Constant Contact

Overview

Connect your users to Constant Contact for email marketing, campaign management, and contact list administration.

Property	Value
Provider ID	constant-contact
Category	Business
PKCE	Not supported
Token refresh	Automatic
Redirect URI	Shown in Developer Portal

Step 1: Create a Constant Contact OAuth App

Go to the Constant Contact Developer Portal

Navigate to Constant Contact Developer Portal and sign in.

Create a new application

Click New Application.

Configure the application

Enter the application name.

Add the redirect URI

Add the Redirect URI from the Developer Portal to the Redirect URI field.

Get credentials

Copy the API Key (Client ID) and App Secret (Client Secret).

Warning

Never share the application Secret publicly. Store it securely and only enter it in the Alter Vault Developer Portal.

Step 2: Add to Alter Vault

Open the Developer Portal

Go to portal.alterauth.com and navigate to the application.

Add Constant Contact provider

Go to OAuth Providers > Add Provider > Constant Contact.

Enter credentials

• Client ID: Paste your Constant Contact API Key
• Client Secret: Paste your Constant Contact App Secret

Select scopes

Choose the scopes the application needs.

Save

Click Save. The provider is now active.

Available Scopes

Scope	Description
contact_data	Read and write access to contacts and contact lists
campaign_data	Read and write access to email campaigns
offline_access	Request a refresh token for long-lived access

Tip

Include the offline_access scope to receive a refresh token. Without it, your token will expire and require the user to re-authorize.

Notes

• The offline_access scope is included by default to enable automatic token refresh.
• Constant Contact refers to the Client ID as “API Key” and Client Secret as “App Secret” in their portal.
• See the Constant Contact OAuth documentation for more details.

Policy-cataloged operations

Alter policy rules can target these attested operations and families for operation-level and parameter-aware controls.

Operation ID	Families	Method	Provider path
emails/create	send	POST	/v3/emails
contact-lists/delete	delete	DELETE	/v3/contact_lists/{list_id}
contacts/delete	delete	DELETE	/v3/contacts/{contact_id}
activities/contacts-file-import	write	POST	/v3/activities/contacts_file_import
contact-lists/create	write	POST	/v3/contact_lists
contact-lists/update	write	PUT	/v3/contact_lists/{list_id}
contacts/create	write	POST	/v3/contacts
contacts/sign-up-form	write	POST	/v3/contacts/sign_up_form
contacts/update	write	PUT	/v3/contacts/{contact_id}
segments/create	write	POST	/v3/segments
account/summary	read	GET	/v3/account/summary
activities/status	read	GET	/v3/activities/{activity_id}
contact-lists/get	read	GET	/v3/contact_lists/{list_id}
contact-lists/list	read	GET	/v3/contact_lists
contacts/get	read	GET	/v3/contacts/{contact_id}
contacts/list	read	GET	/v3/contacts
custom-fields/list	read	GET	/v3/contact_custom_fields
emails/get	read	GET	/v3/emails/{campaign_id}
emails/list	read	GET	/v3/emails
segments/get	read	GET	/v3/segments/{segment_id}
segments/list	read	GET	/v3/segments