Zapier is an online automation tool that connects over 2,000 apps and services. You can connect two or more apps to automate repetitive tasks without coding or relying on developers to build the integration.

In the context of IoT, Zapier can enable integrations such as:

IMPORTANT NOTE: We recommend creating a dedicated token for your Zapier integration. Also, in order for the Ubidots App to work properly, your Token must have the permissions to create, read, and edit Devices, Variables, and Events.

2.1 Choose App and Event

Step 1: In the Zap editor, go to the 1. When this happens section.

Step 2: In the Choose App & Event section, search for and select the Ubidots App that will trigger the Zap.

Step 3: Click the Choose Trigger Event dropdown menu and select one of the following three options:

For example, you can choose to trigger the Zap every time a specific Variable receives a new Value.

Step 4: Click Continue

2.2. Choose Account

Step 1: Next, choose your authenticated Ubidots app account to use in the trigger. Click the dropdown menu, and select the account. If you don’t see an account please go back to step 1. Connect your Ubidots App in Zapier in this article.

Step 2: Click Continue.

2.3. Customize Variable

Step 1: Click the Device dropdown, jump to the Device tab and select the Device that contains the Variables you want to use as the trigger.

Step 2: Click the Variable dropdown, jump to the Variable tab and select a trigger Variable.

Step 3: Click Continue

2.4. Find Data

Step 1: Click the Test trigger button. This will execute a GET request to the entity (Device, Variable or Event) exposing the info that can be used later in the "Do this.." section.

Step 2: If everything is setup correctly, you should see a response as the follows:

2.5. Set an Action

From this point, your Ubidots account is ready to be integrated with any of the 2000 Zapier apps. Here some ideas:

Prior to setting Ubidots as an action, you should first set a trigger and event app among the already existing 2,000 Zapier apps. Here some ideas:

Step 1: In the Zap editor, go to the 2. Do this...

Step 2: In the Choose App & Event section, search for and select the Ubidots App.

Step 3: Click the Choose Action Event dropdown menu and select one of the following 2 options:

Step 4: Click Continue

3.3. Choose Account

Step 1: Choose your authenticated Ubidots app account you want to use in the action. Click the dropdown menu, and select the account. If you don’t see an account please go back to step 1. Connect your Ubidots App in Zapier of this article.

Step 2: Click Continue.

3.4. Customize Dot

The following fields are the available options to customize the Dot:

Step 1: (Required) Click the Device dropdown, jump to the Device tab, and select the Device that contains the Variable(s) to which you want to send the dot.

Step 2: (Required) Click the Variable dropdown, jump to the Variable tab, and select the Variable to which the dot is going to be sent.

Step 3: (Required) In the Value field put a numerical value, the actual data point value. (This can be a predetermined value or a dynamic Value taken from the trigger data)

Step 4: (Optional) ​You can optionally provide the timestamp of the dot. The timestamp must be given in milliseconds Unix Epoch format. If not specified, Ubidots will assign it upon reception. (This can be a dynamic value from the trigger as long as it is in the appropriate format)

Step 5: (Optional) You can optionally add context data to your dot, e.g. "country": "United States", “city”: ”New York City”.

Step 6: Click Continue

3.5. Send Data

IMPORTANT NOTE: This test will create a dummy dot in your Ubidots Variable. Feel free to delete it If you only want to have real data in the Ubidots Variable.

If you have any ideas on how we could improve our Ubidots+Zapier Integration, we'd be happy to hear them. Please leave us a note at sales@ubidots.com

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