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Mailchimp Transactional

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Mailchimp Transactional (Mandrill) (opens in a new tab) is a transactional email service that sends automated and personalized transactional emails.

Prerequisites

In order to integrate with Mailchimp Transactional, you'll need to collect the following information:

NameDescription
Domain*Mailchimp Transactional's API URL (default: mandrillapp.com/api/1.0)
API key*Your Mailchimp Transactional API Key. Follow Mailchimp's docs to retrieve your key (opens in a new tab).

Integrating with Mailchimp Transactional

To integrate an existing system with Mailchimp Transactional:

  1. Navigate to Data mapView Systems and choose the system that you want to connect.
  2. Click on the Integrations tab.
  3. Pick the vendor or system type that you want to integrate with from the Connection type drop-down menu.
  4. Complete the required fields for the integration and click Save.

You may confirm your connection is working using the Test connection button, if desired.

To learn more, please see our guide for Managing Integrations.

Technical detail

Fides utilizes API endpoints to access the API service for a SaaS application. An API service is the programmatic interface through which Fides can query and update data within an application to access, rectify, or delete personal information. Each SaaS tool will have a unique set of endpoints to enable privacy functions.

Mailchimp Transactional endpoints

In the table below, you can find which endpoints are used for each type of privacy function. Clicking on the endpoint will take you to the documentation for that endpoint.

Privacy functionEndpointDescription
Consent RequestsAllowlist Additions (opens in a new tab)Allows users to receive emails by adding them to the Allowlist
Consent RequestsAllowlist Removals (opens in a new tab)Prevents users from receiving emails by removing them from the Allowlist
Consent RequestsDenylist Additions (opens in a new tab)Prevents users from receiving emails by adding them to the Denylist