How to create the contact in Eloqua through java

How to create the contact in Eloqua through java

This post explains how to create the contact in Eloqua through java.

Create the model class for Contact:

public class Contact
{
 public String accountName;
 public String address1;
 public String address2;
 public String address3;
 public String businessPhone;
 public String city;
 public String country;
 public String firstName;
 public String emailAddress;
 public String id;
 public boolean isBounceback;
 public boolean isSubscribed;
 public String lastName;
 public String salesPerson;
 public String title;
 public String type;
 public String name;

}

RestClient class to connect to Eloqua:

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;

public class RestClient
{
 private String authToken;
 private String baseUrl;

 public RestClient(String user, String password, String url)
 {
  baseUrl = url;
  String authString = user + ":" + password;
  authToken = "Basic " + javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter.printBase64Binary(authString.getBytes());        }

 public String execute(String uri, String method, String body)  throws Exception
 {
  String response ="";
  try
  {
   URL url = new URL(baseUrl + uri);
   HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();

   conn.setInstanceFollowRedirects(false);
   conn.setRequestMethod(method.toString());
   conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
   conn.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/json");
         conn.setRequestProperty("Authorization", authToken);    
       
         if (method == "POST" || method == "PUT")
         {
          if(null != body){
    conn.setDoOutput(true);
          final OutputStream os = conn.getOutputStream();
                os.write(body.getBytes());
                os.flush();
                os.close();
          }
         }
       
         InputStream is = conn.getInputStream();
         BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader( is));

          String line;
         while ((line = rd.readLine()) != null)
         {
             response += line;
         }      
         rd.close();
         conn.disconnect();
  }
  catch (Exception e)
  {
   throw e;
  }
        return response;
 }
}

How to activate the Campaign in Eloqua through java

How to activate the Campaign in Eloqua through java

This post explains how to activate the Eloqua campaign through java.

RestClient class to connect to Eloqua:

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;

public class RestClient
{
    private String authToken;
    private String baseUrl;       
    public RestClient(String user, String password, String url)
    {
       baseUrl = url;             
       String authString = user + ":" + password;
      authToken = "Basic " + javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter.printBase64Binary(authString.getBytes());           
    }             
                          
    public String execute(String uri, String method, String body)  throws Exception
    {
       String response ="";
       try
       {           
          URL url = new URL(baseUrl + uri);
          HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();                         
          conn.setInstanceFollowRedirects(false);
          conn.setRequestMethod(method.toString());
          conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
          conn.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/json");
          conn.setRequestProperty("Authorization", authToken);         
                  
          if (method == "POST" || method == "PUT")
          {
              if(null != body){
                  conn.setDoOutput(true);
                  final OutputStream os = conn.getOutputStream();
                  os.write(body.getBytes());
                  os.flush();
                  os.close();
               }
           }
                      
           InputStream is = conn.getInputStream();
           BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader( is));
           String line; 
           while ((line = rd.readLine()) != null)
           {
               response += line;
           }           
           rd.close();
           conn.disconnect();
         }
         catch (Exception e)
         {
            throw e;
         }
       return response;
      }
}

How to update the html content of Email template in Eloqua through java

How to update the html content of Email template in Eloqua through java

This post explains how to update the html content of the Eloqua email through java.

Create the model class for Email:

public class Email
{            
public int emailGroupId;
public RawHtmlContent htmlContent;
public Integer id;
public boolean isPlainTextEditable;
public String name;
public String plainText;
public boolean sendPlainTextOnly;
public String subject;
}
public class RawHtmlContent
{
 public String type;
 public String html;
}

Create the html template with place holder for dynamic content and place the template in the same location of the below java classes.

sample-template.html

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
   <body>
      ${content}
   </body>
</html>

RestClient class to connect to Eloqua

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;

public class RestClient
{
    private String authToken;
    private String baseUrl;      
    public RestClient(String user, String password, String url)
    {
       baseUrl = url;            
       String authString = user + ":" + password;
      authToken = "Basic " + javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter.printBase64Binary(authString.getBytes());          
    }            
                         
    public String execute(String uri, String method, String body)  throws Exception
    {
       String response ="";
       try
       {          
          URL url = new URL(baseUrl + uri);
          HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();                        
          conn.setInstanceFollowRedirects(false);
          conn.setRequestMethod(method.toString());
          conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
          conn.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/json");
          conn.setRequestProperty("Authorization", authToken);        
                 
          if (method == "POST" || method == "PUT")
          {
              if(null != body){
                  conn.setDoOutput(true);
                  final OutputStream os = conn.getOutputStream();
                  os.write(body.getBytes());
                  os.flush();
                  os.close();
               }
           }
                     
           InputStream is = conn.getInputStream();
           BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader( is));
           String line;
           while ((line = rd.readLine()) != null)
           {
               response += line;
           }          
           rd.close();
           conn.disconnect();
         }
         catch (Exception e)
         {
            throw e;
         }
       return response;
      }
}

403 Forbidden/403 XSRF Protection Failure error while invoking Eloqua Send mail API

403 Forbidden/403 XSRF Protection Failure error while invoking Eloqua Send mail API

We will be receiving 403 Forbidden/ 403 XSRF Protection Failure error while invoking the Eloqua Send mail API - /api/rest/1.0/assets/email/deployment

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