Hello, Having some questions on Zapier. Hope that experienced users can help :slight_smile: I have managed to create my first Zap. It basically publish a link with a title on the Facebook page, every time user have posted some new topic in the Discourse forum. I’m trying to figure out how to make …

[image] verilog15: I’m trying to figure out how to make it smarter. For example, I want to publish posts only from a specific category You can use webhooks for this. Have a look at Trigger a Zapier task with Discourse Webhooks for details about how to set it up.

Thank you for your fast reply :slight_smile: . It looks like Zapier’s webhooks are premium now. Is there any other way to achieve it?

[image] verilog15: It looks like Zapier’s webhooks are premium now. Is there any other way to achieve it? Yes, you can add a Filter Step on Zapier to filter posts by their category id. I am not sure if Zapier filters are only available on premium plans though. Have a look at the ’ Configurin…

Thank you but I think I’ll try my luck with integromat. Small Webhook question :slight_smile: I have created a webhook that sends a POST request every time user opened a new topic. But I don’t understand how the JSON looks like. In the events I have: { "ping": "OK" } How can I expand the JSON t…

[image] verilog15: How can I expand the JSON to contain all the needed data? The JSON you posted is the JSON that is generated when you click the webhook’s Ping button. Try creating a new topic on your site and then look at the request data for that event. You should see a lot more data there…

I see. Is it possible to POST the data, without actually creating a new thread? Maybe some dev mode?

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simon October 17, 2019, 10:50pm 2

You can use webhooks for this. Have a look at Trigger a Zapier task with Discourse Webhooks for details about how to set it up.

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