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GetContactBirthdays

Overview

Get birthdays for an account based on information sent via an http form post.

Post Url

https://www.allclients.com/api/2/GetContactBirthdays.aspx
  • SSL is requred
  • White Label CRM Customers: Replace www.allclients.com with your White Label CRM domain name.

Form Fields

Field Max Length* Required Notes
response_type No Default results will be returned in XML. Set this field value to json to return results in JSON format
accountid Yes Must be numeric. Account ID for this account. Found in Settings > API Settings or for White Label CRM in the Admin control panel
apikey Yes API Key for this account. Found in Settings > API Settings or for White Label CRM in the Admin control panel
month 2 Yes Month for birthdays  [A number, 1 through 12]
day 2 Yes Day of the month (combined with Month to return all birthdays for that Month/Day)  [A number, 1 through 31]

Notes

  • The field contactindex returned in the results indicates whether the contact is the PRIMARY (1) or SECONDARY (2) contact on the contact record.
  • Depending on the contact record, the birthday field may return just a month/day   01/08  (January 8th)  or a full  month/day/year   01/08/2002  (January 8th, 2002)
  • emailaddress will correlate to the first or secondary contact.  (If it’s the secondary contact’s birthday, their email address will be shown, not the primary email address)

Sample Results

Success Message

<results>
  <contacts>
    <contact>
      <contactid>10001</contactid>
      <contactindex>1</contactindex>
      <firstname>Mary</firstname>
      <lastname>Smith</lastname>
      <email>test@test.com</email>
      <birthday>12/05</birthday>
    </contact>
  </contacts>
</results>

Sample Failure Message

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<results>
  <error>Authentication failed</error>
</results>