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Reso
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5 years ago
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Syncing MYOB EXO mailing list to Mailchimp

I'm wanting to sync MYOB EXO with Mailchimp so that when a customer is added in EXO they're also added to mailchimp,   I have some experience working with PHP so i'm considering making an app for i...
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    Steve_Marriott
    5 years ago

    Hi Reso 

     

    That sounds about right to me.

     

    The App could reside anywhere you want as you will be calling the API which allows it to work from anywhere. If you wanted to write your App to run on the Windows Serever that Exo is running from then you could go direct to the SQL database to read the data from Exo, it possibly makes it easier as you will only have the mailchimp API to call. If you are writing back into Exo then I strongly suggest using the Exo API so its valid data being written back in.

     

    Hope that helps.

     

    Steve.

     

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Reso
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Steve_Marriott Ah so the app itself is creating the list from the data tables and then that would then tie in the mailchimp api so that it exports that list into my mailchimp audience?

 

As I currently understand it the app would function as follows:

 

  1. GET: {URI}/debtor (get all debtors)
  2. GET : data tables from each debtor (emails, names)
  3. Create List: List emails and names.
  4. GET: mailchimp audience web id
  5. Post list of names in audience "names" column
  6. Post list of emails in audience "emails" column

 

I have the code that would allow me to input data into my mailchimp audience it's just about getting the data I need from MYOB.

 

Would you say the next step would be to get access to the MYOB EXO API and then write the code I need to get the data tables I need, then tie in mailchimp so that it posts that data inside the correct audience and then finally paste that in MYOB EXO as the app?

 

Is there a specific place you would paste the app in EXO?

 

 

 

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Steve_Marriott
Valued Partner
5 years ago

Hi Reso 

 

That sounds about right to me.

 

The App could reside anywhere you want as you will be calling the API which allows it to work from anywhere. If you wanted to write your App to run on the Windows Serever that Exo is running from then you could go direct to the SQL database to read the data from Exo, it possibly makes it easier as you will only have the mailchimp API to call. If you are writing back into Exo then I strongly suggest using the Exo API so its valid data being written back in.

 

Hope that helps.

 

Steve.