SharpSpring

SharpSpring — now sold as Constant Contact Lead Gen & CRM after Constant Contact acquired the company in 2021 — is a marketing automation and CRM platform for small businesses and digital marketing agencies, covering email marketing, landing pages, forms, visual automation workflows, social management, campaign tracking, lead scoring and a built-in sales CRM. Its developer surface is the SharpSpring Open API, a JSON-RPC-style HTTPS POST endpoint at api.sharpspring.com/pubapi/ that exposes roughly 120 published methods over leads, accounts, opportunities, campaigns, deal stages, emails, email jobs, lists and list members, fields, folders, notes, products and tasks. Authentication is a static account ID plus secret key generated in the application; there is no OAuth, no scopes and no OpenAPI description. Event delivery is handled by workflow and form Postback URLs rather than a webhook subscription API.

SharpSpring publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Marketing, Marketing Automation, CRM, and Email Marketing.

The SharpSpring catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

SharpSpring’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, pricing, signup flow, and 24 more developer resources.

51.7/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 40/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-17 · rubric v0.11.0
1 APIs
CompanyMarketingMarketing AutomationCRMEmail MarketingSalesLeadsCampaignsAutomationSaaS

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scored 2026-08-17 · rubric v0.11.0
Composite quality — 51.7/100 · developing
Contract Quality 12.9 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 10.4 / 20
Commercial Clarity 8.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 9.2 / 13
Governance 1.5 / 12
Discoverability 8.7 / 10
Agent readiness — 40/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 6 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 3 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

SharpSpring Open API

The SharpSpring (Constant Contact Lead Gen & CRM) Open API — a single HTTPS POST endpoint that accepts a JSON envelope of method, params and id, very similar to JSON-RPC. Versio...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Sharpspring Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Sharpspring Authentication

apiKey · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Sharpspring Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Sharpspring Vulnerability Disclosure

Hackerone · security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: sharpspring
name: SharpSpring
description: SharpSpring — now sold as Constant Contact Lead Gen & CRM after Constant Contact acquired the company in 2021
  — is a marketing automation and CRM platform for small businesses and digital marketing agencies, covering email marketing,
  landing pages, forms, visual automation workflows, social management, campaign tracking, lead scoring and a built-in sales
  CRM. Its developer surface is the SharpSpring Open API, a JSON-RPC-style HTTPS POST endpoint at api.sharpspring.com/pubapi/
  that exposes roughly 120 published methods over leads, accounts, opportunities, campaigns, deal stages, emails, email jobs,
  lists and list members, fields, folders, notes, products and tasks. Authentication is a static account ID plus secret key
  generated in the application; there is no OAuth, no scopes and no OpenAPI description. Event delivery is handled by workflow
  and form Postback URLs rather than a webhook subscription API.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/sharpspring/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
image: https://sharpspring.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/SharpSpring-From-CTCT-Logo-RGB-Color-1200.png
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:marketing-integration-graph
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: harvest
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-08-12'
modified: '2026-08-12'
tags:
- Company
- Marketing
- Marketing Automation
- CRM
- Email Marketing
- Sales
- Leads
- Campaigns
- Automation
- SaaS
apis:
- aid: sharpspring:open-api
  name: SharpSpring Open API
  description: The SharpSpring (Constant Contact Lead Gen & CRM) Open API — a single HTTPS POST endpoint that accepts a JSON
    envelope of method, params and id, very similar to JSON-RPC. Version v1 resolves timestamps against the Company Profile
    time zone; v1.2 handles all timestamps in UTC. Credentials are an account ID and secret key passed either as query-string
    parameters or as the X-Account-Id header plus an Authorization bearer token. Documented limits are 50,000 requests per
    day, 10 queries per second, and 500 queries per request.
  humanURL: https://knowledgebase.constantcontact.com/lead-gen-crm/articles/KnowledgeBase/50374-Understanding-Lead-Gen--CRM-Open-API-Overview?lang=en_US
  baseURL: https://api.sharpspring.com/pubapi/v1.2/
  tags:
  - Marketing Automation
  - CRM
  - Leads
  - JSON-RPC
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://knowledgebase.constantcontact.com/lead-gen-crm/articles/KnowledgeBase/50374-Understanding-Lead-Gen--CRM-Open-API-Overview?lang=en_US
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://knowledgebase.constantcontact.com/lead-gen-crm/articles/KnowledgeBase/50564-Understanding-Lead-Gen--CRM-Open-API-Methods?lang=en_US
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://knowledgebase.constantcontact.com/lead-gen-crm/articles/KnowledgeBase/50404-Understanding-Lead-Gen-CRM-Open-API-Example-Code?lang=en_US
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/sharpspring-authentication.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/sharpspring-problem-types.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/sharpspring-rate-limits.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/sharpspring-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/sharpspring-data-model.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/sharpspring-postbacks-webhooks.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/sharpspring-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://sharpspring.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://knowledgebase.constantcontact.com/lead-gen-crm/articles/KnowledgeBase/50374-Understanding-Lead-Gen--CRM-Open-API-Overview?lang=en_US
- type: Documentation
  url: https://knowledgebase.constantcontact.com/lead-gen-crm/articles/KnowledgeBase/50374-Understanding-Lead-Gen--CRM-Open-API-Overview?lang=en_US
- type: APIReference
  url: https://knowledgebase.constantcontact.com/lead-gen-crm/articles/KnowledgeBase/50564-Understanding-Lead-Gen--CRM-Open-API-Methods?lang=en_US
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://knowledgebase.constantcontact.com/lead-gen-crm/articles/KnowledgeBase/50404-Understanding-Lead-Gen-CRM-Open-API-Example-Code?lang=en_US
- type: Support
  url: https://sharpspring.com/customer-support/
- type: HelpCenter
  url: https://knowledgebase.constantcontact.com/lead-gen-crm?lang=en_US
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.constantcontact.com/blog/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/sharpspring
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.sharpspring.com/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://sharpspring.com/agency-pricing/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://www.constantcontact.com/signup/lead-gen-crm/demo
- type: Login
  url: https://api.sharpspring.com/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.constantcontact.com/legal/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.constantcontact.com/legal/privacy-notice
- type: Security
  url: https://www.constantcontact.com/disclosure
- type: Integrations
  url: https://sharpspring.com/app-marketplace/
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/sharpspring-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/sharpspring-security.txt
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/sharpspring-llms.txt
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/sharpspring-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/sharpspring-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/sharpspring-problem-types.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/sharpspring-rate-limits.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/sharpspring-plans-pricing.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/sharpspring-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/sharpspring-conformance.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/sharpspring-data-model.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/sharpspring-packages.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/sharpspring-postbacks-webhooks.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/sharpspring-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
x-vouched-by:
- Chili Piper
- Moosend
x-vouch-count: 2
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-08-12'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 15
  pass: local-v1