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nicksimard
nicksimardZapier Staff
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About the Show & Tell Forum

Posts in this category should be conversational in nature, meaning that you’re not looking to get help from anyone or ask questions. It’s meant to offer a place to share tips, tricks, use cases, best practices, and workflows with your fellow Community members.You might be thinking…But, I don’t know enough to bother sharing.Not true! Everyone is capable of providing information, because nobody else has the precise experience and ideas that you do. Also, there will always be someone who is less experienced with Zapier than you and who could benefit from your knowledge  Share something you could have benefited from last week.Everyone else probably already knows what I’m thinking of sharing.There is SO much to know about Zapier, combining different apps, using advanced features, coming up with clever workarounds, etc. Don’t assume that your ideas are common knowledge. You might be surprised at how many people you can help by sharing!What if what I share isn’t accurate?That’s not the end of

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kylesummerville
kylesummervilleZapier Staff
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Meet Your Legal Team’s New MVP: Zapier’s AI-Powered Chatbot

Meet Your Legal Team’s New MVP: Zapier’s AI-Powered ChatbotImage 1 - Legal AI Chatbot workflow in Zapier CanvasIn-house legal teams increasingly face pressures from rising workloads, repetitive tasks, and routine inquiries, all of which can hamper efficiency and limit the ability of legal professionals to focus on their companies' strategic priorities. Automation and AI-powered chatbots offer transformative solutions, enabling legal departments to streamline their processes, enhance responsiveness, elevate their overall service quality, and even increase team members' job satisfaction. In this post, we share the approach the  Zapier’s legal team has adopted and outline actionable steps for any in-house legal team looking to implement an automated support system.Zapier Legal Team's Problem and SolutionAs part of Zapier's commitment to "defaulting to transparency," our Legal Team created a Slack channel where Zapier employees can ask questions related to internal policies, customer contr

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🚀 Automating Reddit Posts with Zapier & Reddit API: A Step-by-Step Guide

 In this guide, I’ll walk you through how to automate Reddit posts using Zapier and the Reddit API, including handling authentication, setting up OAuth, and ensuring everything works smoothly.If you’re looking to streamline your Reddit posting workflow, this guide will help you set it up without writing a single line of code after the initial setup!📌 Step 1: Creating a Reddit AppBefore connecting Reddit to Zapier, you need to create a Reddit app to get your Client ID and Secret.🔹 How to Create a Reddit App Go to Reddit Developer Portal Scroll down and click "Create App". Choose "script" as the app type. Enter: App Name: "Zapier Reddit Bot" (or any name you like) Redirect URI: https://www.reddit.com Personal Use Script (Client ID): Found under the app name. Secret (Client Secret): Found below the Client ID. They also email the client ID to you after you create the app Click "Create App". Reddit App Creation📌 Step 2: Generating an Access TokenTo connect

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Wordpress not allowing to login to zapier Authencation failed:

Posting my steps to allow zap to login to wordpress. With my setup having plesk and wordpress with the defender plugin I had to do the following to allow login: Plesk go to tools and settings / Web Application Firewall (ModSecurity) / Then deactivate wordpress and wppluginClick apply and ok  Then in your wordpress dashboard if you have defender sec plugin go to that and disable recapatcha. This is not aloowing login.  Sign in your zapier wordpress and should be good to go.  

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RosenbergTechnologiesNew
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Anyone who wants to meet and share experiences with Zapier Agents?

Hi Zapier Community 👋 I’ve built my first Zapier Agents and it seems promising. Looking for people who are interested in growing and sharing experience with Zapier Agents and Zapier in general. Initially a few people who would like to join me on a Zoom call 🤗 All the best,Kristian

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How to remove signature images from file upload

I needed to post this on this forum because it was driving me nuts trying to figure it out. Like for months i couldn’t figure it out. Here is the issue -- You are trying to upload a file but the upload script keeps sending the image that is used in the signature. You are going made trying to get it send the other attachment Here is the solve -- There is no other attachment. Your testing data is using the wrong record. Meaning you are testing with the first attachment. The Zap will run FOR EVERY ATTACHMENT in a gmail message. So if you have two attachements, it will run onces for the first one and if it doesn’t match the filter exit. Then it will run again for the 2nd attachment, pass the filter and upload.I hope this saves something the insane amount of Googling I had to do to figure it out.

