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I have created a new contact using the REST API. I need to add 1 or 2 email information for the contact. the connection works and the api gives back some data (no error) but the ID is still NULL and when I check it, the email is still not updated.

(I'm calling to a Drupal 6 with Civicrm v2.4)

Below is the actual call
/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/rest.php?json=1&debug=1&api_key=[API]&key=[KEY]&PHPSESSID=[SESSID]&entity=Email&action=create&id=&contact_id=3073&location_type_id=5&email=test@test[dot]net&is_billing=0&on_hold=0&is_bulkmail=0

Here is the response:

Array
(
    [success] => 1
    [response] => stdClass Object
        (
            [is_error] => 0
            [undefined_fields] => Array
                (
                   

• => api_key
[1] => PHPSESSID
                )

            [version] => 3
           

[count] => 1
            [id] => null
            [values] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [null] => stdClass Object
                        (
                            [id] => null
                            [contact_id] => 3073
                            [location_type_id] => 5
                            [email] => test@test[dot]net
                            [is_primary] => 0
                            [is_billing] => 0
                            [on_hold] => 0
                            [is_bulkmail] => 0
                            [hold_date] =>
                            [reset_date] =>
                            [signature_text] =>
                            [signature_html] =>
                        )

                )

        )

)

I tried doing the following based on another forum thread here:
/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/rest.php?json=1&debug=1&api_key=APII&key=KEY&PHPSESSID=SESSID&entity=Contact&action=update&id=3073&contact_type=Individual&first_name=James&last_name=Radford&is_opt_out=0&sort_name=Radford, James&display_name=James Radford&preferred_mail_format=Both&email_greeting_id=1&email_greeting_display=Dear James&postal_greeting_id=1&postal_greeting_display=Dear James&addressee_id=1&addressee_display=James Radford&is_deceased=0&is_deleted=0&contact_is_deleted=0&preferred_mail_format_display=Both&custom_1=0&custom_374=1698&custom_376=Chicago&custom_428=0&contact_id=3073&api.email.replace={"values":{"location_type_id":"5","email":"test@test[dot]net","is_primary":"1","is_billing":"0","on_hold":"0","is_bulkmail":"0"}}


that doesn't work either. Am I missing something?

(I could not use the code tag, giving me error so  I just used the quote tag above.)

Hi,

Are you using civicrm 2.4 or 3.4?

The response should  be xml or json, not array. Looks like a dump debug msg.

Anyway, civi rest has improved a lot in the latest versions. you should update to 4.2

X+

Be careful, if you are using civicrm version 2 it means the entity/action combination in the API call will not work (as far as I know)!

That makes more sense :-)