changed newsletter to use mailchimp

services/web/app/coffee/Features/Newsletter/NewsletterManager.coffee

@@ -1,37 +1,52 @@
 async = require('async')
-Request = require('request')
 logger = require 'logger-sharelatex'
 Settings = require 'settings-sharelatex'
+crypto = require('crypto')
+Mailchimp = require('mailchimp-api-v3')
+mailchimp = new Mailchimp(Settings.mailchimp?.api_key) if Settings.mailchimp?
 
 module.exports =
 	subscribe: (user, callback = () ->)->
-		if !Settings.markdownmail?
+		if !Settings.mailchimp?
 			logger.warn "No newsletter provider configured so not subscribing user"
 			return callback()
-		logger.log user:user, email:user.email, "trying to subscribe user to the mailing list"
 		options = buildOptions(user, true)
-		Request.post options, (err, response, body)->
-			logger.log body:body, user:user, "finished attempting to subscribe the user to the news letter"
+		logger.log options:options, user:user, email:user.email, "trying to subscribe user to the mailing list"
+		mailchimp.request options, (err)->
+			if err?
+				logger.err err:err, "error subscribing person to newsletter"
+			else
+				logger.log user:user, "finished subscribing user to the newsletter"
 			callback(err)
 
 	unsubscribe: (user, callback = () ->)->
-		if !Settings.markdownmail?
+		if !Settings.mailchimp?
 			logger.warn "No newsletter provider configured so not unsubscribing user"
 			return callback()
 		logger.log user:user, email:user.email, "trying to unsubscribe user to the mailing list"
 		options = buildOptions(user, false)
-		Request.post options, (err, response, body)->
-			logger.log err:err, body:body, email:user.email, "compled newsletter unsubscribe attempt"
+		mailchimp.request options, (err)->
+			if err?
+				logger.err err:err, "error unsubscribing person to newsletter"
+			else
+				logger.log user:user, "finished unsubscribing user to the newsletter"
 			callback(err)
 
+hashEmail = (email)->
+	crypto.createHash('md5').update(email.toLowerCase()).digest("hex")
+
 buildOptions = (user, is_subscribed)->
-	options =
-		json:
-			secret_token: Settings.markdownmail.secret 
-			name: "#{user.first_name} #{user.last_name}"
-			email: user.email
-			subscriber_list_id: Settings.markdownmail.list_id
-			is_subscribed: is_subscribed
-		url: "https://www.markdownmail.io/lists/subscribe"
-		timeout: 30 * 1000
-	return options
+	status =  if is_subscribed then "subscribed" else "unsubscribed"
+	subscriber_hash = hashEmail(user.email)
+	opts =
+		method: "PUT"
+		path: "/lists/#{Settings.mailchimp?.list_id}/members/#{subscriber_hash}"
+		body:
+			status_if_new: status
+			status: status
+			email_address:user.email
+			merge_fields:
+				FNAME: user.first_name
+				LNAME: user.last_name
+	return opts
+

services/web/config/settings.defaults.coffee

@@ -277,10 +277,10 @@ module.exports = settings =
 	# Third party services
 	# --------------------
 	#
-	# ShareLaTeX's regular newsletter is managed by Markdown mail. Add your
+	# ShareLaTeX's regular newsletter is managed by mailchimp. Add your
 	# credentials here to integrate with this.
-	# markdownmail:
-	# 	secret: ""
+	# mailchimp:
+	# 	api_key: ""
 	# 	list_id: ""
 	#
 	# Fill in your unique token from various analytics services to enable

services/web/package.json

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
     "lodash": "^4.13.1",
     "logger-sharelatex": "git+https://github.com/sharelatex/logger-sharelatex.git#master",
     "lynx": "0.1.1",
+    "mailchimp-api-v3": "^1.12.0",
     "marked": "^0.3.5",
     "method-override": "^2.3.3",
     "metrics-sharelatex": "git+https://github.com/sharelatex/metrics-sharelatex.git#v1.7.1",