← iContact

Create and Dispatch Message with iContact API

Pipedream makes it easy to connect APIs for iContact and 2,700+ other apps remarkably fast.

Trigger workflow on
HTTP requests, schedules and app events
Next, do this
Create and Dispatch Message with the iContact API
No credit card required
Intro to Pipedream
Watch us build a workflow
Watch us build a workflow
8 min
Watch now ➜

Trusted by 1,000,000+ developers from startups to Fortune 500 companies

Adyen logo
Appcues logo
Bandwidth logo
Checkr logo
ChartMogul logo
Dataminr logo
Gopuff logo
Gorgias logo
LinkedIn logo
Logitech logo
Replicated logo
Rudderstack logo
SAS logo
Scale AI logo
Webflow logo
Warner Bros. logo
Adyen logo
Appcues logo
Bandwidth logo
Checkr logo
ChartMogul logo
Dataminr logo
Gopuff logo
Gorgias logo
LinkedIn logo
Logitech logo
Replicated logo
Rudderstack logo
SAS logo
Scale AI logo
Webflow logo
Warner Bros. logo

Developers Pipedream

Getting Started

Create a workflow to Create and Dispatch Message with the iContact API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

  1. Configure the Create and Dispatch Message action
    1. Connect your iContact account
    2. Select a Campaign ID
    3. Select a Message Type
    4. Configure Subject
    5. Optional- Configure HTML Body
    6. Optional- Configure Text Body
    7. Optional- Configure Message Name
    8. Optional- Configure Preview Text
    9. Optional- Select a Reply To Campaign Id
  2. Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
  3. Deploy the workflow
  4. Send a test event to validate your setup
  5. Turn on the trigger

Integrations

Create and Dispatch Message with iContact API on New Requests (Payload Only) from HTTP / Webhook API
HTTP / Webhook + iContact
 
Try it
Create and Dispatch Message with iContact API on New Submission from Typeform API
Typeform + iContact
 
Try it
Create and Dispatch Message with iContact API on New Submission (Instant) from Jotform API
Jotform + iContact
 
Try it
Create and Dispatch Message with iContact API on New Scheduled Tasks from Pipedream API
Pipedream + iContact
 
Try it
Create and Dispatch Message with iContact API on New Download Counts from npm API
npm + iContact
 
Try it

Details

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Create and Dispatch Message on iContact
Description:Creates and dispatches a new message using custom HTML. [See the documentation](https://help.icontact.com/customers/s/article/Messages-iContact-API?r=153&ui-knowledge-components-aura-actions.KnowledgeArticleVersionCreateDraftFromOnlineAction.createDraftFromOnlineArticle=1)
Version:0.0.1
Key:icontact-create-message

Code

import { MESSAGE_TYPE_OPTIONS } from "../../common/constants.mjs";
import { checkWarnings } from "../../common/utils.mjs";
import icontact from "../../icontact.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "icontact-create-message",
  name: "Create and Dispatch Message",
  description: "Creates and dispatches a new message using custom HTML. [See the documentation](https://help.icontact.com/customers/s/article/Messages-iContact-API?r=153&ui-knowledge-components-aura-actions.KnowledgeArticleVersionCreateDraftFromOnlineAction.createDraftFromOnlineArticle=1)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    icontact,
    campaignId: {
      propDefinition: [
        icontact,
        "campaignId",
      ],
    },
    messageType: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Message Type",
      description: "The kind of message being added.",
      options: MESSAGE_TYPE_OPTIONS,
    },
    subject: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Subject",
      description: "The subject line of the email.",
    },
    htmlBody: {
      type: "string",
      label: "HTML Body",
      description: "Contains the HTML version of the email message body.",
      optional: true,
    },
    textBody: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Text Body",
      description: "Contains the text version of the email message body.",
      optional: true,
    },
    messageName: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Message Name",
      description: "The reference name of the message. This is used for organizational purposes and will not be seen by your contacts.",
      optional: true,
    },
    previewText: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Preview Text",
      description: "Indicates the preview text that some email systems display before opening the email.",
      optional: true,
    },
    replyToCampaignId: {
      propDefinition: [
        icontact,
        "campaignId",
      ],
      label: "Reply To Campaign Id",
      description: "Indicates the sender property where you want reply emails to be sent to.",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      icontact,
      ...message
    } = this;

    const response = await icontact.createMessage({
      $,
      data: {
        message,
      },
    });

    checkWarnings(response);

    $.export("$summary", `Successfully created message with ID: ${response.messages[0].messageId}`);
    return response.messages[0];
  },
};

Configuration

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.
LabelPropTypeDescription
iContacticontactappThis component uses the iContact app.
Campaign IDcampaignIdstringSelect a value from the drop down menu.
Message TypemessageTypestringSelect a value from the drop down menu:{ "label": "Normal - An email message.", "value": "normal" }{ "label": "Confirmation - An email that requests a contact to confirm their subscription", "value": "confirmation" }
Subjectsubjectstring

The subject line of the email.