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0CodeKit
0CodeKitNew
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New UI Improvements and How They Simplify Your Experience

Hello Zapier community,We're excited to share some recent updates to the 0CodeKit user interface designed to optimize your experience with clearer navigation and greater control.Subscription Information : Access essential details about your plan with ease. Now, information such as your remaining credits and renewal dates is just a click away. Affiliate Program Overview : Explore our new affiliate program by clicking the "Affiliate" button in the menu. Users who wish to share 0CodeKit within their networks can follow a straightforward form process to get started. Password Management : Changing your password is now more accessible. Head over to "Personal Information" in settings, where you can update your credentials without the help of the 0CodeKit team. Enhancements to the Usage Table : We've improved the Usage Table to clearly and intuitively display endpoint usage and credits consumption. For more detailed information on these updates, visit our website.We value your feedback and loo

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Stripe "new payment" and "new charge" triggers do not include product information *SOLVED*

Stripe “new payment” and “new charge” triggers do not include product information. There is no product id or description included in the event data. The only way that I could see to identify the product purchased is the price. So it is hard, for example, to sell access to an online course from the new charge trigger, because we do not know what course they purchased. (Unless we give each course a slightly different price) This problem has been raised several times here on the forums, and it has not been resolved. It seems like a glaring problem.It is possible to use either the “charge_id” or “paymentintent_id” to look up the payment intent or charge using a search action. But the response to those searches still contains no product information.The SolutionI wrote up until this point, and then had brainwave. By default products with payment links do not generate an invoice. So the invoice fields were all empty. I went back to Stripe and found that you can turn on “Create an  invoice PDF

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[Blueprint] Website Downtime Tutorial (30 min guide with photos)

Wanted to share a good learner resource on how to set a zap to check for your website downtime using Zapier and uptime.com.This post has been edited by a moderator to remove personal information. Please remember that this is a public forum and to remove any sensitive information prior to posting.

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🔍 OCR vs. Advanced OCR: Which Endpoint Suits Your Needs? 🧾

It is OCR month at 0CodeKit and we want to highlight the amazing journey of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology. It all began with an American computer scientist who created "omni-font OCR," allowing computers to read printed text in almost any font. Today, OCR technology can handle various types of documents, including camera images, scanned files, and PDF documents that only contain images. With this in mind, we created two endpoints that use Optical Character Recognition to identify and extract text from images or PDFs, helping you find the best fit for your needs.The Picture Text Recognition endpoint is a great option for those looking for a simple way to extract text from images. By providing the URL of your image, the API can quickly process it and retrieve the text. 📸 This feature is designed for fast digitization, turning images into searchable and editable text. It also improves accessibility, allowing individuals with visual impairments to access the text in image

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Seun Debiyi
Seun DebiyiZapier Expert
posted in Show & Tell
Video: Integrate Facebook Lead Ads and Zapier

Hey Everyone! I’m going to start making weekly videos about Zapier and automation.   The first is about connect facebook leads to zapier. I often get asked how to do this which allows my clients to send their facebook leads to Google sheets, Mailchimp or any CRM.   If you have questions or video requests, let me know below!    

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Using checksums to prevent Zap loops in Jira and Google Calendar

How to avoid a Zap loop works well with creations but not with updates. In my case, if I create a Jira ticket which gets propagated to Google Calendar as an event, I'd like to know I can ignore a trigger from Google Calendar since that update was issued by Zapier.This means that the question we're trying to answer is “Was this zap triggered by a user or by Zapier?”The easiest way to do this is by attaching a checksum to the update. Just like cryptographic signatures. Say we are propagating from Jira to Calendar:Date: 2025-01-02Description:Hello World!Concatenating those values and then attaching a checksum (e.g. crc32) you could propagate the Calendar event like this:Date: 2025-01-02Description:Hello World!CRC32=9C 12 95 FAIf Calendar sent back an update to Zapier, Zapier would parse the description field, extract the checksum and concatenate the date and the actual description. This way it would be able to see that the checksum hasn't changed, thus, this was a Zapier triggered update

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Troy Tessalone
Troy TessaloneZapier Expert
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How to Delay for 1-30 Seconds using JavaScript/Python Code Step

How to Delay for 1-30 Seconds using JavaScript/Python Code Step * Use at your own discretion! Contribution by Troy TessalonePremier Certified Zapier Expert at Automation Ace. OVERVIEWZapier implemented these constraints for the Delay Zap app.Minimal Delay: From January 13, 2025, the shortest delay you can set for a Zap is 1 minute.  Automatic Adjustments: If you have any existing Zaps with delays shorter than 1 minute, they will automatically adjusted to 1 minute to prevent any performance impact.Info: https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/33303435847821-Enhance-delay-functionality-for-seamless-workflows LIMITSWhy 30 seconds MAX?Zapier has rate limits of 30 seconds MAX for these plans: Professional, TeamInfo: https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/29971850476173-Code-by-Zapier-rate-limits PYTHONPython Code for how to delay between 1-30 seconds. CODE import timeimport random# Inputs for minimum and maximum delay timemin_delay = min(int(input_data.get("min", 1)), 29) # Default to

