Connection to MailChimp v3.0 API

Question

I have a problem connecting to the new MailChimp 3.0 API (2.0 works fine).

I would like to send some subscriber. What am I doing wrong? I am probably trying to send the apikey in the wrong way (HTTP Basic authentication). The documentation is here but I am not able to make it work: http://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/guides/get-started-with-mailchimp-api-3/.

HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(@"https://us12.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/<listnumber>/members/");

string json = @"
    {
        ""email_address"": ""test@test.com"",
        ""status"": ""subscribed"",
        ""merge_fields"": {
                    ""FNAME"": ""Urist"",
            ""LNAME"": ""McVankab""
        }
    }
";

byte[] data = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(json);

request.Method = "POST";
request.Headers.Add("user", "<mykeynumber>");
request.ContentType = "application/json";
request.ContentLength = data.Length;

using (System.IO.Stream stream = request.GetRequestStream())
{
    stream.Write(data, 0, data.Length);
}

What kind of error(s) are you seeing? – Mateo Jan 26 '16 at 08:29 — Mateo, Jan 26 '16 at 08:29

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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The primary issue appears to be authentication. Here is a good SO answer that demonstrates HTTP Basic Auth with HTTPWebRequest.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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answered Jan 26 '16 at 20:31

TooMuchPete

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thank you very much, link helps. So header should be: request.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Basic " + apikey); – Tomas Kanok Jan 26 '16 at 20:56
Glad that helped. Note that [HTTP Basic Auth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication) requires the part after "basic" to be Base64 encoded string, if that's what you're trying to do. – TooMuchPete Jan 26 '16 at 22:36

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

Anyone else coming in here, I've been playing around and I think it's best at this point to call it using the ASP.NET Web API library. I got this to work following this example: https://www.asp.net/web-api/overview/advanced/calling-a-web-api-from-a-net-client

and merging it together with the answer from this question: Calling MailChimp API v3.0 with .Net

The example uses a simple Windows console app, but can be ported to web:

// New code:
    static HttpClient client = new HttpClient();

    static void Main()
    {
        RunAsync().Wait();
    }

    static async Task RunAsync()
    {
        // New code:
        client.BaseAddress = new Uri( "https://us5.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/" );

        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Clear();

        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add( new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue( "application/json" ) );

        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue( "Basic", "<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>" );

        try {

            HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync( "" );

            if ( response.IsSuccessStatusCode ) {

                var results = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

                Console.WriteLine( $"results  (HTTP Status = {results})" );
            }
            else {

                Console.WriteLine( $"ERROR (HTTP Status = {response.StatusCode}" );
            }


        }
        catch ( Exception e ) {
            Console.WriteLine( e.Message );
        }

        Console.ReadLine();
    }

Connection to MailChimp v3.0 API

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