How to send newly created campaign with mailchimp api v2? - php

Question

I am using mailchimp api v2. I am using the mailchimp recommended full api v2 php wrapper. I am able to create a campaign, but not sure how to send it. With the send method, It wants the campaign id, but I am letting mailchimp create the campaign id when creating the campaign.
My create campaign code looks like this:
$api_key = "my_api_key";
require('Mailchimp.php');
//Create Campaign
$Mailchimp = new Mailchimp($api_key);
$result = $Mailchimp->campaigns->create('regular',
array('list_id' => 'my_list_id',
'subject' => 'This is a test subject',
'from_email' => 'test#test.com',
'from_name' => 'From Name'),
array('html' => '<div>test html email</div>',
'text' => 'This is plain text.')
);
if( $result === false ) {
// response wasn't even json
echo 'didnt work';
}
else if( isset($result->status) && $result->status == 'error' ) {
echo 'Error info: '.$result->status.', '.$result->code.', '.$result->name.', '.$result->error;
} else {
echo 'worked';
}

Answer 1

This seems to be working for me.
$Mailchimp = new Mailchimp($api_key);
$result = $Mailchimp->campaigns->create('regular',
array('list_id' => 'my_list_id',
'subject' => 'This is a test subjects',
'from_email' => 'test#test.com',
'from_name' => 'From_Name'),
array('html' => '<div>test html email</div>',
'text' => 'This is plain text.')
);
if( $result === false ) {
// response wasn't even json
echo 'sorry';
}
else if( isset($result->status) && $result->status == 'error' ) {
echo 'Error info: '.$result->status.', '.$result->code.', '.$result->name.', '.$result->error;
} else {
echo 'worked';
$mySend = $Mailchimp->campaigns->send($result['id']);
}