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Troy Tessalone
Troy Tessalone
Troy TessaloneZapier Expert
posted in Show & Tell
PROOF: Delay For Less than 1 Minute with the Delay For Action Step

PROOF that it is indeed possible to delay a Zap for less than 1 minute using the Delay For action step! CreditsTroy Tessalone is a Certified Zapier Expert at Automation Ace. CHANGESInfo: https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/33303435847821-Enhance-delay-functionality-for-seamless-workflowsMinimal delay: From January 13, 2025, the shortest delay you can set for a Zap is 1 minute.  Automatical adjustments: If you have any existing Zaps with delays shorter than 1 minute, they will automatically adjusted to 1 minute to prevent any performance impact. NOTE: There is a workaround using Code by Zapier to do a Delay for 1-30 seconds. ### Don’t believe everything you read, and when in doubt, test it out! Screenshot below shows the Zap Run history with a timestamp created before and after 30 second delay.(Note: The time difference between the 2 timestamps shown is a bit longer than 30 seconds because of the time it takes to process the other Zap steps.) Notice below the field Time Delayed Fo

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Troy Tessalone
Troy Tessalone
Troy TessaloneZapier Expert
posted in Show & Tell
Does Zapier Have an Affiliate Program?

Zapier has a referral benefit for partners who participate in the Zapier Experts Program. About the Zapier Affiliate Program / Referral Program Zapier does have a Referral Program for Certified Zapier Experts.Zapier does not have a Referral/Affiliate Program for regular users.Link: https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/8496197165581-Discounts-for-Zapier-plans [Edited January 15, 2025 to include updated information]

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Danvers
DanversZapier Staff
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What's your favorite two-step Zap?

I love a Zap with filters and paths that can perform all kinds of wonderful automations, but I'm also partial to things that are simple yet powerful. What's your favourite two-step Zap? One that I have that's helpful is a 'Slack Reacji watcher' - when a certain emoji reaction is added to message in Slack, it sends me a DM. It's very useful for flagging certain types of messages. What have you accomplished with a Zap that only has the trigger and one action?

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SamB
Community Manager
Troy Tessalone
Troy TessaloneZapier Expert
posted in Show & Tell
[RESOURCES] Libraries supported in Python Code Steps

[RESOURCES] Libraries supported in Python Code Steps Contribution by Troy TessalonePremier Certified Zapier Expert at Automation Ace. Zapier’s Code app allows you to write custom Python code steps for automation, giving you access to the standard Python library and the built-in requests package.These tools enable you to perform tasks like API calls, data manipulation, and file parsing without needing external dependencies.This guide highlights the most useful Python libraries available, their purposes, and practical examples to optimize your workflows. Help links for using the Code by Zapier Zap app: https://zapier.com/apps/code/integrations#helpYou cannot require external libraries or install libraries commonly referred to as "pip modules". Only the standard Python library and requests are available in the Code app and requests is already included in the namespace. Why these Libraries are UsefulThese libraries, along with requests, cover essential automation needs like API interaction

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SamB
Community Manager
Troy Tessalone
Troy TessaloneZapier Expert
posted in Show & Tell
[RESOURCES] Node.js Libraries supported in JavaScript Code Steps

[RESOURCES] Node.js Libraries supported in JavaScript Code Steps Contribution by Troy TessalonePremier Certified Zapier Expert at Automation Ace. OverviewWhen writing JavaScript code in the Code by Zapier app, you have access to Node.js standard libraries and the built-in fetch package.These libraries empower you to perform a variety of tasks, from working with files to making HTTP requests.This guide lists the top useful libraries you can use, explains their purposes, and provides examples to help make you aware of the available options. Help links for using the Code by Zapier Zap app: https://zapier.com/apps/code/integrations#helpYou cannot require external libraries, or install or import libraries commonly referred to as "npm modules". Only the standard node.js library and the fetch package are available in the Code by Zapier app. fetch is already included in the namespace. Top Node.js LibrariesHere's a curated list of the top most useful Node.js libraries for Zapier users, focusing

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SamB
Community Manager
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andrasBeginner
posted in Show & Tell
Improving Jira description integration with Zapier

I found this thread but it's already closed: The issue is that the description shows like a tree. This form is not allowing me to attach an image, but the Jira description field looks along the lines of:type: orderedList content: 1 type: listItem content: 1 type: paragraph content: 1 type: text content: this is the actual first item of the list Zapier proceeds to join all these contents by comma “,” which loses purpose. It'd be ideal if Zapier supported passing the full object so that it could be rendered using code, or better yet if such a field was properly rendered as markdown.Instead, based on that post, I ended up doing something similar. I url encode the description field in Jira automations into a single-line text field:%23+this+is+the+actual+first+item+of+the+listThis can be then decoded using Zapier text transformation that are free. The only issue with this is that Jira automations trigger two updates in Zapier! (One by the user

