Bridge lab instrument/ELN events into Slack/email notifications via Webhooks by Zapier
domain: zapier.com · 6 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
In the Zap editor, add a Trigger step and search for the Webhooks by Zapier app
Choose the Catch Hook event (parses JSON/form-encoded GET, POST, or PUT bodies) or Catch Raw Hook for unparsed bodies plus headers
Copy the generated unique catch URL from the Test tab
Configure the lab instrument/ELN/monitoring script to POST a JSON payload to that URL on relevant events
Send a test payload and click Test trigger so Zapier learns the payload's fields for later Zap steps
Add a downstream Action step (e.g. Slack Send Channel Message or Email by Zapier) mapping caught webhook fields into the notification
Known gotchas
If the Zap is turned off or deleted, the webhook URL starts returning 404 after a brief transition delay
The webhook URL embeds the owner's Zapier account; transferring Zap ownership changes the URL and requires updating the sender
POSTing a JSON array to Catch Hook fires the Zap once per array element, which can cause duplicate notifications
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