/createContributor

Updated by Jon Doehling

Create Contributor API Call

  • Creates a new contributor in AES database and returns a unique id to identify the created record.       

Production Endpoint: https://auctionconductor.com/API/createContributor    

Test Endpoint: https://actestserver.com/API/createContributor    

Accepted Data

Parameter

Required

Format

Default

Description

first_name

Y

50 chars

(none)

Contributor first name

middle_name

N

50 chars

(none)

Contributor middle name

last_name

Y

50 chars

(none)

Contributor last name

company

N

255 chars

(none)

Company or Group name

title

N

50 chars

(none)

Occupation title

address1

N

50 chars

(none)

Address first line

address2

N

50 chars

(none)

Address second line

city

N

50 chars

(none)

Address city

state

N

50 chars

(none)

US State or Country (outside of US). For state use 2 characters (NY, AL, NE, etc). Check Appendix A for US codes and Country names.

zip

N

5 chars

(none)

Address zip code

contributor_since

Y

MM/DD/YYYY

today’s date

Date in which Contributor record was created

phone

N

10 digits

(none)

Landline phone number.

cell

N

10 digits

(none)

Cellular phone number, to be used in SMS text alerts

fax

N

10 digits

(none)

Fax number

website

N

50 chars

(none)

Website

salutation

N

10 chars

(none)

Must be one of the following:  Ms., Mrs., Mr., Dr., Hon., Sis., Br., Mons.

email

N

xxx@xxx.xxx

(none)

Email address

email_opt

N

true or false

false

Contributor wishes to opt out of email communications

 Return Values

Parameter

Value

Description

contributor_id

number

Unique id that identifies created record. This number can be used for later calls such as updateContributor, deleteContributor, createEventContributor, etc.

Sample Call

{
first_name: 'John',
last_name: 'Smith',
contributor_since: '01/01/2010',
cell: '1234567890',
email: 'john@aes.com'
}

Sample Response

{
"contributor_id": 35664
}


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