stickoking / newsletter

This is a simple email list server with MailChimp Integration.

Newsletter

Description

This is a simple newsletter / email list signup server with MailChimp Integration. This project is using express.js server, feel free to use it on your own application.

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Getting Started

Node installation

• Head over to Node and install Node.js

Package Manager Installation

NPM Package Manager

• Note, npm is automatically installed with Node there is no need for additional installation

Yarn Package Manager

• Installation
  • Run the following command in your terminal.

npm install -g yarn

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Setting Up Dependencies

NPM

• Run the following command in your terminal

npm install

Yarn

• Run the following command in your terminal

yarn

Note* You only need to run one of the above depending on the choice of package manager you wish to use, please ensure you're in the directory of the project on your terminal when setting up dependencies.

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Code setup with your mailchimp account.

Open App.js file, head to line 23 and edit the following code.

 const url = 'https://usX.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/listID key'

1. Replace usX with the .usX value at the end of your mailchimp api key where X is a numeric value such as us1
2. Replace listID with your mailchimp listID key.

In the App.js file head over to line 29

 const options = {
        method: "POST",
        auth: "username:apiKey"
    }

• Replace the username:apiKey with the following
  1. username with your mailchimp username
  2. apiKey with your mailchimp api key

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