HTML BodyhtmlBodystring

Contains the HTML version of the email message body.

Text BodytextBodystring

Contains the text version of the email message body.

Message NamemessageNamestring

The reference name of the message. This is used for organizational purposes and will not be seen by your contacts.

Preview TextpreviewTextstring

Indicates the preview text that some email systems display before opening the email.

Reply To Campaign IdreplyToCampaignIdstringSelect a value from the drop down menu.

Authentication

iContact uses API keys for authentication. When you connect your iContact account, Pipedream securely stores the keys so you can easily authenticate to iContact APIs in both code and no-code steps.

To retrieve your API's App ID, Username, Password:

  • Navigate to your iContact account and sign in
  • Click on the top right dropdown
  • Go to “Settings and Billing” > “iContact Integrations”
  • Click “View Details” on one of your Custom API Integrations, or create a new one

About iContact

Email marketing made easy. Use iContact to grow your business anytime, anywhere.

More Ways to Use iContact

Triggers

Contact Updated (Instant) from the iContact API

Emit new event when a contact is updated.

 
Try it
New Contact Created (Instant) from the iContact API

Emit new event when a contact is created.

 
Try it
New Contact Subscribed (Instant) from the iContact API

Emit new event when a contact is subscribed to a list.

 
Try it

Actions

Create Contact with the iContact API

Creates a new contact within the iContact account. See the documentation

 
Try it
Subscribe Contact to List with the iContact API

Adds a contact to a specific list within iContact. See the documentation

 
Try it

Explore Other Apps

1
-
24
of
2,700+
apps by most popular

HTTP / Webhook
HTTP / Webhook
Get a unique URL where you can send HTTP or webhook requests
Node
Node
Anything you can do with Node.js, you can do in a Pipedream workflow. This includes using most of npm's 400,000+ packages.
Python
Python
Anything you can do in Python can be done in a Pipedream Workflow. This includes using any of the 350,000+ PyPi packages available in your Python powered workflows.
Pipedream Utils
Pipedream Utils
Utility functions to use within your Pipedream workflows
OpenAI (ChatGPT)
OpenAI (ChatGPT)
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company with the mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. They are the makers of popular models like ChatGPT, DALL-E, and Whisper.
Premium
Salesforce
Salesforce
Cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) platform that helps businesses manage sales, marketing, customer support, and other business activities, ultimately aiming to improve customer relationships and streamline operations.
Premium
HubSpot
HubSpot
HubSpot's CRM platform contains the marketing, sales, service, operations, and website-building software you need to grow your business.
Premium
Zoho CRM
Zoho CRM
Zoho CRM is an online Sales CRM software that manages your sales, marketing, and support in one CRM platform.
Premium
Stripe
Stripe
Stripe powers online and in-person payment processing and financial solutions for businesses of all sizes.
Shopify
Shopify
Shopify is a complete commerce platform that lets anyone start, manage, and grow a business. You can use Shopify to build an online store, manage sales, market to customers, and accept payments in digital and physical locations.
Premium
WooCommerce
WooCommerce
WooCommerce is the open-source ecommerce platform for WordPress.
Premium
Snowflake
Snowflake
A data warehouse built for the cloud
Premium
MongoDB
MongoDB
MongoDB is an open source NoSQL database management program.
Supabase
Supabase
Supabase is an open source Firebase alternative.
MySQL
MySQL
MySQL is an open-source relational database management system.
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL is a free and open-source relational database management system emphasizing extensibility and SQL compliance.
Premium
AWS
AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers reliable, scalable, and inexpensive cloud computing services.
Premium
Twilio SendGrid
Twilio SendGrid
Send marketing and transactional email through the Twilio SendGrid platform with the Email API, proprietary mail transfer agent, and infrastructure for scalable delivery.
Amazon SES
Amazon SES
Amazon SES is a cloud-based email service provider that can integrate into any application for high volume email automation
Premium
Klaviyo
Klaviyo
Email Marketing and SMS Marketing Platform
Premium
Zendesk
Zendesk
Zendesk is award-winning customer service software trusted by 200K+ customers. Make customers happy via text, mobile, phone, email, live chat, social media.
Premium
ServiceNow
ServiceNow
The smarter way to workflow
Notion
Notion
Notion is a new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team.
Slack
Slack
Slack is a channel-based messaging platform. With Slack, people can work together more effectively, connect all their software tools and services, and find the information they need to do their best work — all within a secure, enterprise-grade environment.