📅 2024-12-01 — Session: Automated Event Parsing and Integration with Zapier
🕒 22:00–22:20
🏷️ Labels: Zapier, Python, Automation, Webhook, Email Parsing
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The session aimed to automate the process of parsing events from emails and integrating them into a Motion calendar using Python and Zapier.
Key Activities
- Developed a Python script to parse events from emails and export the data.
- Configured Zapier actions to add parsed events to a low-priority calendar.
- Set up and tested a webhook trigger in Zapier to receive parsed email events.
- Generated a webhook URL and sent test data using a Python script to verify the connection.
- Fixed data structure errors in the webhook payload to ensure compatibility with Zapier’s expected JSON format.
- Updated the Zapier automation workflow to finalize the configuration and prepare for publishing.
Achievements
- Successfully integrated Python scripts with Zapier for calendar automation.
- Established a working webhook connection and corrected data structure issues.
Pending Tasks
- Finalize the Zapier configuration and publish the workflow for full automation.