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How to automate URL extraction, form input, and file download from an email through Zapier?

  • 19 January 2024
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I’m trying to setup a zap to handle the following and am having issues. Is this possible?

I receive emails that have a link to download a file. Clicking the link takes you to a validation page that has a single form input textbox to input the email address the email was sent to. Upon entering the email address and submitting the form the webpage automatically initiates a file download. The form is submitted via javascript. The url of the file itself isn’t visible in the page code.

I can setup the email trigger to get the initial URL and visit the page but I can’t get any Webhooks variation to work to POST the form.

Is this doable?


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Hi @chrisstidham 

That would likely involve front-end scripting (browser based) to automate the workflow, whereas Zaps are back-end automations between apps.