README

Super-simple, minimum abstraction MailChimp API v3 library for Laravel

Please refer MailChimp API docs to get to know more about the methods available

Requires PHP 7.2+

Installation

You can install laravel-mailchimp using Composer:

composer require sreedev/laravel-mailchimp

You will then need to:

• run composer install to get these dependencies added to your vendor directory
• publish the config to your application with this line: php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Sreedev\MailChimp\MailChimpServiceProvider" --tag="config"
• set the MAIL_CHIMP_API_KEY="<YOUR_API_KEY>" in the .env file

Examples

Start by use-ing the library by adding use

 use Sreedev\MailChimp\Facades\MailChimp;

Then, list all the mailing lists (with a get on the lists method)

$result = MailChimp::get('lists');

print_r($result);

Subscribe someone to a list (with a post to the lists/{listID}/members method):

$list_id = 'b1234346';

$result = MailChimp::post("lists/$list_id/members", [
				'email_address' => 'member@example.com',
				'status'        => 'subscribed',
			]);

print_r($result);

Update a list member with more information (using patch to update):

$list_id = 'b1234346';
$subscriber_hash = MailChimp::subscriberHash('subscriber@example.com');

$result = MailChimp::patch("lists/$list_id/members/$subscriber_hash", [
				'merge_fields' => ['FNAME'=>'First', 'LNAME'=>'Man'],
				'interests'    => ['2s3a384h' => true],
			]);

print_r($result);

Remove a list member using the delete method:

$list_id = 'b1234346';
$subscriber_hash = MailChimp::subscriberHash('subscriber@example.com');

MailChimp::delete("lists/$list_id/members/$subscriber_hash");

Quickly test for a successful action with the success() method:

$list_id = 'b1234346';

$result = MailChimp::post("lists/$list_id/members", [
				'email_address' => 'subscriber@example.com',
				'status'        => 'subscribed',
			]);

if (MailChimp::success()) {
	print_r($result);	
} else {
	echo MailChimp::getLastError();
}

Batch Operations

The MailChimp Batch Operations this enables you to complete multiple operations with a single call. Eg: Adding thousands of members to a list - you can perform this in one request rather than thousands.

use Sreedev\MailChimp\Facades\MailChimp;

$Batch 	   = MailChimp::newBatch()

You need to set an ID for the operation as the first argument, and also that you won't get a response. The ID is used for finding the result of this request in the combined response from the batch operation.

$list_id ="abcd";
$Batch->post("op1", "lists/$list_id/members", [
				'email_address' => 'subscriber1@example.com',
				'status'        => 'subscribed',
			]);

$Batch->post("op2", "lists/$list_id/members", [
				'email_address' => 'subscriber2@example.com',
				'status'        => 'subscribed',
			]);

$Batch->post("op3", "lists/$list_id/members", [
				'email_address' => 'subscriber3@example.com',
				'status'        => 'subscribed',
			]);

Once you've finished all the requests that should be in the batch, you need to process it.

$result = $Batch->process();

The result includes a batch ID. At a later point, you can check the status of your batch:

MailChimp::newBatch($batchId);
$result = $Batch->checkStatus();

When your batch is finished, you can download the results (in JSON format) from the URL given in the response.

Troubleshooting

To get the last error returned by either the HTTP client or by the API, use getLastError():

echo MailChimp::getLastError();

For further debugging, you can inspect the headers and body of the response:

print_r(MailChimp::getLastResponse());

If you suspect you're sending data in the wrong format, you can look at what was sent to MailChimp by the wrapper:

print_r(MailChimp::getLastRequest());

If your server's CA root certificates are not up to date you may find that SSL verification fails and you don't get a response. The correction solution for this is not to disable SSL verification. The solution is to update your certificates.

Contributing

This is a simple wrapper, but contributions can make it beeter. If you'd like to suggest an improvement, please raise an issue to discuss it before making your pull request.

Pull requests for bugs are more than welcome - please explain the bug you're trying to fix in the message.