EXM subscribe to list C#

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I'm working on converting my old Sitecore (< 8) code to work with Sitecore EXM. I'm having a hard time adding users to Recipient Lists from code. The answers in this post: Sitecore 8 EXM add a contact to list from listmanager don't answer my questions completely, and since I cannot comment, I've decided to start a new topic.

My first problem is that my EcmFactory.GetDefaultFactory().Bl.RecipientCollectionRepository.GetEditableRecipientCollection(recipientListId) gives a compilation error on the RecipientCollectionRepository, it says it does not exist. So I've used slightly different code. My code now, is as follows:

        var contactRepository = new ContactRepository();   
        var contactName = this.Email.Text;
        var contact = contactRepository.LoadContactReadOnly(contactName);

        contact = contactRepository.CreateContact(Sitecore.Data.ID.NewID);
        contact.Identifiers.AuthenticationLevel = Sitecore.Analytics.Model.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<IContactPreferences>("Preferences");
        contactPreferences.Language = "nl-NL";

        var contactEmailAddresses = contact.GetFacet<IContactEmailAddresses>("Emails");
        contactEmailAddresses.Entries.Create("test").SmtpAddress = this.Email.Text;
        contactEmailAddresses.Preferred = "test";

        var contactPersonalInfo = contact.GetFacet<IContactPersonalInfo>("Personal");
        contactPersonalInfo.FirstName = contactName;
        contactPersonalInfo.Surname = "recipient";
        if (recipientList != null)
                {
                    var xdbContact = new XdbContactId(contact.ContactId);

                    if (!recipientList.Contains(xdbContact, true).Value)
                    {
                        recipientList.AddRecipient(xdbContact);
                    }

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

So the recipientList is found, and the first time I add a contact to it, it increases the "Recipients" to 1 (checked using the /sitecore/system/List Manager/All Lists/E-mail Campaign Manager/Custom/RecipientList).

I also have a message which has this Opt-in recipient list, but when I check that message, it says it will be sent to 0 subscribers.

Any thoughts on this?

Nathan Hase Nathan Hase · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-14T14:40:27

See this article listing known issues in Sitecore EXM: https://kb.sitecore.net/articles/149565

"The recipient list shows "0" total recipients after recipients have been subscribed to the list. (62217)"

I got around this in a sandbox environment by adding a simple list (from csv, one contact) to the message. This upped the total recipient count from 0 to 1 which allows the message to be activated. All recipients in the composite list were sent a message.

EXM subscribe to list C#

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