The Context: Hey guys - I am looking for a solution to a problem that I have. It begins with Evernote. I have a template in every note called Daily Journaling. This template automatically create a note for me at 12:01am in the morning so that when I wake up, I can begin running through my routine, tasks, etc.
The Objective: I want there to be a different inspirational photo in the template every morning so that when the template automatically creates the new Daily Journaling note ever morning, each note contains that unique inspirational photo (Beautiful mountain scene or an abstract jazz photo, etc.).
What I’ve tried: I’ve chosen Zapier to create an automation to attempt this project, as well as Unsplash for the photo library (although I am open to a different photo library). So far I have 3 steps in my Zapier automation:
Step 1: **Trigger Setup**
- **App:** Schedule by Zapier (configuration setup daily)
Step 2: **Retrieve Image from Unsplash
- **App:** Webhooks by Zapier
- **Event:** Custom Request
- **Method:** GET
- **URL:** (I DO have the correct Unsplash API URL that includes my own API Access Key that retrieves a random photo, I do not think this is the problem since the test run on this step completes successfully)
Step 3: **Add Image to Evernote**
- **App:** Evernote
- **Event:** Append Note (I recognize that this needs to be ‘Append Evernote Template’ but this is not an option so I thought I’d try to Append a note to see if I can get Zapier to add an image from Unsplash to an existing note)
- **Configuration:** This area allows me to select which notebook the note is in and which note I want to ID (based on Title), but then allows me to ‘add content’….so I can type in this text box anything I want to add.
The Problem: I run this whole automation and it actually works….kind. Whatever I add in the text box in step three (add content)...this DOES get added to the right note in evernote and does add the text I type. But I see NO sign of an image from Unsplash.
Any pointers? I am not stuck on this specific process obviously, all I care about is The Objective. Thanks all!
