
                         @"entities=true",
                      ];

    NSString* string = [array componentsJoinedByString:@"&"];
    path = [path stringByAppendingFormat:@"?%@", string];

    NSLog(@"%@", path);

    NSMutableURLRequest* _request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:path]];
    [_request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];
    // Request headers
    [_request setValue:@"application/json" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];
    [_request setValue:@"{subscription key}" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Bb-Api-Subscription-Key"];
    [_request setValue:@"Bearer {access token}" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Authorization"];
    // Request body
    [_request setHTTPBody:[@"{body}" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];

    NSURLResponse *response = nil;
    NSError *error = nil;
    NSData* _connectionData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:_request returningResponse:&response error:&error];

    if (nil != error)
    {
        NSLog(@"Error: %@", error);
    }
    else
    {
        NSError* error = nil;
        NSMutableDictionary* json = nil;
        NSString* dataString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:_connectionData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
        NSLog(@"%@", dataString);

        if (nil != _connectionData)
        {
            json = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:_connectionData options:NSJSONReadingMutableContainers error:&error];
        }

        if (error || !json)
        {
            NSLog(@"Could not parse loaded json with error:%@", error);
        }

        NSLog(@"%@", json);
        _connectionData = nil;
    }

    [pool drain];

    return 0;
}

<?php
// This sample uses the PEAR HTTP client from http://pear.php.net/package/HTTP_Request2
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';

$request = new Http_Request2('https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/commpref/v1/constituentsolicitcodes');
$url = $request->getUrl();

$headers = array(
    // Request headers
   'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
   'Bb-Api-Subscription-Key' => '{subscription key}',
   'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access token}',
);

$request->setHeader($headers);

$parameters = array(
    // Request parameters
);

$url->setQueryVariables($parameters);

$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_POST);

// Request body
$request->setBody("{body}");

try
{
    $response = $request->send();
    echo $response->getBody();
}
catch (HttpException $ex)
{
    echo $ex;
}

?>
########### Python 2.7 #############
import httplib, urllib, base64

headers = {
    # Request headers
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Bb-Api-Subscription-Key': '{subscription key}',
    'Authorization': 'Bearer {access token}',
}

params = urllib.urlencode({
})

try:
    conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection('api.sky.blackbaud.com')
    conn.request("POST", "/commpref/v1/constituentsolicitcodes?%s" % params, "{body}", headers)
    response = conn.getresponse()
    data = response.read()
    print(data)
    conn.close()
except Exception as e:
    print("[Errno {0}] {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror))

####################################

########### Python 3.2 #############
import http.client, urllib.request, urllib.parse, urllib.error, base64

headers = {
    # Request headers
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Bb-Api-Subscription-Key': '{subscription key}',
    'Authorization': 'Bearer {access token}',
}

params = urllib.parse.urlencode({
})

try:
    conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection('api.sky.blackbaud.com')
    conn.request("POST", "/commpref/v1/constituentsolicitcodes?%s" % params, "{body}", headers)
    response = conn.getresponse()
    data = response.read()
    print(data)
    conn.close()
except Exception as e:
    print("[Errno {0}] {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror))

####################################
require 'net/http'

uri = URI('https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/commpref/v1/constituentsolicitcodes')

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.request_uri)

# Request headers
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
request['Bb-Api-Subscription-Key'] = '{subscription key}'
request['Authorization'] = 'Bearer {access token}'

# Request body
request.body = "{body}"

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, :use_ssl => uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
    http.request(request)
end

puts response.body

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