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Mailchimp Categories API

The Categories API from Mailchimp — 4 operation(s) for categories.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Mailchimp Categories API is one of 120 APIs that Mailchimp publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

This API exposes 4 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Categories. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an AsyncAPI specification, a JSON-LD context, an API reference, a getting-started guide, and 4 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 10 operations across 4 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 2.0, at version 3.0.55.

Requests are made against the base URL https://server.api.mailchimp.com/3.0.

10 operations 4 paths 0 schemas 2 DELETE4 GET2 PATCH2 POST

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 2.0
API Version
3.0.55
Base URL
https://server.api.mailchimp.com/3.0
Authentication
basic
Contact
Mailchimp API Support
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Mailchimp Categories API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It defines a basic scheme (basicAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 10

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 10 operations — 2 DELETE, 4 GET, 2 PATCH, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Categories 10
GET
/lists/{list_id}/interest-categories
Mailchimp List Interest Categories
getListsIdInterestCategories 6 params → 200default
POST
/lists/{list_id}/interest-categories
Mailchimp Add Interest Category
postListsIdInterestCategories 2 params → 200default
GET
/lists/{list_id}/interest-categories/{interest_category_id}
Mailchimp Get Interest Category Info
getListsIdInterestCategoriesId 4 params → 200default
PATCH
/lists/{list_id}/interest-categories/{interest_category_id}
Mailchimp Update Interest Category
patchListsIdInterestCategoriesId 3 params → 200default
DELETE
/lists/{list_id}/interest-categories/{interest_category_id}
Mailchimp Delete Interest Category
deleteListsIdInterestCategoriesId 2 params → 204default
GET
/lists/{list_id}/interest-categories/{interest_category_id}/interests
Mailchimp List Interests in Category
getListsIdInterestCategoriesIdInterests 6 params → 200default
POST
/lists/{list_id}/interest-categories/{interest_category_id}/interests
Mailchimp Add Interest in Category
postListsIdInterestCategoriesIdInterests 3 params → 200default
GET
/lists/{list_id}/interest-categories/{interest_category_id}/interests/{interest_id}
Mailchimp Get Interest in Category
getListsIdInterestCategoriesIdInterestsId 5 params → 200default
PATCH
/lists/{list_id}/interest-categories/{interest_category_id}/interests/{interest_id}
Mailchimp Update Interest in Category
patchListsIdInterestCategoriesIdInterestsId 4 params → 200default
DELETE
/lists/{list_id}/interest-categories/{interest_category_id}/interests/{interest_id}
Mailchimp Delete Interest in Category
deleteListsIdInterestCategoriesIdInterestsId 3 params → 204default

Specification

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Source

mailchimp-categories-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
mailchimp:mailchimp-categories-api
Base URL
https://server.api.mailchimp.com/3.0
Docs
https://mailchimp.com/developer/marketing/
Provider
Mailchimp
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