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Hello!

Fairly new Zapier user here. Using Zapier with Circle/Google Sheets to create a points/rewards system for our online community. While Circle does have a built in system, it currently does not meet our needs so we’re using Zapier. Also, we don’t have access to webhooks on our Circle plan so that’s not an option either. 

One of the things we'd like to do is give points (in a spreadsheet) to community members when their posts are liked by another member or when they like someone else's post (though this second action isn’t as important).

Using the Circle “New Post” trigger, followed by the Google Sheets “Create Spreadsheet Row” action, I’m able to add a poster’s email address, post ID, post title, and post like count to a spreadsheet for tracking purposes.

This gives me an initial like count, but I can’t figure out a way to go back in to Circle and check on the like counts of posts after they’ve initially been posted (similar to the Find Member action but a Find Post action that would allow me to get an updated like count).

Is there a way to do this with Zapier? Or is there another way to add/update likes in Circle to a Google Sheet?

I did check to see if other Circle actions contained a Like Count field but didn’t find anything in the Circle search action options (Find Member, Has Member Tag, Is Member of Space, or Is Member of Space Group).

Any insights would be much appreciated!!

Jill

Hi ​@SSCC_Admin,

 

Welcome to the Zapier community.

You're looking to track post-like counts in Circle and update them in Google Sheets, but Zapier currently doesn't support a "Find Post" action to retrieve updated-like data. You could use a time-driven script in Google Sheets as a workaround, though it requires some coding. It may also be helpful to contact Circle's support about API options. 

I hope this information helps. Please feel free to reach out if you have any other questions or concerns. We're here to assist you!


@JammerS, thanks so much for the idea, we’ll look into it!


Hey there, ​@SSCC_Admin 👋

Have you had a chance to try the approach Jammer suggested? If so, did it work as hoped?

Want to make sure you’re all set so let us know if you still need any help at all! 🙂


@SamB, thanks for checking in. We decided to push pause on this particular aspects of our points/rewards system so we’re not moving forward with it at this point but will certainly post again if we try it out and run into issues!


Hi ​@SSCC_Admin,

 

Thanks for the update. It's understandable that you've paused work on your points/rewards system. Feel free to reach out if you revisit it later or need help with any other Zapier integrations. Our team and Community are always here to support you.