Hi there, I wonder if I can configure a webhook for example that emails me every time someone creates a new member on my forum? As I understand it a weebhook payload URL has to be created through for example Zapier or is it possible without having to register there? Best regards Olle

Automation is a good idea! I just tested this and you can actually use an existing automation, if you’re willing to create a user custom field and require your users to complete it at signup. Steps that worked for me: create a custom user field and make it required create a topic in your #staff c…

You can do it without zapier but you do need to have a script of some kind that is triggered using the webhook and takes the payload and emails it to you. You can’t just program webhooks to send you an email. For the example you give, you could also enable must approve users but then that would res…

Would it be possible without the must approve users setting? It would be nice since my forum is quite new and I dont have many users, Best regards Olle

Are you looking for a little nudge for when someone first joins? If you’re not tied to webhooks you could create a data explorer query and use a recurring Automation to send you a PM whenever there are new results. I suggested a similar thing for a slightly different use case here: […

That is pretty cool! What did you insert for the custom user field that is required?

I just used an existing required field I had already set up previously. I ask all members of my personal site to provide their phone number.

Though for some potentially universal ones you could have something like: I accept the terms and conditions I am not a robot But a change to the trigger so you could have ‘user created/activated’ for this and not need a superfluous custom field would be :chefs_kiss: Just a couple of ext…

[image] JammyDodger: But a change to the trigger so you could have ‘user created/activated’ for this and not need a superfluous custom field would be :chefs_kiss: Created feature request: Allow "after user update" automation trigger to fire without custom field

How to get an email notification when a user joins?

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tobiaseigen (Tobias Eigen) June 2, 2025, 4:34pm 10

Created feature request: Allow "after user update" automation trigger to fire without custom field

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