Sitecore 8 EXM add a contact to list from listmanager

Question

I\'m using Sitecore 8 and the new Email Experience Manager module. I have configured a newsletter email message with an empty list from the listmanager as recipients.

Answer 1

To create a contact, you can use the sample code below, the contact name is usually the domain name plus the username, e.g. domain\username.

public static Contact CreateContact([NotNull] string contactName, [NotNull] string contactEmail, [NotNull] string contactLanguage)
{
  Assert.ArgumentNotNullOrEmpty(contactName, "contactName");
  Assert.ArgumentNotNullOrEmpty(contactEmail, "contactEmail");
  Assert.ArgumentNotNullOrEmpty(contactLanguage, "contactLanguage");

  var contactRepository = new ContactRepository();

  var contact = contactRepository.LoadContactReadOnly(contactName);
  if (contact != null)
  {
    return contact;
  }
  contact = contactRepository.CreateContact(ID.NewID);
  contact.Identifiers.AuthenticationLevel = AuthenticationLevel.None;
  contact.System.Classification = 0;
  contact.ContactSaveMode = ContactSaveMode.AlwaysSave;
  contact.Identifiers.Identifier = contactName;
  contact.System.OverrideClassification = 0;
  contact.System.Value = 0;
  contact.System.VisitCount = 0;

  var contactPreferences = contact.GetFacet("Preferences");
  contactPreferences.Language = contactLanguage;

  var contactEmailAddresses = contact.GetFacet("Emails");
  contactEmailAddresses.Entries.Create("test").SmtpAddress = contactEmail;
  contactEmailAddresses.Preferred = "test";

  var contactPersonalInfo = contact.GetFacet("Personal");
  contactPersonalInfo.FirstName = contactName;
  contactPersonalInfo.Surname = "recipient";

  contactRepository.SaveContact(contact, new ContactSaveOptions(true, null));

  return contact;
}

After creating the contact, use the following sample code to add the contact to a recipient list.

  var repository = new ListManagerCollectionRepository();
  var recipientList = repository.GetEditableRecipientCollection(recipientListId);
  if (recipientList != null)
  {
    var xdbContact = new XdbContactId(contactId);
    if (!recipientList.Contains(xdbContact, true).Value)
    {
      recipientList.AddRecipient(xdbContact);
    }
  }