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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​

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.

    Mailchimp dashboard

    Profile menu

Step 2: Enable transactional email​

  1. In the account menu, select Billing.

    Billing section

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

    Transactional email plan

Step 3: Generate a Mandrill API key​

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

    Extras section

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

    Mandrill API key selection

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

    MandrillApp dashboard

  4. Copy the generated API key.

    Copy 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​