Use the Bronto API To Manage Consent Records

You can add or update consent records with the addContacts, updateContacts, and/or addOrUpdateContacts calls. The criteria for whether a new consent log entry will be created varies depending on which API method you use.

addContacts

Creating a new contact with addContacts will always create a new consent log entry. In your addContacts call, you can set both the consentIp and consentDate for a new contact.

updateContacts

The updateContacts call will only generate a new consent log entry if you modify the contact's status or email address. Updates to contacts to perform actions like changing a last name will not generate a new consent log entry, even if you have specified a consentIp. In addition, you cannot update the consentDate using updateContacts and can only change the consentIp. The consentDate will be the time stamp of the change to your contact’s status.

addOrUpdateContacts

The addOrUpdateContacts function will only generate a new consent log entry if you modify an existing contact’s email address or add a new contact. If you want to change the status of a contact, you must use updateContacts. If you create a new contact, you can set both the consentIp and consentDate. When you update an existing contact, you can only change the consentIp. The consentDate for an existing contact is the contact’s status change time stamp.