I’d love feedback on whether this helps solve anyone’s issues getting webhook notifications for record creation / updates.įeel free to personally reach out if you need help getting it working - more than happy to help. I documented the setup in a Medium post: this Pipedream pipeline: for the formatting, the Community site wouldn’t let me include any direct links in this post) It’s similar to the solution some of y’all have described, using Slack as a way to get record updates, but it’s also free.Įnd-to-end, If you add a new record to a base, you’ll get a webhook out with a JSON payload sent to a custom HTTP endpoint for that update: [ Zapier does manual, repetitive tasks so that you don’t have to. I’ve setup webhooks for new records and record updates using a combination of Airtable’s Slack notifications and Pipedream (think Zapier, but optimized for webhooks). Updates an existing record if one exists, otherwise creates a new record. Zapier lets you send info between Airtable and Gmail and Mailchimp automaticallyno code required. I know its not quite automated, but when its something as vital as contact information, it can sometimes be best to have a physical trigger to make sure that things don’t trigger improperly. How to connect Airtable + Gmail + Mailchimp. Set up the Mailchimp trigger, and make magic happen automatically in Airtable. Airtable is a fast and flexible way to create tables to keep track of anything, from sales leads to vacation planning to inventory management.
With Zapier, you can do more than just connect your apps - you can automate entire processes from beginning to end. You do have to press the button once for each record you update, but it will work every time you press it, and it can repeated any number of times. Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone. Do even more with Freshdesk + Airtable + Mailchimp. If the email address is changed in airtable, a new contact is added to mailchimp instead of updating the email address (even when the first and last names are exactly the same). It will also update an existing contact if the first or last name is changed.
It would update the contact information in the first record with Yes in that fields to google contacts, then after it updates it looks back for that same field (using the main ID# we use as a key to identify it) and updates the Yes to “Updated” and puts the timestamp of the button press into another field for records. The Zap will send the airtable record to create a new subscriber in mailchimp. Air table would then search for any record with “Yes” in the field “Ready for Update?”. The workaround was to set the trigger to be a button push. That makes it slightly risky to auto sync and update the information as someone could accidentally delete some information and clear it our of our database. We would be constantly adding information to records as we found out people’s cell phone numbers and additional email addresses etc. Create a new record or update an existing record in your app. Creates a new record with auto-populating fields. In my office we were wanting to use AirTable to store and centralize contact information and link it to various other records. Zapier checks for new data every 15 min on the Free plan. Sign up for free to use Airtable with Zapier.So this isn’t a perfect solution, but I do have a manual workaround that actually worked out better for a given use case. I’ve used the template: Add/update subscriber in Mailchimp when new or updated record in Airtable The Zap will send the airtable record to create a new subscriber in mailchimp. New to Zapier? It's a tool that helps anyone connect apps and automate workflows - without any complicated code. 1 reply Hello- My Zap connects Airtable and Mailchimp. Or login to build a custom workflow with Airtable and Zapier Try some pre-made Airtable integrations and learn more about how Airtable works with ZapierĬheck out our Airtable help documentation for details on connecting your account and setting up your first Zap Make sure you have a Zapier account and an Airtable account Wonder how the Zapier team itself uses these new searching capabilities? Check out Airtable's blog post about how the Zapier team stores customer feedback in Airtable.