A wrapper and Laravel integration for Drew McLellan's Mailchimp v3

• composer require nztim/mailchimp
• For Laravel 5 support:
  • Add the service provider to config/app.php: NZTim\Mailchimp\MailchimpServiceProvider::class,
  • Register the facade: 'Mailchimp' => NZTim\Mailchimp\MailchimpFacade::class,
  • Add .env value for MC_KEY (API key)

• For Laravel 5, the Mailchimp facade or container instantiation is available, this requires the .env value for the API key
• Mailchimp::check($listId, $emailAddress) checks to see if an email address is subscribed to a list, returns boolean
• Mailchimp::subscribe($listId, $emailAddress, $mergeFields = [], $confirm = false) - adds a new subscriber to the list.
  • $mergeFields - optional array of merge fields
  • $confirm - optional boolean, true = send confirmation email, false = immediately subscribe (permission already obtained)
• Errors
  • All methods return false for errors
  • Check Mailchimp::error() after a request to see if there was a problem.
  • Typical errors include networking/communications, incorrect API key, list doesn't exist
• Gotchas: the API throws an error when you
  • Specify a merge field name with incorrect capitalisation
  • Omit a required merge field when adding a new member