dotConnect for MailChimp

Connect MailChimp Data With .NET Application Easily

dotConnect for MailChimp is an ADO.NET provider for working with MailChimp data through the standard ADO.NET or Entity Framework interfaces. It allows you to easily integrate MailChimp data into your .NET applications, and integrate MailChimp services with widely used data-oriented technologies.

dotConnect for MailChimp has the same standard ADO.NET classes as other standard ADO.NET providers: MailChimpConnection, MailChimpCommand, MailChimpDataAdapter, MailChimpDataReader, MailChimpParameter, etc. This allows you quickly get started with it and eliminates the need to study any MailChimp data access specificities.

dotConnect for MailChimp makes it simple to create .NET applications in C#, VB, or other languages, working with MailChimp data. It's powerful design-time editors together with seamless Visual Studio integration allow you to work with MailChimp data with less efforts and less code writing. See how easy it is with dotConnect for MailChimp.

Features

• Access live MailChimp store data
• Perform aggregations & JOINs for data analysis
• Encrypted connections protect your data
• Improves performance by processing queries locally
• Simplifies data access with Entity Framework integration
• Design EF models visually in your IDE
• Streamlines development with design-time features
• Simplifies data access and manipulation in Visual Studio

Compatibility

The following table show which version of this package to use with which version of frameworks.

More information here

Usage

To establish a connection to server you have to provide the required connection parameters to dotConnect for Mailchimp. This information is used by MailChimpConnection component to connect to Mailchimp. The parameters are represented as a connection string. You can compose the connection string manually or have dotConnect for Mailchimp construct it for you.

The following connection string parameters are required:

API Key - a key that grant access to your MailChimp account. The easiest way to get it is to create a connection at design-time or in the Server Explorer, by performing the procedure described below.

API Version - MailChimp API version to use - V2 or V3. If you omit this parameter, MailChimp API V2 are used.

This snippet directly configures a MailChimp connection using a connection string.

mailchimpConnection.ConnectionString = "domain=192.168.10.68/mailchimp;user=Test;apikey=testpassword;";

Read the full documentation for connection here.

Creating Connection in Server Explorer

To create a Server Explorer connection, you just need to:

1. Click Connect to Database on the Server Explorer toolbar 2. If the MailChimp Data Source is not selected by default, click the Change button. 3. Select MailChimp Data Source (dotConnect for MailChimp) and click OK. 4. Specify the MailChimp API Path, your user id and authentication token.

Power of SQL

dotConnect for MailChimp allows you to perform SQL queries against your MailChimp data. Use SQL statements to work with MailChimp accounts, contacts, leads, contracts, products, campaigns opportunities, and other objects.

Our provider offers full CRUD (Create, Read, Update, and Delete) support and allows you to get MailChimp data with SELECT statements and manage data with INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE statements.

No need to study and use complex MailChimp API, just use familiar SQL statements. You may use complex JOINs, WHERE conditions, etc. - all the SQL benefits, not available with MailChimp API.

Entity Framework Support

dotConnect for MailChimp allows you to access MailChimp data via Entity Framework - Microsoft's recommended data access technology. It supports Entity Framework and Entity Framework Core, and enables you to use the following Entity Framework features with MailChimp data:

• LINQ to Entities (no need for MailChimp API)
• Entity relations with lazy/eager loading
• No need to post each edited/created object separately - a single SaveChanges() call to persist all the changed objects

dotConnect for MailChimp provides enhanced Entity Framework support for MailChimp data with a bundled visual designer for ORM models with Visual Studio integration - Entity Developer. Standard Visual Studio Entity Data Model designer is also supported.

MailChimp Data Binding

• Build your data access layer without writing code manually
• Configure dotConnect for MailChimp components in powerful design-time editors
• Bind data grids and other controls to MailChimp data just by configuring the smart tags
• Work with MailChimp data just like with a database

License

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Trial Limitations

The dotConnect for MailChimp Evaluation License lets you try dotConnect for MailChimp Trial Edition for a period of 30 days. You may not use applications developed using Trial versions of the Software for any commercial purposes.

Support Area

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