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Dear everyone,
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I am new to CF and this Forums. I started using CF couple of days ago (version 6). I am creating a Easy Form and trying to simply add whoever submitted this form to my MailChimp List.
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I am really lost in the very beginning and really couldn't find any solution to add the submitted emails by using CF6. Could you please kindly help me, send me simple guid or link to help me to get this works?
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It is really a great help if you could do so.
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Best regards,
Jej 🙂

Hi Jej,
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You can connect to MailChimp using the cURL action to send the form data and your MailChimp user info.
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Bob

Hi Bob,
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I am trying to connect my form to mailchimp using the cURL action and am wondering if you have an example of how to do this?
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Currently I am able to connect to mailchimp but am getting an error:

"Your request did not include an API key."

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Thanks for you help
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Ryan

Well did you include an API key?https://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/guides/get-started-with-mailchimp-api-3#authentication

@healyhatman; Yes. I have tried entering the user:'anystring:<your_apikey>' (and yes I changed the "your_apikey" to mine in mailchimp). What are you putting in the "Data override" section of the cURL action?

The Chronoforms parser generally turns the second ':' into an equals sign, which might be happening here. Either use a {var:} to hold the string or make your own CURL action in a PHP block.

Since so many people want to do this (I have like 5 clients that would jump on it) Can you please make a step by step guide? I have curl in my form but I don't know what to put where.

@cyberspyder, I used the zapier function to send the data to mailchimp. I did this as a short-term patch while I work on getting my own cURL action to work. I will post a guide on here when I have successfully been able to add subscribers to a list.

@relliott, thanks! I have been using the zapier - but it isn't really stable, at least for us. It works MOST of the time. That's why I am trying to change to cURL. I look forward to your guide.🙂

https://tutsplanet.com/add-subscribers-to-list-using-mailchimp-api-and-php-curl-1658/
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I got it working using a modification of this. Needs a PHP action instead of using the CURL action.

I'll make a demo form up soon and put it on my site, just have to talk to my host because the bloody mod_security settings are freaking out on "curl_exec($ch)" and I can't save the form if it's in there.

https://skyspider.com.au/store/mailchimp-subscribe-demo

@healyhatman, Thanks!! I will watch that over the weekend. Many thanks!+

Not a video it's a demo form you can buy for a couple dollars, download and restore on your own site

OK I have two options available on my store now
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1) A demo form that uses PHP that you need to edit yourself to subscribe a user to MailChimp. You will need to copy the PHP block and the event switcher.
https://skyspider.com.au/store/mailchimp-subscribe-demo
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2) An easy to use MailChimp Subscribe action you can easily add to any form.
https://skyspider.com.au/store/mailchimp-subscribe-action