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SendBeam and Slack

Post new SendBeam subscribers, unsubscribes and form submissions into a Slack channel.

Some things are worth seeing as they happen: a new subscriber, an unsubscribe from a big customer, a message through a contact form. SendBeam sends a webhook for each of these, and an automation tool can post it into a Slack channel for the team.

Native integration: no

SendBeam has no Slack app of its own. The routes below post SendBeam events into Slack through n8n, Make or Zapier, using SendBeam's webhooks.

How it works

  1. Pick your automation tool. n8n with the official SendBeam node, Make or Zapier. Each connects to Slack with its own trigger, shown below.
  2. Create an API key. Settings → API keys in SendBeam, with contacts:write, and lists:write if the workflow adds people to a list. The full key is shown once. To send SendBeam events out instead, add an endpoint under Settings → Webhooks.
  3. Map the fields and test. Map the fields between Slack and SendBeam, run the workflow once with your own address, and check the result before switching it on.

Code

In n8n: SendBeam events to a Slack channel

n8n workflow 
1. SendBeam Trigger
     Events   Contact Created, Contact Unsubscribed, Form Submitted
2. Slack → Message → Send
     Channel  #signups
     Text     {{ $json.event }}: {{ $json.data.contact.email }}

Publishing the workflow sets up the SendBeam webhook for you. Form submissions carry the address as data.email rather than data.contact.email.

In Make: SendBeam webhook to Slack

Make scenario 
Module 1: Webhooks → Custom webhook   (copy its address)
In SendBeam: Settings → Webhooks → Add endpoint
             paste the address, choose contact.created
Module 2: the Slack module that sends a message to a channel
          Text: New subscriber: {{1.data.contact.email}}

Run the scenario once and use Send test event on the endpoint in SendBeam, so Make learns the payload's fields.

In Zapier: SendBeam webhook to Slack

Zap 
Trigger  Webhooks by Zapier, catching a hook   (copy its URL)
In SendBeam: Settings → Webhooks → Add endpoint
             paste the URL, choose contact.created
Action   Slack's action for sending a channel message
         Text: New subscriber: map Data Contact Email

Webhooks by Zapier is available on Zapier's paid plans. Send test event in SendBeam gives Zapier a sample with the same fields a real event has.

Things to know

  • Choose only the events the channel needs; every subscriber on a busy list is a lot of messages.
  • Test events carry test: true in data, so a workflow can skip them.
  • The full list of events is in the webhooks documentation.

Go further

  • HubSpot — Add new HubSpot contacts to SendBeam, so your CRM and your newsletter share one list of people.
  • Typeform — Turn Typeform responses into SendBeam contacts, on the list and with the tags you choose.
  • Stripe — Add new Stripe customers to SendBeam as contacts, ready for onboarding emails and receipts.

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