Best Way To Create An "email Subscribe" Feature With Mail Chimp? Native.newtextfield?

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

I’d like to give users of my app an option to subscribe to my email list.  What’s the best way to build this feature?  Use native.newTextField? Has anyone integrated this functionality with Mail Chimp before?

Thanks!

#2

native.newTextField() would be appropriate to collect their email.  I don’t have any experience with Mail Chimp and what you need to communicate with them, but it would likely be done with the network.request() API Call.

#3

Thanks, Rob.  It looks like the Mail Chimp API allows for an HTTP POST request to handle this:

http://apidocs.mailchimp.com/api/rtfm/listsubscribe.func.php

#4

Rob - is there a good tutorial around here to get me started on setting up an HTTP POST request with the network.request() API (I’ve never done this before)?  I’m sure it’s probably straightforward with the Mail Chimp API linked to above…

#5

native.newTextField() would be appropriate to collect their email.  I don’t have any experience with Mail Chimp and what you need to communicate with them, but it would likely be done with the network.request() API Call.

#6

Thanks, Rob.  It looks like the Mail Chimp API allows for an HTTP POST request to handle this:

http://apidocs.mailchimp.com/api/rtfm/listsubscribe.func.php

#7

Rob - is there a good tutorial around here to get me started on setting up an HTTP POST request with the network.request() API (I’ve never done this before)?  I’m sure it’s probably straightforward with the Mail Chimp API linked to above…

#8

Use the mod parse and let them input there email and then have a static password made up and then split the string by @ and use the first part as there username

#9

I had a request from a client to add the option for users to subscribe to a MailChimp list from within their app. I poked around on the MailChimp APIs and already have a rough working prototype that will ultimately allow for Corona devs to add a working MailChimp subscribe button/window with one line of code (once I get it cleaned up and modularized). All you’d need as the MailChimp list ID and a MailChimp API key. I’ve learned from past experience not to promise these sorts of things in a specific time frame (my coding time is sparse and sporadic), but once it’s ready I’ll post a link to it here.

#10

Please do thank you

#11

Use the mod parse and let them input there email and then have a static password made up and then split the string by @ and use the first part as there username

#12

I had a request from a client to add the option for users to subscribe to a MailChimp list from within their app. I poked around on the MailChimp APIs and already have a rough working prototype that will ultimately allow for Corona devs to add a working MailChimp subscribe button/window with one line of code (once I get it cleaned up and modularized). All you’d need as the MailChimp list ID and a MailChimp API key. I’ve learned from past experience not to promise these sorts of things in a specific time frame (my coding time is sparse and sporadic), but once it’s ready I’ll post a link to it here.

#13

Please do thank you

#14

Thanks, looking forward to this as well, it’s a key element to build a community.

#15

Thanks for the reminder @dimd - I actually built out a working module that you can see in practice in this free app: http://www.jasonschroeder.com/apps/spanish-school-bus/ (available on iOS, Google Play, Amazon). Just click on the “additional resources” button (the button icon looks like 4 books) and then the “for parents & teachers” button to see it.

It all works, but the implementation for that app was fairly custom - I just need to spend some time with the module to make it a little more “one size fits all” and document it. I’ll be sure to share it here once that’s done.

Thanks!

#16

App looks great ! (btw, small feedback: it would be nice to remind the user to put up some volume at the very beginning. I always have my volume down and the intro video felt weird until i realized probably there was a voiceover. An alternative could be to have subtitles.)

The mailchimp thingy looks very good too. I signed up, looking forward to receive an email =)

Also looking forward the share, that seems like an excellent module to add (i currently have users send me an email and i manually insert them in mailchimp, it is a complete nightmare ^^)

Thanks!

d.

#17

Thanks, looking forward to this as well, it’s a key element to build a community.

#18

Thanks for the reminder @dimd - I actually built out a working module that you can see in practice in this free app: http://www.jasonschroeder.com/apps/spanish-school-bus/ (available on iOS, Google Play, Amazon). Just click on the “additional resources” button (the button icon looks like 4 books) and then the “for parents & teachers” button to see it.

It all works, but the implementation for that app was fairly custom - I just need to spend some time with the module to make it a little more “one size fits all” and document it. I’ll be sure to share it here once that’s done.

Thanks!

#19

App looks great ! (btw, small feedback: it would be nice to remind the user to put up some volume at the very beginning. I always have my volume down and the intro video felt weird until i realized probably there was a voiceover. An alternative could be to have subtitles.)

The mailchimp thingy looks very good too. I signed up, looking forward to receive an email =)

Also looking forward the share, that seems like an excellent module to add (i currently have users send me an email and i manually insert them in mailchimp, it is a complete nightmare ^^)

Thanks!

d.