mail chimp API update

[CMCarlin]

Hi

I got this email.. Im thinking this has to do with the emember plugin since this is the only thing that I have that uses its API.

Im assuming we will need an update?

email…

Dear Chris,

Your MailChimp account is using the login() API method which will be disabled in the near future – click that link for more information on what an API is. Basically it means your web site or other application is programatically accessing your account behind the scenes – in the most common (and simple) cases many folks are using this for some sort of subscribe/signup form for their list.

This means code you are relying on will most likely stop working – in the mean time, your code will start running slower and slower.

If you are not a developer or programmer:

Are you using a plugin for your WordPress, Joomla!, Drupal, Magento, etc. site? If so, make sure you’ve upgraded to the most recent version, then ask the developers of it if they’ve fixed their code. If the code is publicly available, we can also take a look at it if you post the details of it in the API Google Group

For Joomla! in particular, we know that mod_mailchimp2 uses login() and has not released an update. Your options are:

if code doesn’t scare you too much, modify it like this

change to using the latest ChimpYourJoomla

check out the other Joomla! plugins available

If you are the administrative contact for this MailChimp account and are confused, please forward this on to your IT/technical folks, developer(s)

If none of that applies and you had a custom integration done, you may need to hire one of the experts listed here (or most any programmer familiar with your system – this is a quick and easy fix)

If you are a developer or programmer, keep reading…

Shutdown Details

Your API implementation is using the login() method and should not be. You have used it 2 times in the past week, which is 2 times more than you should have

As previously announced here, delays are being added every time a call to login() is made.

This will cause your code to slow down.

As per the link above, the schedule for adding delays is:

2011-08-22 : 1 second delay will be introduced

2011-09-05 : 2 second delay will be introduced

2011-10-03 : 4 second delay will be introduced

2011-10-31 : 6 second delay will be introduced

2011-11-21 : 10 second delay will be introduced

< we’re not that mean, take your holidays >

2012-01-16 : bye, bye login() method

You can fix this by:

If you are using an API wrapper, grab the latest version and make sure your username/password is nowhere in your code. This is basically the same as:

Hard code an API Key into your code (that’s what login() returns anyway) and you are likely done – get an API Key here .

Use the new OAuth2 support

Once your use of the login() method ceases, we will stop contacting you about this.

[Peter]

Hi,

This should explain what you need to do:

https://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forums/topic/mailchimp-autoresponder-api-changes

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