Add Python POST examples

python/config.py

@@ -4,20 +4,20 @@
 
 class MailChimpConfig:
     def __init__(self):
-        if os.path.isfile('../APIKEY') == False:
+        if os.path.isfile('APIKEY') == False:
             print "Please enter your API Key into the APIKEY file as mentioned in README.md"
             sys.exit()
-
-        f = open('../APIKEY', 'r+')
+        
+        f = open('APIKEY', 'r+')
         apikey = f.read().strip()
         f.close()
-
+        
         parts = apikey.split('-')
         if len(parts) != 2:
             print "This doesn't look like an API Key: " + apikey
             print "The API Key should have both a key and a server name, separated by a dash, like this: abcdefg8abcdefg6abcdefg4-us1"
             sys.exit()
-
+        
         self.apikey = apikey
         self.shard = parts[1]
         self.api_root = "https://" + self.shard + ".api.mailchimp.com/3.0/"

python/create_campaign.py

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+# This example shows a basic POST request to create a new campaign
+# See below, there are several variables you need to update
+
+import requests # Need to install
+import json
+from config import MailChimpConfig
+
+config = MailChimpConfig()
+
+path = 'campaigns'
+endpoint = config.api_root + path
+
+# Create metadata for campaign
+# See: http://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/reference/campaigns/
+meta = {}
+
+meta['recipients'] = {
+    # Insert recipient list ID here
+    # See: Lists > Settings > List name and campaign defaults for ID
+    'list_id': 'ABCDE12345'
+}
+
+meta['settings'] = {
+    'subject_line': 'New product announcement!', # Subject line 
+    'from_name': 'Your company', # From name
+    'title': '1/1/16: New product', # Campaign title
+    'inline_css': True, # Automatically inline CSS
+    'fb_comments': False, # Facebook comments
+    'auto_footer': False, # Auto MailChimp footer
+    'to_name': '*|FNAME|* *|LNAME|*', # To name (See merge tag cheat sheet: http://kb.mailchimp.com/merge-tags/all-the-merge-tags-cheat-sheet)
+    'folder_id': '', # Put campaign in folder
+    'reply_to': '[email protected]', # Reply-to email
+    'auto_tweet': False, # Auto tweet newsletter
+}
+
+meta['type'] = 'regular' # Campaign type
+
+#print meta
+
+# JSON-ify metadata
+payload = json.dumps(meta)
+
+#print payload
+
+# Send  post request
+response = requests.post(endpoint, auth=('apikey', config.apikey), data=payload)
+
+#print response.json()
+
+try:
+    response.raise_for_status()
+    body = response.json()
+    id = body['id']
+    # Print out new campaign ID to do something else with it (like set content)
+    print id
+except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as err:
+    print "\n\n\nError: %s" % err

python/folders.py

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+""" This example demonstrates showing some basic details about your folders
+Below you can see examples of pagination as well as partial response
+"""
+
+import requests
+import json
+try:
+    import urlparse
+except ImportError:
+    from urllib import parse as urlparse
+from config import MailChimpConfig
+
+
+config = MailChimpConfig()
+
+endpoint = urlparse.urljoin(config.api_root, 'campaign-folders')
+params = {
+    # With Partial Response, you choose which fields you want to see
+    'fields': 'folders.id,folders.name,folders.stats.member_count',
+    # Pagination in API v3.0 is always done with count and offset
+    'count': 10, 'offset': 0
+}
+
+total_folders = 0
+
+while True:
+    response = requests.get(endpoint, auth=('apikey', config.apikey),
+                            params=params, verify=False)
+
+    try:
+      response.raise_for_status()
+      body = response.json()
+    except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as err:
+        print "Error: {} {}".format(str(response.status_code), err)
+        print json.dumps(response.json(), indent=4)
+        break
+    except ValueError:
+        print "Cannot decode json, got %s" % response.text
+        break
+
+    if len(body['folders']) == 0:
+        break
+
+    total_folders += len(body['folders'])
+
+    for folder in body['folders']:
+        print u'%s: %s' % (
+            folder['id'],
+            folder['name'])
+
+    params['offset'] += params['count']
+
+print "\n" + str(total_folders) + " folders found."

python/requirements.txt

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+requests==2.11.0

python/test_email.py

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+# This example shows a basic POST request that sends a test email.
+
+import requests # Need to install
+import json
+from config import MailChimpConfig
+
+config = MailChimpConfig()
+
+# Set your variables here
+campaign_id = 'ABCD1234' # INSERT CAMPAIGN ID HERE
+test_email = ["[email protected]"] # INSERT TEST EMAIL HERE
+
+test = "campaigns/{0}/actions/test".format(campaign_id)
+endpoint = config.api_root + test
+
+payload = json.dumps({'test_emails': test_email, 'send_type': 'html'})
+
+#print  "\nPayload: " + payload
+
+response = requests.post(endpoint, auth=('apikey', config.apikey), data=payload)
+
+#print "\nURL: " + response.url + "\n\n"
+
+try:
+    response.raise_for_status()
+    print "\n\n Test sent \n\n"
+except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as err:
+    print '\n\n\nError: %s' % err