johnholdun · May 11, 2019 03:20 · May 11, 2019
diff --git a/create_campaign.rb b/create_campaign.rb
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+require 'rest-client'
+require 'json'
+require 'yaml'
+require 'opengraph_parser'
+require 'open-uri'
+
+# Generate a new Mailchimp campaign from a page one your website. I used to use 
+# this with a purpose-built template in my static site generator that 
+# automatiacally set up my most recent post as an email, just the way I liked 
+# it. You'll probably need to make some changes to suit your needs but you're 
+# already off to a great start! Good luck!
+
+# A URL on the web where your content already exists
+ARTICLE_URL = 'https://example.com/email/'.freeze
+MAILCHIMP_API_KEY = 'CHANGEME'.freeze
+FROM_NAME = 'Your Name'.freeze
+REPLY_TO = 'you@example.com'.freeze
+
+# Oh yeah, this script also spits out text you can share on Twitter or whatever. 
+# For that it uses these two CSS selectors to fetch a permalink and a little 
+# description snippet from your webpage.
+PERMALINK_SELECTOR = '.permalink'
+SUMMARY_SELECTOR = '.preview-text'
+
+MAILCHIMP_DATA_CENTER = MAILCHIMP_API_KEY.split('-').last.freeze
+BASE_API_URL = "https://#{MAILCHIMP_DATA_CENTER}.api.mailchimp.com/3.0".freeze
+
+# This script assumes you're using OpenGraph tags.
+article = OpenGraph.new(ARTICLE_URL)
+html = open(ARTICLE_URL).read.force_encoding('UTF-8').encode('UTF-8')
+
+payload = {
+  type: 'regular',
+  recipients: { list_id: 'acad6b38c1' },
+  settings: {
+    subject_line: article.title,
+    title: article.title,
+    from_name: FROM_NAME,
+    reply_to: REPLY_TO,
+    to_name: '*|FNAME|*',
+    inline_css: true
+  }
+}
+
+response =
+  RestClient.post \
+    "#{BASE_API_URL}/campaigns",
+    payload.to_json,
+    'Authorization' => "apikey #{MAILCHIMP_API_KEY}"
+
+body = JSON.parse(response, symbolize_names: true)
+
+campaign_id = body[:id]
+
+payload = { html: html }
+
+response =
+  RestClient.put \
+    "#{BASE_API_URL}/campaigns/#{campaign_id}/content",
+    payload.to_json,
+    'Authorization' => "apikey #{MAILCHIMP_API_KEY}"
+
+body = JSON.parse(response, symbolize_names: true)
+
+puts body.to_yaml
+
+puts '---'
+
+document = Nokogiri::HTML(html)
+
+permalink = document.css(PERMALINK_SELECTOR).first[:href]
+
+puts "#{article.title} • #{document.css(SUMMARY_SELECTOR).inner_html.strip} #{permalink}"