Use the Mailchimp API

Question

I\'d like to use the Mailchimp Node.js API in my Parse Cloud Hosting app to subscribe a user to a mailing list. Parse doesn\'t support NPM but, given that the Mailchimp API

Answer 1

1. Install mailchimp in your project

   npm install mailchimp-api
   

2. From client controller call the server-controller with required data
   Don't forget to add $http to the top of controller

   $http({
       method : 'POST',
       url : '/mailchimp-users/subscribe',
       data : {user:this.name}}).
           success(function(response) {
       console.log("hai this is basic test" + response);
       $scope.send = response.message;
   }).error(function(response) {
       $scope.error = response.message;
   });
   

3. In server controller Add this to the beginning of page

   var MailchimpUser = mongoose.model('MailchimpUser'),
   _ = require('lodash'),
   mcapi = require('mailchimp-api');
   var apiKey = '4bf6fb8820c333da4179216c3c2ef8fb-us10';
   // Change this to your Key
   var listID = 'ebbf193760';
   var mc = new mcapi.Mailchimp(apiKey, {version: '2.0'});
   

   Add this function

   exports.subscribe = function(req, res) {
       var entry = req.body.user;
       var mcReq = {
           apikey: '4bf6fb8820c333da4179216c3c2ef8fb-us10',
           id: 'ebbf193760',
           email: {email: entry + '@gmail.com'},
           merge_vars: {
               FNAME: 'subscriber-first-name',
               LNAME: 'subscriber-last-name'
           },
           'double_optin': false,
           'send_welcome': true
       }
       // submit subscription request to mail chimp
       mc.lists.subscribe(mcReq, function(data) {
           console.log(data);
       }, function(error) {
           console.log(error);
       });
   };
   

4. Add this route your route file

   app.route('/mailchimp-users/subscribe')
      .post(mailchimpUsers.subscribe);