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I'm thinking the current way Merge variables are implemented needs to change. Take a look at this previous conversation and tell me what you think: #5

It sounds like maybe they should be converted to have either a dictionary of name/value pairs or some other type of 'generic object' that can get passed in -- is that correct?

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Hi, sorry for delayed reply. I have changed code this way, but i am not sure whether it is good idea or bad idea. Basically i have added generic methods, where you set type of merge variables container you wannt to use:

in mailchimp manager class from:
public MemberInfoResult GetMemberInfo
to:
public MemberInfoResult<MergeVarsType> GetMemberInfo<MergeVarsType>

in MemberInfoResult class from:
public class MemberInfoResult
to:
public class MemberInfoResult<MergeVarsType>

and property in that class:

[DataMember(Name = "data")]
public List<MemberInfo<MergeVarsType>> Data
{
get;
set;
}

class MemberInfo from:
public class MemberInfo
to:
public class MemberInfo<MergeVarsType>

and property in that class:

[DataMember(Name = "merges")]
public MergeVarsType MemberMergeInfo { get; set; }

there are more places, where are these changes needed, because memberinfo is used in other methods.

Then in my application I create my custom class which extends one provided by your api:

public class ListMergeVars : MergeVar
{
public string SIGNUP { get; set; }
}

which adds my additional merge variable.

and api call in my application code looks like this: var info = _api.GetMemberInfo<ListMergeVars>(

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And how about getting List merge_vars

I took a look at raw JSON response from https://us3.api.mailchimp.com/2.0/lists/merge-vars.json
I would create an object that would hold all of this

class MergeVar
{
Default
FieldType
...and so on
}

Then just to return List

even whole response could be presented as

class MergeVarResponse
{
public Data {get; set;}
}

class Data
{
public string Id
public List
}

The thing is I'm always "rebuilding" object structure using NewtonJSON so not sure how it will work for you with ServiceStack...

Generally would be nice to be able to retrieve a list of merge_vars for given list in whatever form.

If I would like to code my own solution but contribute here, should I create my own fork ?

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You should fork the repo, yes.

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