Setup
Connect to your Mailchimp app for OAuth
Cobalt offers both Key Based and OAuth 2.0 integration for Mailchimp. In this guide, we will look at the OAuth App setup process.
To setup your Mailchimp app in Cobalt for OAuth, you will need the following credentials from your Mailchimp account:
- Client ID
- Client Secret
Pre-requisites
- Mailchimp Developer account. You can create one here.
Creating an app in Mailchimp
To create a Mailchimp app and aquire the above mentioned credentials, please follow the steps mentioned below:
- Log in to your Mailchimp account.
- Click on the
Profile
icon in the top right > selectAccount and billing
> SelectExtras
> Click onRegistered Apps
.
![Navigation for App setup](https://mintlify.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/cobalt-55/images/Mailchimp/mailchimp_navigation.png)
- Click on
Register an App
button. - Go to your
Apps catalog
in Cobalt > Search forMailchimp
>Settings
>Use your credentials
>Callback Url
> Copy it. - In the App, enter
App name
,App description
andCompany/organization
> ProvideApp website
> paste the Callback Url underRedirect URL
> Click onCreate
. - Copy the Client ID and Client Secret displayed on the screen after App creation.
![Getting Credentials](https://mintlify.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/cobalt-55/images/Mailchimp/mailchimp_credentials.png)
Configuring credentials in Cobalt
App settings page lets you configure the authentication settings for an OAuth 2.0
based application. For your customers to provide you authorization to access their data,
they would first need to install your application. This page lets you set up your application credentials.
![Setting up application client credentials](https://mintlify.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/cobalt-55/images/Mailchimp/mailchimp_cobalt.png)
Cobalt lets you use pre-configured applications to play around. You can do so by selecting Use our credentials
. However, if you wish to use your own application,
select Use your own credentials
. Provide the aquired Client Id and Client secret and save it.
Actions and triggers
Once the above setup is completed, you can create orchestrations of your use-cases using Mailchimp actions and triggers. Following are the set of Mailchimp actions and triggers supported by Cobalt.