MailchimpUpdate contact
BetaChanges data
Changes the details of a contact who is already in an audience.
Settings
| Setting | What it is |
|---|---|
| ConnectionRequired | The Mailchimp connection the step signs in with. |
| Audience id | Picked from the list Mailchimp offers. |
| E-mail address | The contact to change. Mailchimp finds them by this address. |
| Status | Transactional is not offered here: Mailchimp accepts it only when the contact is created. |
| E-mail format | "" or "html" or "text" |
| Merge fields | Keyed by the merge TAG. A tag you leave out is left alone. |
| Interest groups | Keyed by the interest id. An interest you leave out is left alone. |
| Language | text |
| VIP | "" or "on" or "off" |
| Latitude | text |
| Longitude | text |
| Marketing permissions | One object per permission; the audience defines the ids. |
| Sign-up IP address | text |
| Sign-up moment | text |
| Opt-in IP address | text |
| Opt-in moment | text |
| Accept a missing merge field | Accepts the change even when a required merge field is missing. |
Technical details
| Key | Value |
|---|---|
connection | texta connection id from `requires.connections` (provider `mailchimp`) |
audienceId | texta value from the vendor's own list |
email | text |
status | "" or "subscribed" or "unsubscribed" or "pending" or "cleaned" |
emailType | "" or "html" or "text" |
mergeFields | object of text, by default {} |
interests | object of true/false, by default {} |
language | text |
vip | "" or "on" or "off" |
latitude | text |
longitude | text |
marketingPermissions | list of any JSON, by default [] |
ipSignup | text |
timestampSignup | text |
ipOpt | text |
timestampOpt | text |
skipMergeValidation | true/false, by default false |
Output
| Field | Type |
|---|---|
memberContact | object |
memberIdContact id | string |
emailE-mail address | string |
status | string |
tags | array |
mergeFields | object |
Sample output, and the expression for each field
- email"person@example.com"
- member
- email_address"person@example.com"
- id"7de8517bce4457e8390aa4006a1880fb"
- memberId"7de8517bce4457e8390aa4006a1880fb"
- mergeFields{}
- status"unsubscribed"
- tags[]
Errors
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Example step
The step as a flow file holds it. Replace each value in <…>.
{
"config": {
"audienceId": "",
"connection": "<connection id>",
"email": "",
"emailType": "",
"interests": {},
"ipOpt": "",
"ipSignup": "",
"language": "",
"latitude": "",
"longitude": "",
"marketingPermissions": [],
"mergeFields": {},
"skipMergeValidation": false,
"status": "",
"timestampOpt": "",
"timestampSignup": "",
"vip": ""
},
"label": "Update contact",
"type": "mailchimp.updateMember",
"version": 1
}