In this video, we are going to guide you on how to create your CCB API login, enable the required service, enter into CCBChimp and authorize it.

Step 1. Login to your CCB account. NOTE: You will need to login as an administrator (or as someone with admin privileges) to create a new API user.

Step 2. Click on ‘Settings’ (Gear Icon). Click on ‘API’.

Step 3. You will see the API summary screen. Click on ‘Add a new API User’ (located to the right of the summary screen).

Step 4. You will see the New API user form. Complete the form with the required information. NOTE: CCB passwords can only be characters and numbers (no special characters) with at least one number.

Step 5. Make a note of your API username and password. You will need it later.

Step 6. Click ‘Save’ (located at the bottom, right-hand corner of the form).

Step 7. You will again see the API summary screen. Click on the ‘Users’ tab.

Step 8. Select your user from the list of users. Click on the ‘Services’ tab.

Step 9. You will see a list of services. You need to select the services which will allow CCB and CCBChimp to communicate correctly. Select each of these 8 services:

execute_search

execute_advanced_search

group_participants

group_profiles

group_profile_from_id

individual_search

saved_advanced_search_list

search_list

Step 10. Click ‘Save’ (located at the bottom, right-hand corner of the services list).

Step 11. You will see the API summary screen. Look at the line ‘Your API URL’. Make a note of your account name. This is the word between the double slash and the ‘.ccbchurch’. For example, in the URL “https://multisite.ccbchurch.com/api.php”, the account name is “multisite”.