Use ANY API in Make Automations

Identify your target audience

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Why Identifying Your Target Audience is Key to Success

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Tailoring your message to your target audience

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The role of demographics in identifying your target audience

If you are using Make.com for your automations, but struggling when there isn’t a built in integration, you need to learn how to use APIs.

In this article, I’ll show you the exact process I’ve used to connect any API in Make.com automations, plus I’m including the benefits of using APIs, and step-by-step instructions on how to get started.

What are APIs?

APIs, or Application Programming Interfaces, are a set of protocols and tools for building software applications.

APIs allow different software systems to communicate with each other, enabling developers to add functionality to their applications without building everything from scratch.

But they also enable the power of automation. There wouldn’t be a Make or Zapier, if there wasn’t any APIs.

Make and Zapier provide a useful interface for creating and executing simplified API requests, but they don’t have integrations for every tool…

Benefits of Using APIs in Your Automations

Sometimes you run into a situation where APIs are necessary in your automations.

Knowing how to use them can be beneficial when there isn’t a built in integration for the tool you are using, or when the functionality is not available for that tool.

For example, the Twitter API recently changed and the free version does not allow you to read the # of followers from a user’s account. This broke a lot of the dashboards I had built for clients, and I needed to find an alternative solution.

I used an API I found on RapidAPI as a workaround solution, and it worked great!

How to Use APIs in Your Automations

Using APIs in your Make.com automations is a relatively simple process. I’m going to walk you through the exact process I used to create the Twitter API workaround for my client’s dashboards.

How to Get Started

You can use **any API that is available to you, but for the simplicity of this tutorial, we are going to use a website called ‘RapidAPI’.

Sign Up for a RapidAPI Account

Sign up for a free account at RapidAPI.com and use the search bar to find the API called ‘Twitter’ by ‘Glavier’ (the one I’ll be using in this tutorial, I have no affiliation).

Subscribe to the API

Click on the pricing tab, and subscribe to the basic tier. This will allow you up to 500 requests per month, and does not require a credit card to use.

Select an Endpoint

Go back to the ‘Endpoints’ tab, and select the API endpoint you would like to use. For this tutorial, we are going to the using the ‘User by Screen Name’ endpoint, which will allow us to collect a variety of information about a user.

Set the Example Response Language

In the ‘Code Snippets’ section, click the dropdown, select HTTP, then select HTTP/1.1. This will set the language to provide the example API request in.

Save the Example HTTP Request

Copy the information highlighted below into a word document.

This is all of the information you will need to include in the Make automation, as this is an example of an HTTP request.

Add to Your Make Automation

Add an HTTP module to your Make scenario, and select ‘Make a request’.

Create the HTTP Request

For the URL, you might need to add “https://” to the beginning of it. Copy and paste the ‘Host’ (twitter135.p.rapidapi.com) from the information you saved, directly following the “https://”.

Make sure the method is set to ‘get’ (depending on your endpoint).

You will need to add 2 headers:

X-Rapidapi-Key
X-Rapidapi-Host

Both of these are in the information you saved from the example HTTP request earlier in the article.

Best Practices for Using APIs in Your Automations

When using APIs in your automations, it's important to keep in mind a few best practices:

Choose reliable APIs: Make sure you choose APIs from reputable providers with good documentation and support.
Test thoroughly: Before using an API in your automations, test it thoroughly to ensure it works as expected and doesn't cause any issues.
Monitor results: Keep an eye on your automations to ensure they're running smoothly and to identify any issues with the APIs.

Final Thoughts

Using APIs in your Make.com automations can help you add functionality and improve efficiency.

Why not give it a try and see how APIs can benefit your business processes & systems?