How to find API URL and Key

To connect Mailchimp and Dynamics 365 CRM, API URL and API key from Mailchimp account is necessary. Follow the steps given below to obtain the same.

API Key

  • First, log into the existing Mailchimp account or create a new account.

  • Go to Account --> Extras --> Click on API keys.

  • Navigate to 'Your API keys' section. If you already have an API key listed and you would like to use it, simply copy it for connecting to your Mailchimp account otherwise, click on ‘Create A Key’ button.

  • The key will be created shortly. This will be the API key.

API URL

  • Log into the existing Mailchimp account or create a new account.

  • The general format of the API URL is like this – https://{dc}.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/

  • To get the {dc} for your URL, look at the URL in your browser. On the home page of Mailchimp, you’ll see something like https://us5.admin.mailchimp.com/. Here, the us5 part is the server prefix (dc). Note that your specific (dc) value may be different.,

  • So in the above example, your API URL would be https://us5.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/

  • Now use the API URL and API key to connect Mailchimp account with Dynamics 365 CRM.

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