Mailchimp API

Allows one to test their segmentation rules before creating a campaign using them

Section:

Campaign Related

Parameters:

apikey

a valid API Key for your user account. Get by calling Get by visiting your API dashboard

list_id

the list to test segmentation on - get lists using lists()

options

with 2 keys: string "match" controls whether to use AND or OR when applying your options - expects "any" (for OR) or "all" (for AND) array "conditions" - up to 10 different criteria to apply while segmenting. Each criteria row should contain 3 keys - "field", "op", or "value" based on these definitions:   Field = "date" : Select based on various dates we track Valid Op(eration): eq (is) / gt (after) / lt (before) Valid Values: string last_campaign_sent uses the date of the last campaign sent string campaign_id - uses the send date of the campaign that carriers the Id submitted - see campaigns() string YYYY-MM-DD - ny date in the form of YYYY-MM-DD - note: anything that appears to start with YYYY will be treated as a date   Field = "interests": Valid Op(erations): one / none / all Valid Values: a comma delimited of interest groups for the list - see listInterestGroups()   Field = "aim" Valid Op(erations): open / noopen / click / noclick Valid Values: "any" or a valid AIM-enabled Campaign that has been sent   Default Field = A Merge Var. Use Merge0-Merge15 or the Custom Tag you've setup for your merge field - see listMergeVars() Valid Op(erations): eq (=)/ne(!=)/gt(>)/lt(<)/like(like '%blah%')/nlike(not like '%blah%')/starts(like 'blah%')/ends(like '%blah') Valid Values: any string

Returns:

integer   -  total The total number of subscribers matching your segmentation options

Examples (2)

download example code

[1] mcapi_campaignSegmentTest.php

<?php
/**
This Example shows how to test a List Segment for use with a new campaign 
via the MCAPI class.
**/
require_once 'inc/MCAPI.class.php';
require_once 'inc/config.inc.php'; //contains apikey
 
$api = new MCAPI($apikey);
 
$conditions = array();
$conditions[] = array('field'=>'email', 'op'=>'like', 'value'=>'mailchimp');
$opts = array('match'=>'all', 'conditions'=>$conditions);
 
$retval = $api->campaignSegmentTest($listId, $opts );
 
if ($api->errorCode){
	echo "Unable to Segment Campaign!";
	echo "\n\tCode=".$api->errorCode;
	echo "\n\tMsg=".$api->errorMessage."\n";
} else {
	echo "Your Segement matched [".$retval."] members.\n";
}
 

[2] xml-rpc_campaignSegmentTest.php

<?php
/**
This Example shows how to test a List Segment for use with a new campaign using 
XML-RPC.
Note that we are using the PEAR XML-RPC2 client and recommend others do as well.
**/
require_once 'XML/RPC2/Client.php';
require_once 'inc/config.inc.php';
try {
    $client = XML_RPC2_Client::create($apiUrl);
 
    $conditions = array();
    $conditions[] = array('field'=>'email', 'op'=>'like', 'value'=>'mailchimp');
    $opts = array('match'=>'all', 'conditions'=>$conditions);
 
    $result = $client->campaignSegmentTest($apikey, $listId, $opts );
    echo "SUCCESS! \n";
    echo "Your segment matched ".$result." list members\n";
 
} catch (XML_RPC2_FaultException $e){
	echo "ERROR!!!!\n";
	echo $e->getFaultCode()." : ".$e->getFaultString()."\n";
}
echo "\n";