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With the Zapier app installed on your workspace by the workspace administrator, you can start using the integration by simply going to the Zapier platform and creating Zaps with the QuickMeet.Chat app.

To verify the installation of the app, navigate to Administrator > Apps > Installed

The QuickMeet.Chat app on the Zapier platform can function both as a trigger and an action in creating your Zap. For a comprehensive list of available actions and triggers, refer to this list QuickMeet.Chat Zapier actions and triggers.

To illustrate the integration's functionality, we have provided some example Zaps:

Using QuickMeet.Chat trigger to QuickMeet.Chat Action
QuickMeet.Chat trigger to External Action
External trigger to QuickMeet.Chat Action

Zapier QuickMeet.Chat trigger to QuickMeet.Chat action

This example makes use of the QuickMeet.Chat New channel trigger and the Send direct message action.

This sends a direct message to a user when a new channel is created.

Zapier Send a direct message when a new channel is created

Follow these steps to create the zap.

Log in to your Zapier dashboard
Click on + Create to begin creating a new Zap
Search and select the QuickMeet.Chat app as trigger
In the “trigger event field,” select the New channel event
In the Account settings, click Sign in to your QuickMeet.Chat workspace. A window pops up requesting your workspace URL
- Fill in your workspace BaseURL, then click Yes, continue
- Authorize with the QuickMeet.Chat OAuth to link the currently logged-in user

Click Continue after a successful connection then Test step

After Configuring the Zapier trigger, the next step is configuring the action.

Search and select the QuickMeet.Chat app as the Action app
In the “action event” field, select the Send direct message event and Continue
Select the QuickMeet.Chat workspace linked above or connect another QuickMeet.Chat workspace
Configure the desired field in the action section to format the message structure using the example data available
- Message: The message text to send.
- User: Select the user to be DMed.
- Alias: The user to send the message as.
Click Continue, then Test step. You receive a test message as configured.
Publish the Zap

After creating the Zap, you can test its functionalities by Creating a new channel and confirm you received a message from the zapier.bot with the Alias you configured with information about a newly created channel.

Zapier QuickMeet.Chat trigger to external action

This example makes use of the QuickMeet.Chat New message posted on public channel trigger and the Google Sheets Create Spreadsheet Row in Google Sheets action.

This creates a Google Sheet row to an existing sheet when a message is posted in any public QuickMeet.Chat channel.

Zapier Create Google Sheet row when a message is posted in a public channel

Follow these steps to create the zap.

Log in to your Zapier dashboard
Click on +Create Zap to begin creating a new Zap
Search and select the QuickMeet.Chat app as Trigger
In the event field, select the New message posted on public channel event
In the Account settings, click Sign in to your QuickMeet.Chat workspace. A window pops up requesting your workspace URL
- Fill in your workspace BaseURL then click Yes, continue
- Authorize with the QuickMeet.Chat OAuth to link the currently logged-in user

Click Continue, select the public channel you want to monitor or enter the room ID of the public channel in your workspace.
Finally, click Test Trigger.

After Configuring the Zapier Trigger, the next step is configuring the Action.

Search and select the Google Sheets app as the Action app
In the event field, select the Create Spreadsheet Row event and Continue
In the Account settings, click Sign in to authenticate, connect your Google account, and Continue
Select the desired Drive, Spreadsheet, Worksheet, and Row to write to
Click Continue, then Test step. You will see a new row added in place of the specified row above.
Publish the Zap

After creating the Zap, whenever a message is posted in the specified channel, a Google Sheet row gets created.

Zapier external trigger to QuickMeet.Chat action

This example makes use of the New Message Posted to Channel in Slack trigger and the Send private channel message QuickMeet.Chat action.

This forwards any message sent in a Slack channel to a private channel in QuickMeet.Chat.

Zapier forward Slack Messages to QuickMeet.Chat channel

Follow these steps to create the zap.

Log in to your Zapier dashboard
Click on +Create Zap to begin creating a new Zap
Search and select the Slack app as Trigger
In the event field, select the New Message Posted to Channel event and Continue
In the Account settings, click Sign in to authenticate and connect your Slack account
Select the Slack Channel to listen to and Continue

After Configuring the Zapier Trigger, the next step is configuring the Action.

Search and select the QuickMeet.Chat app as the Action app
In the event field, select the Send private channel message event and Continue
Select a linked QuickMeet.Chat workspace Sign in to a QuickMeet.Chat workspace to use
Configure the desired field in the action section to format the message structure using the example data available
- Message: The message text to send.
- Private channel: The private QuickMeet.Chat group to post the message in.
- Alias: The user to send the message as.

Click Continue, then Test step. You receive a test message in the private group as configured above
Publish the Zap

After creating the Zap, whenever a message is posted in the specified Slack channel, it gets forwarded to a QuickMeet.Chat private channel.

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