Hi @Milkebay
Look into Digest by Zapier: https://zapier.com/apps/digest/help
Hi @Troy Tessalone!
Seems like a solution for merging it together, thanks!
Yet, still have to find a way to collect and send this data properly
Hi @Milkebay
If you have RSS feeds, you can use RSS by Zapier: https://zapier.com/apps/rss/help
For sending emails, Email by Zapier is a free email app: https://zapier.com/apps/email/help
For email, there are many options:
- personal email apps (e.g. Gmail)
- marketing email apps (ActiveCampaign)
- transactional email apps (e.g. Mailjet)
You can search the available Zap apps here for Email: https://zapier.com/apps/email/integrations
@Troy Tessalone
Thats is exactly what i am using. But it won’t display necessary information in correct way.
For example. I have a RSS link that provide me with XML file with 8 items for 8 days. (Exchange Rates changing every day, obviously. except weekends) And when im trying to choose the right item - it is not even in the list. Only 3 days/items listed
Thank you for support @Troy Tessalone
@Milkebay
When configuring Zaps, the sample records from the trigger step are used to merely configure and test the Zap.
Here’s how to change the trigger step data: https://zapier.com/help/create/basics/change-the-test-data-in-your-zap-trigger
FYI: Zaps only work when turned ON for new data going forward.
@Troy Tessalone
May u help me solve this last question?
I have a URL, that contains XML data. RSS Zapier won’t trigger with this link.
im not sure if i can post it but its publickly available
http://www.cbr.ru/scripts/XML_daily.asp - i need info from this file. Is there a way to convert it into RSS feed that fits RSS Zapier
Hey @Milkebay, hope you’re doing well!
I believe RSS feeds work using XML files and an ASP file is a text file with the extension .asp that contains any combination of the following: text, HTML tags, and server-side scripts in an COM-compliant scripting language such as Microsoft VBScript. We don’t have way to convert this kind of file into XML or extract the XML from that file.
For RSS specifically, you would likely need to extract the XML for the feed from the .asp file and then host it on a site that the RSS integration can monitor for new feed items. I don’t believe this is something that we would be able to do natively in Zapier. You would need to convert the data externally and then host the XML file on a public site for the RSS feed to read. I wasn’t able to find a lot of information about converting .asp to .xml online.
Perhaps you just need to extract the XML data from the .asp file and then host it in an XML file?
Here is an example of CNBC’s RSS feed I pulled from Google: https://www.cnbc.com/id/19746125/device/rss/rss.xml
Notice the feed has the .xml extension, you’ll need a file like this to work with RSS.
Hi all!
There’s some great information sprinkled throughout this thread and I wanted to summarize it up.
As Troy mentioned it sounds like Digest by Zapier would be a solid option to consolidate the data with RSS by Zapier to create a readable feed for it.
Specifically with setting up the RSS feed however, William dropped some great knowledge here:
I believe RSS feeds work using XML files and an ASP file is a text file with the extension .asp that contains any combination of the following: text, HTML tags, and server-side scripts in an COM-compliant scripting language such as Microsoft VBScript. We don’t have way to convert this kind of file into XML or extract the XML from that file.
For RSS specifically, you would likely need to extract the XML for the feed from the .asp file and then host it on a site that the RSS integration can monitor for new feed items. I don’t believe this is something that we would be able to do natively in Zapier. You would need to convert the data externally and then host the XML file on a public site for the RSS feed to read. I wasn’t able to find a lot of information about converting .asp to .xml online.
Perhaps you just need to extract the XML data from the .asp file and then host it in an XML file?
Here is an example of CNBC’s RSS feed I pulled from Google: https://www.cnbc.com/id/19746125/device/rss/rss.xml
Notice the feed has the .xml extension, you’ll need a file like this to work with RSS.
I hope this helps!