integrate mailchimp api in asp.net

Question

I am integrating mailchimp api in asp.net.

web.config:

<add key="APIKey" value="XXXX9dsfij4yZXXXXXXXXXX-XXXX" />

in code

using mailchimp;

IMailChimpManager manager = new MailChimpManager();

when I see what's in 'manager' object, it's null.

how do i get api key from web.config file?

I think you missed API Key to initialize, it should be `IMailChimpManager manager = new MailChimpManager(*API KEY*);` — Selim Yildiz, Jun 26 '20 at 06:22
how can I access api key from code when i put key in web.config file? — User27, Jun 26 '20 at 06:56
You can read API key via `ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["APIKey"];` you need to add `System.Configuration` reference to use `ConfigurationManager`. — Selim Yildiz, Jun 26 '20 at 07:00

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 26 '20 at 07:14

According to: https://github.com/brandonseydel/MailChimp.Net/blob/master/README.md You have two options here.

First, you can manually read API key from config:

using mailchimp;
using System.Configuration;

//Read API key from config
var apiKey= ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["APIKey"];

IMailChimpManager manager = new MailChimpManager(apiKey);

Second option is that you can change read key to MailChimpApiKey, so change

<add key="APIKey" value="XXXX9dsfij4yZXXXXXXXXXX-XXXX" />

to

<add key="MailChimpApiKey" value="XXXX9dsfij4yZXXXXXXXXXX-XXXX" />

In that case you don't need to pass API key:

using mailchimp;

IMailChimpManager manager = new MailChimpManager();

integrate mailchimp api in asp.net

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