March 26th, 2023
Let's create a form to subscribe to our newsletter first.
1<form action="{{ route('newsletter') }}" method="post">2 @csrf3 <div class="flex flex-col justify-center max-w-sm mx-auto text-gold">4 <x-form.input type="text" name="email" placeholder="your.email@email.com" label="Your email:" class="text-center" />5 <x-button type="submit" class="mt-8">Subscribe</x-button>6 </div>7</form>Route
1Route::post('/newsletter', [NewsletterController::class, 'store'])->name('newsletter');install mailchimp
1composer require mailchimp/marketingsign in to mailchimp account, go to profile pic→account→extras→api keys: create API key
copy your API key to .env file in Laravel
1// .env2 3MAILCHIMP_KEY=your api key hereconfig/services.php add:
1'mailchimp' => [2 'key' => env('MAILCHIMP_KEY'),3 ]NewsletterController
validate request: 'required|email' - email is required and must be formatted as an email address.
create new MailchimpMarketing\ApiClient()
mailchimp setConfig (apiKey, server)
add email and status to mailchimp lists: addListMember() to your list
define to which list you want to save this email: in config/services.php (list number from Mailchimp)
1'mailchimp' => [2 'key' => env('MAILCHIMP_KEY'),3 'lists' => [4 'subscribers' => 'cbd7cb27b7',5 ]6] 1class NewsletterController extends Controller 2{ 3 public function store() 4 { 5 request()->validate([ 6 'email' => 'required|email' 7 ]); 8 9 $mailchimp = new \MailchimpMarketing\ApiClient();10 11 $mailchimp->setConfig([12 'apiKey' => config('services.mailchimp.key'),13 'server' => 'us6'14 ]);15 16 try {17 18 $response = $mailchimp->lists->addListMember(config('services.mailchimp.lists.subscribers'),[19 'email_address' => request('email'),20 'status' => 'subscribed'21 ]);22 23 } catch (\Exception $e) {24 throw ValidationException::withMessages([25 'email' => "This email could not be added"26 ]);27 }28 29 return back()->with('success', 'Uspesno ste se narocili na novice! Hvala.');30 31 }32}