Zapier is a great tool to link to your Gradual instance to automatically trigger the creation of a new member account and/or register an attendee for an event from an external source. You simply collect the necessary sign-up information from potential members from an app, form, or sheet and Zapier works to automatically create member accounts or event registrations in your community.

You will need a Zapier account and an external form, sheet, page or app to collect the necessary fields (listed below) to build this integration.

You must collect the below information in the request webhook (external app like form, sheet, website, etc.) as these are required information fields at sign-up.

Gradual's app is not listed on Zapier's App Directory because it is a private app, so it can only be accessed by invite from Gradual. Click here to access the invitation link to Gradual's Zapier app.

When you are ready to build the integration, reach out to the Gradual support team to get the following necessary information:

You can use any of the apps that are available on Zapier's App Directory as your trigger event. One of the useful apps to use is Webhooks by Zapier, which can catch hooks sent via Gradual's Outbound Webhooks integration.

Gradual's Zapier app offers three action events, and no trigger events are available at the moment. These action events are Event Registration, Create User, and Add User To Space.

By choosing Register a User for an Event as your action event, an event registration for a user will be created for every trigger event.

At the Configure tab, you will be required to map data or enter text for:

And optionally, if there are multiple tickets for this event, you can map data or enter text for Ticket Option ID.

By choosing Create a User as your action event, a new community member will be created for each trigger event.

At the Configure tab, you will be required to map data or enter text for:

And optionally, you may choose to map data or enter text for LinkedIn Profile URL, as well as add a URL for a profile picture.

By choosing Add a User to Spaces as your action event, a community member will be assigned to a space for every trigger event.

At the Configure tab, you will be required to map data or enter text for User Email and Spaces. This action will not create a community member or a space, so you will want to make sure that you have already created a community member and a space for use in this action.

By choosing Overwrite Space Assignments as your action event, you can overwrite the current space assignment of a user. If you want to remove all spaces assigned to a user, this is the action you'd want to use.

At the Configure tab, you will be required to map data or enter text for User Email. Enter or map spaces that you'd want to assign that user to. Leaving the field Spaces blank will remove all space assigned to a given user.

By choosing Add a New Video Content as your action event, you can add a new video, which is one type of Content (among Videos, Blogs, Resources, and External Content).

At the Configure tab, you will be required to map data or enter text for:

Optionally, you can map data or enter text for:

You can also set Publish to true if you want to publish the video upon creation.

By choosing Edit a User Profile as your action event, your can make edits to the profile of a user.

At the Configure tab, you will be required to map data or enter text for User Email. The rest of the fields are optional. For Member Type, type one among Standard, Guest, and Limited Approval. For Approval Status, type one among Unapproved, Approved, and Pending.

Importantly, you will be able to update the answers to all Public Questions and Private Questions in the Onboarding Form, which can be configured in your dashboard. For example, "Good?" and "City" are part of the questions in the Onboarding Form, as can be seen in the screenshot below.

By choosing Create a Contribution Log as an action, you will be able to add a contribution log to your dashboard.

In the Configure tab, you will be required to map data or enter text for:

The rest of the fields are optional. For Contribution Count, you can enter the number of times this contribution occurred.

If you experience issues in setting up the zaps, please reference Zapier's support center and then reach out to the Gradual support team.