Where do I find the workflow id of an automation in Mailchimp?

Question

I would like to use Mailchimp Api 3.0 to add a subscriber to an automation workflow, but I can't find where the workflow_id or workflow_email_id are located... this is from the documentation:

POST /automations/{workflow_id}/emails/{workflow_email_id}/queue Add a subscriber to a workflow email

http://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/reference/automations/emails/queue/

Can anyone tell me to find it? It's probably somewhere really obvious. I mean the list_id is well covered, but I can't find any info about this.

Estivation

It seems like I have found the answer, so for anyone who may have had the same question, here is what you need to do to get the workflow id: Using the API endpoint: Get automations developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/reference/… You'll see that the Response body parameters return everything about the automations, including the id. – Estivation

Instead of posting a comment containing the answer, please post your own answer below and accept it 48 hours later, so it can help anyone who read this question. – Durant

Thanks @Durant I've answered the question now. – Estivation

Answer 1

The answer is found in the official mailchimp knowledge base: It explains that you simply go into the workflow and read the id from the URL.

Other ways to get id information about anything:

1. Using the API endpoint, detailed here: http://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/reference/automations/ You'll see that the Response body parameters return everything about the automations, including the id.
2. Probably the easier way: use the developer playground https://us1.api.mailchimp.com/playground/?_ga=1.218336095.774374564.1480036371

So, once you set up your lists and automations, go into the playground, and you'll find all the ids you'll need for everything.

Estivation

Using the playground worked to get the automation id but reading the url from the workflow did not work for me. The url looked like "...mailchimp.com/campaigns/wizard/autocampaigns?id=1922417" and "1922417" was not the workflow id – Guerin

Answer 2

I found this confusing as well. Here is how I got the answer:

1. Send a GET request to https://us9.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/automations to find the workflow_id
2. With the workflow_id, send a GET request to https://us9.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/automations/<workflow_id>/emails to find the workflow_email_id. The workflow_email_id will be the "id" in the array that's returned.
3. From there you can make POST requests to https://us9.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/automations/<workflow_id>/emails/<workflow_email_id>/queue

Keep in mind you might need to subscribe an email address to a list first for the post request to work. To subscribe you can use: https://us9.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/<list_id> with your data:

{
  "members": [{
        "email_address" : "[email protected]",
        "status": "subscribed"
  }]
}

Ligroin

This is the answer that works for me. Also, using MailChim.Net.V3, you can call mailChimpManager.Automations.GetAllAsync(). Then from the results use the Id and call mailChimpManager.AutomationEmails.GetAllAsync(workflowId) as suggested above. – Agrigento