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Category

Notification

Version

1.1.50

Last updated

Jun 18, 2023, 11:28:15 AM10 months ago

Mailchimp

Manage newsletter subscriptions in your commerce application with Mailchimp.
Mailchimp Plugin Documentation | Medusa Website | Medusa Repository

Features

  • Allow customers to subscribe to your newsletter.
  • Provides custom services and endpoints to give developers flexibility in how to implement newsletter subscription.

Prerequisites

How to Install

1. Run the following command in the directory of the Medusa backend:
npm install medusa-plugin-mailchimp
2. Set the following environment variables in 
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.env
:
MAILCHIMP_API_KEY=<YOUR_API_KEY>
MAILCHIMP_NEWSLETTER_LIST_ID=<YOUR_NEWSLETTER_LIST_ID>
3. In 
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medusa-config.js
add the following at the end of the 
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plugins
array:
const plugins = [
  // ...,
  {
    resolve: `medusa-plugin-mailchimp`,
    options: {
      api_key: process.env.MAILCHIMP_API_KEY,
      newsletter_list_id: process.env.MAILCHIMP_NEWSLETTER_LIST_ID,
    },
  },
]

Test the Plugin

1. Run the following command in the directory of the Medusa backend to run the backend:
npm run start
2. Use the POST or PUT 
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/mailchimp/subscribe
endpoint or the 
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MailchimpService
to subscribe to the newsletter.

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