Title: HTTP error when inserting API key Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # HTTP error when inserting API key * [cinnamon2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cinnamon2/) * (@cinnamon2) * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-when-inserting-api-key-1/) * Good morning – when I try to connect with our API Key, I get this message: HTTP Error: Could not resolve host: ​.api.mailchimp.com (Could not contact DNS servers) * I have tried contacting Bluehost and they did not think it was a problem from their end, but rather from the Mailchimp side. Mailchimp suggested I contact you. This is what information I have gotten, the first set is from Mailchimp, the second from Bluehost. I appreciate any clarification you can offer!! 🙂 ** MAILCHIMP** To provide a bit of background, usually you have to connect via the URL for the data center your account is on. So, for example, an account on our us4 data center would be us4.api.mailchimp.com. But taking a look at that trace route, instead it’s trying to connect to ?.api.mailchimp.com, which does not exist. * If the plugin is not allowing you to enter the correct data center, or if it’s supposed to be filling that in automatically, you’ll want to contact the support team for that plugin. * **Bluehost gave me a trace route of what they were trying and it is this:** Here is the trace route that you can give to MailChimp to assist them in trouble shooting your connection problem: * [kalamamf@kalamamfgfacilitysepa.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-when-inserting-api-key-1/kalamamf@kalamamfgfacilitysepa.com?output_format=md)[ ~]# traceroute api.mailchimp.com traceroute to api.mailchimp.com (205.201.132.97), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets 1 66-147-240-3.unifiedlayer.com (66.147.240.3) 23.141 ms 23.436 ms 23.548 ms 2 port100.ar04.prov.acedc.net (199.58.199.113) 22.620 ms 22.661 ms 22.717 ms 3 be4012.ccr21.slc01.atlas.cogentco.com (38.104.174.197) 1.847 ms 1.961 ms 2.066 ms 4 be2087.ccr22.sfo01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.5.101) 17.376 ms be2086.ccr21.sfo01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.3.185) 17.596 ms 17.846 ms 5 be2015.ccr21.sjc04.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.7.174) 18.310 ms be2016.ccr21. sjc04.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.0.178) 18.598 ms 18.764 ms 6 xo.sjc04.atlas. cogentco.com (154.54.12.114) 17.730 ms 206.111.12.197.ptr.us.xo.net (206.111.12.197) 17.702 ms 17.854 ms 7 207.88.13.233.ptr.us.xo.net (207.88.13.233) 72.876 ms 75.101 ms 74.865 ms 8 te-3-0-0.rar3.denver-co.us.xo.net (207.88.12.57) 70.153 ms 70.134 ms 73.508 ms 9 te-4-2-0.rar3.dallas-tx.us.xo.net (207.88.12.41) 72.227 ms 72.057 ms 72.993 ms 10 te-4-0-0.rar3.atlanta-ga.us.xo.net (207.88.12.1) 73.483 ms 76.485 ms 76.399 ms 11 * * * 12 67.106.215.22.ptr.us.xo.net (67.106.215.22) 72.683 ms 71.333 ms 71.341 ms 13 * * * 14 * * * 15 * * * 16 * * * 17 * * * * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp-for-wp/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp-for-wp/) The topic ‘HTTP error when inserting API key’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/mailchimp-for-wp/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1224577) * [MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp-for-wp/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp-for-wp/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mailchimp-for-wp/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mailchimp-for-wp/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mailchimp-for-wp/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mailchimp-for-wp/reviews/) ## Tags * [http error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/http-error/) * 0 replies * 1 participant * Last reply from: [cinnamon2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cinnamon2/) * Last activity: [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-when-inserting-api-key-1/) * Status: not resolved