Setup Guide

This guide walks you through creating a Mailchimp account, enabling the transactional email feature, and generating a Mandrill API key required to use the Mailchimp Transactional connector.

Prerequisites

• A Mailchimp account. If you do not have one, sign up for free.

Step 1: Log in to your Mailchimp account

1. Log in to your Mailchimp account at login.mailchimp.com.

2. Select your profile icon in the top-right corner to open the account menu.

   

Step 2: Enable transactional email

1. In the account menu, select Billing.

   

2. Under Monthly plans or credits, select the Transactional Email Plan (you can start with the demo plan).

   

Step 3: Generate a Mandrill API key

1. Navigate to the Extras section and select API keys.

   

2. Select Create A Mandrill API Key (not the regular API key). You are redirected to the MandrillApp dashboard.

   

3. In the MandrillApp dashboard, select + Add API Key to generate your key.

   

4. Copy the generated API key.

   

warning

Store your Mandrill API key securely. Do not commit it to source control. Use Ballerina's configurable feature and a Config.toml file to supply it at runtime.

What's next

• Action reference: Available operations