Mailchimp API

Get the list of merge tags for a given list, including their name, tag, and required setting

Section:

List Related

Parameters:

apikey

a valid API Key for your user account. Get by calling login()

id	the list id to connect to. Get by calling lists()

Returns:

array   -  list of merge tags for the list

Returned Fields:

string

name

Name of the merge field

char

req

Denotes whether the field is required (Y) or not (N)

string

tag

The merge tag that's used for forms and listSubscribe() and listUpdateMember()

Examples (1)

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[1] xml-rpc_listMergeVars.php

<?php
/**
This Example shows how retrieve the setup of your Merge Variables for a list 
using XML-RPC.
Note that we are using the PEAR XML-RPC 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);
 
	$result = $client->listMergeVars($apikey, $listId);
	echo "SUCCESS! \n";
	foreach($result as $i=>$var){
	    echo "Var #$i:\n";
	    echo "\tTag: ". $var['tag']."\n";
	    echo "\tName: ". $var['name']."\n";
	    echo "\tRequired: ". $var['req']."\n";
 
	}
} catch (XML_RPC2_FaultException $e){
	echo "ERROR!!!!\n";
	echo 'code: '.$e->getFaultCode()."\n";
	echo 'msg : '.$e->getFaultString()."\n";
}
echo "\n";