Triggering Zapier from Django application

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Hey everyone! I’m working on a Django project and I’m stuck. I’ve got this form where users can input multiple email addresses. What I want to do is send that data to Zapier when they hit the submit button.

I’m trying to figure out if there’s a way to activate a Zapier trigger directly from my Django code. The idea is to use Zapier to perform tasks such as updating a Google Sheet or sending emails to all the addresses provided.

Has anyone tackled this before? Any advice or sample code would be really appreciated. I’ve searched for a solution for hours but haven’t found anything clear yet. Thanks for your help!

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yo, i’ve done this before! u dont need to trigger zapier directly from django. just use webhooks, its way easier. set up a webhook trigger in zapier, then use the requests library in ur django view to send a POST to the webhook url with ur form data as json. works like a charm!

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I’ve actually implemented something similar in one of my Django projects. Instead of triggering Zapier directly from Django, I found it more reliable to use a webhook approach. Here’s what worked for me:

Set up a Zapier webhook trigger. In your Django view, after form submission, make an HTTP POST request to the Zapier webhook URL and pass the form data as JSON in the request body.

I used the ‘requests’ library for this. The code looked something like:

import requests

def submit_form(request):
    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = YourForm(request.POST)
        if form.is_valid():
            data = form.cleaned_data
            zapier_webhook = 'your_zapier_webhook_url'
            response = requests.post(zapier_webhook, json=data)
            if response.status_code == 200:
                # Handle success
            else:
                # Handle error

    # Rest of your view logic

This approach gives you flexibility and keeps your Django code clean. Hope this helps!

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Having worked with Django and external services before, I can offer some insight. While direct Zapier triggering from Django isn’t straightforward, you can achieve your goal using webhooks.

First, set up a Zapier webhook trigger. Then, in your Django view, after form submission and validation, use the ‘requests’ library to send a POST request to your Zapier webhook URL. Include the form data as JSON in the request body.

Here’s a basic implementation:

import requests

def form_submit(request):
    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = YourForm(request.POST)
        if form.is_valid():
            data = form.cleaned_data
            zapier_url = 'your_zapier_webhook_url'
            response = requests.post(zapier_url, json=data)
            if response.status_code == 200:
                # Success handling
            else:
                # Error handling

    # Rest of your view logic

This method is efficient and keeps your Django code clean while allowing Zapier to handle the subsequent tasks.