Title: Send Mailchimp API request
Last modified: February 3, 2018

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# Send Mailchimp API request

 *  Resolved [magaworks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/magaworks/)
 * (@magaworks)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/send-mailchimp-api-request/)
 * Can I send a Mailchimp API call after submission so I can trigger an automation
   in Mailchimp?
    How can I do that? Thanks

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 *  Plugin Contributor [yikesitskevin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yikesitskevin/)
 * (@yikesitskevin)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/send-mailchimp-api-request/#post-9938912)
 * Hi [@magaworks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/magaworks/),
 * I am not sure how to accomplish this. If you know what you need to send to MailChimp,
   you can send anything you want with our filters. However I do not know the API
   parameters required to “trigger an automation.”
 * Cheers,
    Kevin.
 * P.S. I am replying to your other ticket imminently 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [magaworks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/magaworks/)
 * (@magaworks)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/send-mailchimp-api-request/#post-9961866)
 * Thanks,
    I will investigate how Mailchimp API works. Then basically I need to
   use the trigger `add_action( 'yikes-mailchimp-form-submission', 'yikes_send_email_after_submission',
   10, 4 );` and send to Mailchimp. Is that it?
 *  Plugin Contributor [yikesitskevin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yikesitskevin/)
 * (@yikesitskevin)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/send-mailchimp-api-request/#post-9965273)
 * Hi [@magaworks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/magaworks/),
 * Yes that’s the correct hook to use. If you get more information as to which automation
   you’re trying to trigger I can help you form the API call.
 * Cheers,
    Kevin.
 *  Thread Starter [magaworks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/magaworks/)
 * (@magaworks)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/send-mailchimp-api-request/#post-9968325)
 * I will put this one resolved because you already help me figure out how to implement
   this.
    Now it it on my end to try and figure out the Mailchimp API, and when 
   I am able to understand it and do what I want I will come back to complete this
   answer to help others.
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by [magaworks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/magaworks/).

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 * Last reply from: [magaworks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/magaworks/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/send-mailchimp-api-request/#post-9968325)
 * Status: resolved