getUserInterests

This method returns the interests associated with a constituent record. Use this method to return the interests associated with a constituent record when calling from another application or server.

Post URL

Deconstructing the URL
* In most cases secure2.convio.net matches a client's secure domain.  However, in some cases this will be different.  If your organization uses Convio for fundraising, the correct secure domain for the API is identical to the secure domain for your fundraising forms.  So if the sample above does not work, look for the unique secure domain used for your organization and replace the secure2.convio.net portion above with this URL. 

*Here, organization is a client's unique identifier in the Convio system.  Every client has a unique value that represents their instance of the product. If you're organization uses a custom secure URL for donations, the organization portion of the URL may not be necessary, contact support for assistance.

Example: https://demo-secure.convio.net/demo829/site/SRConsAPI.  Here you'll notice that demo-secure.convio.net is used for the domain, and demo829 is used for the organization. 

Authentication

Authenticating Convio Server API calls is a three-stage process. First, the IP address of the server invoking the API call will be checked against the list of allowed IP ranges, per the Convio Site Configuration parameters. If the API is being invoked from a server in the allowed IP range, then the login_name and login_password parameters will be used to authenticate with the Convio site. Finally, once the login credentials have been verified, the account specified by the login credentials will be examined to ensure that it has the Contact Management “Use Convio API” permission. If all the above hold, the caller will be authenticated and the API call will proceed. If any of the above fail, then the call will not be authenticated and an error message will be returned.

Parameters

The following parameters for this method include the following:

Name

Description

api_key Required. An arbitrary value that must be passed when invoking the Convio Client and Server APIs. The value passed by the caller must match the value in the CONVIO_API_KEY site configuration parameter, which is unique for each Convio site.
v Required. API version to invoke. Must be "1.0".

method

Required. Specifies which method to perform. To invoke this method use the value “getUserInterests”.

response_format

Optional. Specifies the format in which to return the response. Can be either "xml" (the default value) or "json".

login_name

Required. Specifies the user name of the account to authenticate. If either login_name or login_password is not specified, then authentication is done solely by looking for a session cookie.

login_password

Required. Specifies the password of the account to authenticate.

If the requester is not an administrator, then the requester's own record is retrieved regardless of what cons_id is specified.

If the requester is an administrator, then one of cons_id, member_id, or primary_email must be specified in order to locate the record to retrieve.
  1. If cons_id is given, then it is the only thing used to search.

  2. If cons_id is absent and member_id is given, then it is the only thing used to search.

    • If one record matches member_id, it is retrieved.
    • If multiple records match member_id, then this is an error and no record is retrieved.
    • If no records match member_id, then primary_email is searched. If exactly one match is found, then that record is retrieved.
  3. If cons_id and member_id are absent, then primary_email is searched and a record is updated if exactly one match is found.

If the requester is not an administrator, then the requester's own record is updated regardless of what cons_id is specified.

 

Response

Success

The HTTP status code of 200 indicates a successful invocation. The response is formatted as XML by default, but the response_format input parameter can be used to specify either XML or JSON formatting. For example:

XML format: 
<getConsInterestsResponse 
  xsi:schemaLocation=http://convio.com/crm/v1.0
  http://service.convio.net/xmlschema/crm.public.v1.xsd
  xmlns="http://convio.com/crm/v1.0"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">


  <interest>
   <id>1002</id>
   <label>Operation Overthruster Technology</label>
   <path>Science > Operation Overthruster Technology</path>
   <for_email>true</for_email>
   <for_web>false</for_web>
  </interest>
  <interest>
   <id>1001</id>
   <label>Science</label>
   <path>Science</path>
   <for_email>true</for_email>
   <for_web>false</for_web>
  </interest>


</getConsInterestsResponse>

 

JSON format: 
{"getConsInterestsResponse":{"interest":[{"for_email":"true",
"for_web":"false","label":"Oscillation Overthruster Technology", 
"path":"Science > Oscillation Overthruster Technology",
"id":"1002"}, {"for_email":"true","for_web":"false", "label":
"Science","path":"Science","id":"1001"}]}}

 

Elements of the “Interests” include:

  • label: the text label for the interest.
  • path: the concatenation of the names of all ancestors of the interest and the name of the interest, each separated by the ">" character.
  • for_email: indicates whether this interest is used for managing email subscriptions.
  • for_web: indicates whether this interest is used for organizing web content.

 

Error

If an error occurs during processing, the structure of the response is an "errorResponse" element. It contains two other elements: a "code" element and a "message" element. The "code" element contains a number corresponding to the error conditions documented on the error list page. The "message" element contains a text message that may provide further detail about the error. For example:

XML format: 
<errorResponse 
  xsi:schemaLocation=http://convio.com/crm/v1.0
  http://service.convio.net/xmlschema/crm.public.v1.xsd
  xmlns="http://convio.com/crm/v1.0"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">


<code>16</code>
<message>The specified record does not exist.</message>


</errorResponse>

 

JSON format: 
{"errorResponse":{"code":"16",
"message":"The specified record does not exist."}}

 

See the complete list of HTTP Status codes and Error codes for calling from another application. 
 

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