ChimpKit2

ChimpKit2 is a simple API wrapper for interacting with MailChimp API 1.3.

##Requirements

A MailChimp account and API key. You can see your API keys here.

ChimpKit2 includes requires ARC and iOS5.

##Installation

Add ChimpKit2 as a submodule of your git repo by doing something like:

cd myrepo
git submodule add https://github.com/mailchimp/ChimpKit2.git Lib/ChimpKit

##Usage

ChimpKit2 requests are designed for one-time use. To make a request first create an instance of ChimpKit:

ChimpKit *ck = [[ChimpKit alloc] initWithDelegate:self 
                                        andApiKey:@"<YOUR_API_KEY>"];

You may have noticed that we passed "self" as the delegate above. You should implement the "ChimpKitDelegate" protocol, which includes the following methods:

- (void)ckRequestSucceeded:(ChimpKit *)ckRequest {
    NSLog(@"HTTP Status Code: %d", [ckRequest responseStatusCode]);
    NSLog(@"Response String: %@", [ckRequest responseString]);
}

- (void)ckRequestFailed:(NSError *)error {
    NSLog(@"Response Error: %@", error);
}

Fetching data is as simple as calling callApiMethod:withParams: with the name of the desired API method on the wrapper object. Check the API documentation for details.

###Canceling Requests

You can cancel an in-progress request by passing the "cancel" message:

[ck cancel];

Controlling Timeout

ChimpKit2 defaults to a 10 second timeout. You can change that (globally) to 30 seconds like so:

[ChimpKit setTimeout:30];

Fetching Lists

[ck callApiMethod:@"lists" withParams:nil];

Subscribing an Email

NSMutableDictionary *params = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
[params setValue:@"<YOUR_LIST_ID>" forKey:@"id"];
[params setValue:@"[email protected]" forKey:@"email_address"];
[params setValue:@"true" forKey:@"double_optin"];
[params setValue:@"true" forKey:@"update_existing"];

NSMutableDictionary *mergeVars = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
[mergeVars setValue:@"First" forKey:@"FNAME"];
[mergeVars setValue:@"Last" forKey:@"LNAME"];
[params setValue:mergeVars forKey:@"merge_vars"];

[ck callApiMethod:@"listSubscribe" withParams:params];

MailChimp now supports OAuth2 and so does ChimpKit:

//You don't have to use a navigation controller, but we'll put a cancel button on it for you if you do
CKAuthViewController *authViewController = [[CKAuthViewController alloc] initWithClientId:@"<YOUR_CLIENT_ID>" 
																		  andClientSecret:@"<YOUR_CLIENT_SEEKRUT>"];
authViewController.delegate = self;
UINavigationController *navigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:authViewController];
[self presentModalViewController:navigationController animated:YES];

Your delegate must implement the CKAuthViewControllerDelegate protocol. The required methods are:

- (void)ckAuthSucceededWithApiKey:(NSString *)apiKey;
- (void)ckAuthFailedWithError:(NSError *)error;

Your delegate can optionally implement:

- (void)ckAuthUserDismissedView;

If you care to know when the user taps the cancel button.

##Copyrights

• Copyright (c) 2010-2012 The Rocket Science Group. Please see LICENSE.txt for details.
• MailChimp (c) 2001-2012 The Rocket Science Group.