Configuring MailChimp Operations

To use the MailChimp connector, add the  <mailchimp.init>  element in your configuration before carrying out any other MailChimp operations. 

MailChimp uses OAuth 2.0 Authentication for authenticating API calls. For more information on authentication, see http://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/guides/how-to-use-oauth2/

<mailchimp.init>
    <apiUrl>{$ctx:apiUrl}</apiUrl>
    <apiVersion>{$ctx:apiVersion}</apiVersion>
    <accessToken>{$ctx:accessToken}</accessToken>
    <blocking>{$ctx:blocking}</blocking>
</mailchimp.init>

Properties  

• apiUrl: The base endpoint URL of the MailChimp API.
• apiVersion: The version of the MailChimp API.
• accessToken: The value of the Access Token to access the MailChimp API via request.
• blocking: The blocking parameter is helping connector performs the blocking invocations to MailChimp.

Configuring operations

Now that you have connected to MailChimp, use the information in the following topics to perform various operations with the connector. 

• Working with Campaigns in MailChimp
• Working with Lists in MailChimp
• Working with Reports in MailChimp