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sahanlakNew
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[Integration] Human in the Loop Review for Generative AI Automations

Hello Zapier Community!Based on a requirement for production grade generative AI automations I’ve built an integration to allow humans to review AI generated content in between automations. For example take a Zapier automation that generates a personalized email using OpenAI. With Human in The Loop, a human can review to make sure the content is correct or fine tune before sending it to the customer. How it worksTo setup a workflow similar to above leveraging human in the loop extension you will have to setup two automations. One to generate the content for the email and send to approval, another one to send the email to customer after approving. It’s straightforward to setup.Step 1: Setup the action to generate content and send to a human Breakdown of the flow,The trigger listens to new google form submissions. Information from the form is then sent to OpenAI to craft an email response. Create a new task for a human to review. This action will return a unique link to share with the re

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onarNew
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How to Stop Spam in Your Zap with OOPSpam

How to Stop Spam in Your Zap with OOPSpam Goal Using OOPSpam Zap App, we can filter spam and abuse in your Zap automation. So, you can high quality leads and form submissions. Less email notifications. More clean data.This helps with blocking countries, malicious emails, IPs and messages. Zap App App: OOPSpamTriggers/Actions: https://zapier.com/apps/oopspam/integrations#triggers-and-actions Templates: https://zapier.com/apps/oopspam/integrations#zap-template-listAction: Check for SpamThe action takes following inputs:Content: The form message, if available. Sender IP: The IP address of the form submitter, if available. Email: The form submitter’s email address, if available. Allow messages only in these languages: Specify languages you expect for form submissions. Allow messages only from these countries: Restrict submissions to selected countries. Block messages from these countries: Prevent submissions from specific countries. Block disposable emails: Block temporary or one-time-use

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Troy Tessalone
Troy TessaloneZapier Expert
posted in Show & Tell
How to Create a Default Value as a Named Variable with Formatter

How to Create a Default Value as a Named Variable with Formatter Contribution by Troy TessalonePremier Certified Zapier Expert at Automation Ace. GoalCreate a default value as a custom named variable to be used in other Zap steps.Helps you be able to search/select when mapping dynamic variables from Formatter steps instead of the variable simply having a generic key name of "output".Info about creating custom named variables: Zap AppApp: Formatter by ZapierTriggers/Actions: https://zapier.com/apps/formatter/integrations#triggers-and-actions Help: https://zapier.com/apps/formatter/integrations#help Note: Formatter steps count as 0 Tasks in Zap Runs! Action: Formatter > Text > Default Value  CONFIGUREINPUT OUTPUT MAPPEDHow the variable appears when mapped in a Zap step. 

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SamB
Community Manager
Troy Tessalone
Troy TessaloneZapier Expert
posted in Show & Tell
How to Process Records with a Sequential Queue using Webhooks and Zapier Tables

How to Process Records with a Sequential Queue using Webhooks and Zapier Tables Contribution by Troy TessalonePremier Certified Zapier Expert at Automation Ace. Alternative: Simple Sequential QueueBefore using the advanced approach below, explore using the native Zap app and action for simple sequential queuing for Zap Runs.App: DelayAction: Delay After QueueNote: This will create sequential queuing, but does not guarantee the entire Zap Run will finish before the next Zap Run continues to process.Help: https://zapier.com/apps/delay/integrations#helpOther Delay options for Zaps: https://zapier.com/apps/delay/integrations#triggers-and-actions Goal: Advanced Sequential QueueUsed to create an advanced sequential processing queue for records to process in order without a delay between Zap Runs, where one Zap Run finishes before the next Zap Run begins.Same concept as FIFO (First IN, First OUT), basically “first come, first served”.You can configure the logic with multiple Zaps using these

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I track user activity of my saas and send alerts with Zapier. Wdyt?

I wanted to know how user are using our proptech saas. So I built a backend system that logs user data and shows the daily activity. Now I can segment these users into groups and sent me alerts with zapier if they are at risk of churn. What do you think can we also do with this data?

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Community Manager
Troy Tessalone
Troy TessaloneZapier Expert
posted in Show & Tell
About the Zapier Referral Program

Zapier has a referral benefit for partners who participate in the Zapier Experts Program. About the Zapier Referral Program Zapier does have a Referral Program for Certified Zapier Experts.Zapier does not have a Referral Program for regular users. [Edited January 15, 2025 to include updated information]

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