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Triggers through Zapier

How to send data from folk to your external tools

Updated over 3 months ago

Our API allows teams to connect folk to other software through Zapier, whenever a contact is created, added, removed or updated in a group.

Zapier automatically moves information between folk and other applications you use every day. It already supports thousands of other apps, such as Slack, Typeform, Calendly, Twitter, Docusign and many others.

Zapier lets you connect folk to 6,000+ other web services. Automated connections called Zaps, set up in minutes with no coding, can automate your day-to-day tasks and build workflows between apps that otherwise wouldn't be possible. Some example include:

  • Celebrate with your team on Slack when a deal is won on folk (folk <> Slack)

  • Send contacts to MailChimp to send out your Newsletters (folk <> MailChimp)

  • Send contracts to your contacts whenever they reach a certain stage in your folk pipeline (folk <> Docusign)

Zapier templates can be found here.

How to set up folk triggers

Let's use an example, where you want to send a notification in Slack, whenever a contact is moved to the Status 'Closed/Won' in folk.

If you don’t already have a Zapier account, you need to create one. Here is a quick overview on the way to use Zapier.

Each Zap has one app as the Trigger, where your information comes from and which causes one or more Actions in other apps, where your data gets sent automatically.

1) Select the trigger (what will trigger an automation to start)

  • App: folk

  • Trigger Event: Person Custom Field Updated

  • Connect your folk account using your API key (you can find it on your folk Settings: Go to the app.folk.app/settings and open the settings under the section "Integrations")

2) Add a step 'Get a person in folk'

  • Click "+" to add a step

  • App: select folk

  • Select the same group as in the previous step

  • Add in ID, the "Data Id" field

  • Click continue

3) Select the Action

  • App: Slack

  • Connect to your Slack account

  • Select the channel where to send the notification

  • Add the message using folk data to be sent in the notification

  • Click continue

And that’s it! You can test your Zap before publishing it on. And celebrate with your team on Slack whenever a new deal is won in folk!

Triggers to be setup with Zapier

Zapier works as an automation tool based on trigger-action loops. It helps you connect folk to other tools, and whenever something happen in folk (trigger), you’ll be able to impact it on the second tool (action).

Company Added

This trigger help you start an action, when a company is added to a group (added through a file import, from another group, from the Search, by a Zapier integration or manually created).

Company Removed

This trigger help you start an action, when a company is removed from a group (removed or deleted).

Company basic fields Updated

This trigger help you start an action, when the company basic fields (Email, Phone number, Address, URL) are updated on the company profile.

If you want to send a trigger based on a certain custom fields, use instead the trigger below ("Company custom fields Updated")

Company custom fields Updated

This trigger help you start an action, when the company custom fields (select, multi-select, dates, owner...) are updated on the company profile.

Person Added

This trigger help you start an action, when a person is added to a group (added through a file import, from another group, from the Search, by a Zapier integration or manually created).

Person Removed

This trigger help you start an action, when a person is removed from a group (removed or deleted).

Person basic fields Updated

This trigger help you start an action, when the person basic fields (Email, Phone number, Address, URL, Birthday, Gender, Job Title) are updated on the person profile.

If you want to send a trigger based on a certain custom fields, use instead the trigger below ("Person custom fields Updated")

Person custom fields Updated

This trigger help you start an action, when the person custom fields (select, multi-select, dates, owner...) are updated on the person profile.

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