python-mailchimp: Problem with client.lists.members.create

Hi all! I have a question: I need to create a list in mail chimp using your client application. I’m running

    client.lists.members.create('b51741db19', {
        'email_address': 'john.doe@example.com',
        'status': 'subscribed',
        'merge_fields': {
            'FNAME': 'John',
            'LNAME': 'Doe',
        },
    })

but it gives me errors such as requests.exceptions.HTTPError: 400 Client Error: Bad Request for url: https://us16.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists/b51741db19/members

Do I have to implement a sort of authentication? Thanks

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Created 7 years ago
Comments: 15 (1 by maintainers)

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I had the same problem today with client.lists.members.create and investigated the content of the 400 response:

{
    "type":"http://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/guides/error-glossary/",
    "title":"Invalid Resource",
    "status":400,
    "detail":"john.doe@example.com looks fake or invalid, please enter a real email address.",
    "instance":...
}

With a less obviously fake email address (john@mysite.com), it worked fine.

rebkwok on Sep 16, 2017