Automation for sending Discourse invite after user signs up for Mailchimp list

[Millions (Rachel)]

I’m trying to find some sort of automation to connect my Mailchimp list form to automatically send a Discourse invite when someone new signs up for the Mailchimp list. I tried to utilize Zapier for this, but this automation is not one they offer.

Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks for your help!

[justin (Justin DiRose)]

You can use Zapier for it, but it’s a bit more complex than their integrated offerings.

Here’s a guide on how to set it up!

Automate sending Discourse invite emails with Zapier

The Discourse API can be used to automate sending invitation emails from your forum when an action on an is performed on an external application. For many applications, you can use Zapier to set this up without having to write any code. A common use case for this is to invite users to your forum when they purchase a product or signup on an external service. For the example in this topic I will use the Zapier WordPress integration to trigger sending an invite from Discourse when a new user sign…

[Millions (Rachel)]

Awesome, that worked! Thanks so much for the help!