SPF Validator API + Mailchimp Integration

Why connect them

The SPF Validator API in Mailchimp.

Mailchimp is the leading email marketing platform for businesses of all sizes. Integrating APIs with Mailchimp enables automated list cleaning, real-time subscriber enrichment, and data-driven segmentation. Send better emails to verified, enriched audiences.

What you can build

Workflows worth wiring.

Validate all new subscriber emails before adding them to your lists

Automatically tag subscribers based on their geolocation data

Clean your existing lists by identifying invalid or risky email addresses

Enrich subscriber profiles with timezone data for optimal send time optimization

Templates

Ready-made ideas.

New campaign created Validate SPF → warn if spf_valid is false

Check sender domain SPF before campaigns

Before sending a Mailchimp campaign, validate your sending domain's SPF record. Warn if spf_valid is false or issues_found is non-empty.

New subscriber added Validate SPF → tag by SPF status

Verify subscriber domain SPF records

Validate the SPF record for new subscriber email domains. Tag subscribers whose domains have has_spf_record set to false.

Setup

Connect it in a few steps.

Set up with Zapier

1
Set the trigger. Create a Zap with Mailchimp as the trigger app and "New subscriber" as the event. Connect your account.
2
Add the API action. Add APIVerve as the action, select the SPF Validator API, and map your trigger data to the request.
3
Send it back. Add a second Mailchimp action for "Add subscriber" and map the returned fields (like host) into it.
4
Test & turn on. Test the Zap with real data to confirm the mapping, then turn it on.

Set up with Make

1
Add the trigger. Create a scenario and add a Mailchimp module set to "New subscriber". Authenticate your account.
2
Call the API. Add an HTTP module pointing at api.apiverve.com/v1/spfvalidator with your x-api-key header. Pass the trigger's data as the input.
3
Parse & map. Add a JSON module to read the response, then a Mailchimp module for "Add subscriber". Map fields like data.host into place.
4
Activate. Run once to confirm the mapping, then switch the scenario on and set its schedule.

Set up with n8n

1
Add the trigger node. Start a workflow with a Mailchimp trigger node for "New subscriber" and connect your credentials.
2
Add an HTTP Request node. Point it at api.apiverve.com/v1/spfvalidator using Header Auth (x-api-key). Feed in the trigger data.
3
Map with expressions. Add a Mailchimp node for "Add subscriber" and reference the response with expressions such as {{ $json.data.host }}.
4
Execute & activate. Execute manually to verify, then activate the workflow for production.

The payload

What Mailchimp receives.

host"myspace.com"

has_spf_recordtrue

dns_lookups_num9

spf_record"v=spf1 mx ip4:63.208.226.34 ip4:204.16.32.0/22 ip4:67.134…"

spf_records_listarray of 9

domains_extractedarray of 9

SPF Validator API + Mailchimp