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Mailchimp

Set up Mailchimp OAuth for email marketing and audience management

Connect your users to Mailchimp for email marketing campaigns, audience management, and subscriber data.

PropertyValue
Provider IDmailchimp
CategoryBusiness
PKCENot supported
Token refreshNot supported (permanent tokens)
Redirect URIShown in Developer Portal

Go to the Mailchimp OAuth2 page

Navigate to admin.mailchimp.com/account/oauth2 and sign in.

Register a new application

Click Register App and fill in the application name, description, and website URL.

Configure the redirect URI

Enter the Alter callback URL from the Developer Portal as the Redirect URI.

Get credentials

Copy the Client ID and Client Secret.

Open the Developer Portal

Go to portal.alterauth.com and navigate to the application.

Add Mailchimp provider

Go to OAuth Providers > Add Provider > Mailchimp.

Enter credentials

  • Client ID: Paste your Mailchimp Client ID
  • Client Secret: Paste your Mailchimp Client Secret

Save

Click Save. The provider is now active.

  • Mailchimp issues permanent (non-expiring) access tokens. There is no refresh token flow.
  • No scope selection is required — the token grants access to all Mailchimp API endpoints for the authenticated user.
  • Mailchimp uses a data center suffix in API URLs (e.g., us1). The API base URL is returned in the metadata endpoint after authorization.
  • See the Mailchimp OAuth2 guide for more details.

Alter policy rules can target these attested operations and families for operation-level and parameter-aware controls.

Operation IDFamiliesMethodProvider path
patchAutomationEmailWorkflowIdsendPATCH/automations/{workflow_id}/emails/{workflow_email_id}
patchCampaignsIdFeedbackIdsendPATCH/campaigns/{campaign_id}/feedback/{feedback_id}
postAutomationsIdEmailsIdActionsPausesendPOST/automations/{workflow_id}/emails/{workflow_email_id}/actions/pause
postAutomationsIdEmailsIdActionsStartsendPOST/automations/{workflow_id}/emails/{workflow_email_id}/actions/start
postAutomationsIdEmailsIdQueuesendPOST/automations/{workflow_id}/emails/{workflow_email_id}/queue
postCampaignsIdActionsCancelSenddelete, sendPOST/campaigns/{campaign_id}/actions/cancel-send
postCampaignsIdActionsCreateResendsendPOST/campaigns/{campaign_id}/actions/create-resend
postCampaignsIdActionsSendsendPOST/campaigns/{campaign_id}/actions/send
deleteEcommerceStoresIdOrdersIddelete, paymentDELETE/ecommerce/stores/{store_id}/orders/{order_id}
deleteEcommerceStoresIdOrdersIdLinesIddelete, paymentDELETE/ecommerce/stores/{store_id}/orders/{order_id}/lines/{line_id}
patchEcommerceStoresIdOrdersIdpaymentPATCH/ecommerce/stores/{store_id}/orders/{order_id}
patchEcommerceStoresIdOrdersIdLinesIdpaymentPATCH/ecommerce/stores/{store_id}/orders/{order_id}/lines/{line_id}
postEcommerceStoresIdOrderspaymentPOST/ecommerce/stores/{store_id}/orders
postEcommerceStoresIdOrdersIdLinespaymentPOST/ecommerce/stores/{store_id}/orders/{order_id}/lines
putEcommerceStoresIdOrdersIdpaymentPUT/ecommerce/stores/{store_id}/orders/{order_id}
deleteAutomationsIdEmailsIddeleteDELETE/automations/{workflow_id}/emails/{workflow_email_id}
deleteBatchWebhookIdadmin, deleteDELETE/batch-webhooks/{batch_webhook_id}
deleteBatchesIddeleteDELETE/batches/{batch_id}
deleteCampaignFoldersIddeleteDELETE/campaign-folders/{folder_id}
deleteCampaignsIddeleteDELETE/campaigns/{campaign_id}
deleteCampaignsIdFeedbackIddeleteDELETE/campaigns/{campaign_id}/feedback/{feedback_id}
deleteConnectedSitesIddeleteDELETE/connected-sites/{connected_site_id}
deleteEcommerceStoresIddeleteDELETE/ecommerce/stores/{store_id}
deleteEcommerceStoresIdCartsIddeleteDELETE/ecommerce/stores/{store_id}/carts/{cart_id}
deleteEcommerceStoresIdCartsLinesIddeleteDELETE/ecommerce/stores/{store_id}/carts/{cart_id}/lines/{line_id}
patchBatchWebhooksadmin, writePATCH/batch-webhooks/{batch_webhook_id}
patchListsIdMembersIdadmin, writePATCH/lists/{list_id}/members/{subscriber_hash}
patchListsIdMembersIdNotesIdadmin, writePATCH/lists/{list_id}/members/{subscriber_hash}/notes/{note_id}
patchListsIdWebhooksIdadmin, writePATCH/lists/{list_id}/webhooks/{webhook_id}
postListMemberEventsadmin, writePOST/lists/{list_id}/members/{subscriber_hash}/events
createAudienceContactwritePOST/audiences/{audience_id}/contacts
patchAudienceContactwritePATCH/audiences/{audience_id}/contacts/{contact_id}
patchEcommerceStoresIdCustomersIdwritePATCH/ecommerce/stores/{store_id}/customers/{customer_id}
patchFileManagerFilesIdwritePATCH/file-manager/files/{file_id}
patchFileManagerFoldersIdwritePATCH/file-manager/folders/{folder_id}
postAudiencesContactsActionsForgetwritePOST/audiences/{audience_id}/contacts/{contact_id}/actions/forget
postAutomationsIdActionsPauseAllEmailswritePOST/automations/{workflow_id}/actions/pause-all-emails
postAutomationsIdActionsStartAllEmailswritePOST/automations/{workflow_id}/actions/start-all-emails
getAudienceContactreadGET/audiences/{audience_id}/contacts/{contact_id}
getAudienceContactListreadGET/audiences/{audience_id}/contacts
getAutomationsIdEmailsreadGET/automations/{workflow_id}/emails
getAutomationsIdEmailsIdreadGET/automations/{workflow_id}/emails/{workflow_email_id}
getAutomationsIdEmailsIdQueuereadGET/automations/{workflow_id}/emails/{workflow_email_id}/queue
getAutomationsIdEmailsIdQueueIdreadGET/automations/{workflow_id}/emails/{workflow_email_id}/queue/{subscriber_hash}

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