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Alt Text Generator Make integrationAutomate Alt Text Generator with Make.

Every image on your site needs a description, and writing them by hand does not scale. The Alt Text Generator Make integration gives you 2 action modules. This guide shows how to link your API key, which module to pick, and how to build a first scenario around it.

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What you can automate

What can the Alt Text Generator Make integration do for you?

The Alt Text Generator Make integration lets a Make scenario ask Alt Text Generator for an image description, then pass that text to the next tool. A scenario is the automation you build in Make, a chain of modules, and a module is one brick of it. Here the app brings no trigger, only actions, so another app or a schedule starts the flow.

For an online store, the most obvious use is a product catalog where new photos arrive without descriptions. A module from your shop app hands each picture over, Generate an Alt Text produces the description, and the next module writes it back to the product. Each picture travels as one bundle, meaning one item flowing from a module to the next.

A content team can do the same with a media library: images uploaded for articles get their description before anyone publishes. An agency handling several client sites can run one scenario per site, each with its own connection, which is your Alt Text Generator account linked to Make once and reused by every module.

What Make does not give you here: a trigger inside Alt Text Generator, and any detail on fields or limits, since the Make documentation for this app is short and even warns that it was AI generated and should be checked against the vendor. The second module, Make and API Call, has no official description at all.

If you are weighing tools, the n8n vs Make comparison lays out the criteria, the Make pricing page explains how operations are counted, and Make training helps if this is your first scenario.

Connect

How do you connect Alt Text Generator to Make?

  1. 01

    Copy your API key

    You need an active Alt Text Generator account. In its dashboard, open Settings, then API keys, and copy the key shown on screen. Keep that tab open; Make asks for the key in the next step.

  2. 02

    Add the module in your scenario

    In Make, add an Alt Text Generator module to your scenario and click Create a connection. The Connection name field is optional, but a clear name helps when you later manage several accounts or client sites.

  3. 03

    Paste the key and save

    Paste the API key you copied, or follow the instructions Make shows on screen, and save. The connection now appears in the module, and both Alt Text Generator modules can reuse it without asking again.

First scenario

Your first scenario with Alt Text Generator

GoalWhen a new image reaches the app where you store your pictures, Make asks Alt Text Generator for a description and hands the text to the next module.

  1. 01

    Create the scenario

    On the Scenarios page, create a new scenario and click the + to add the first module. Since Alt Text Generator has no trigger, pick the module of the app where your images live.

  2. 02

    Set up the starting module

    Connect that app and fill its fields. Once the connection exists, Make lists the folders or objects it can read, so you choose instead of typing paths from memory.

  3. 03

    Add Generate an Alt Text

    Click the + on the right of the first module, search Alt Text Generator and pick Generate an Alt Text. Select your connection, then map the image data coming from the previous module.

  4. 04

    Test with Run once

    Click Run once. Make runs the scenario one time, and you can open each module to read the bundles it received and check the description produced for your image.

  5. 05

    Schedule and switch on

    Open the clock on the first module. A new scenario checks every 15 minutes by default, which is also the minimum on the Free plan. Adjust it if needed, then switch the scenario on.

Modules

What each Alt Text Generator module does

Alt Text Generator gives you 2 modules. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

Alt Text Generator1

Generate an Alt Text

ActionIn the docs only

Gives you a written description for an image, ready to be stored as alt text by the next module in the scenario. This is the module the whole integration is built around.

When to use it
right after the module that brings in a new product photo or article image, so the text is there before the page goes live.
Watch out
the documentation lists no fields for it, so run it once on a single image and read the output before connecting it to a live catalog.
Alt Text Generator2

Make and API Call

ActionIn the docs only

A second action listed in the Make documentation for Alt Text Generator, with no official description. Its name points to a direct request to the vendor, but nothing in the documentation confirms what it sends or returns.

When to use it
only when Generate an Alt Text does not cover your need and you have checked its fields in the editor.
Watch out
test it with Run once on sample data first, and ask the vendor if a result looks wrong.
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FAQ

Questions about the Alt Text Generator Make integration

01Is the Alt Text Generator Make integration free?
Yes on the Make side. Alt Text Generator is a standard app, available on the Free plan along with more than 3,000 others. That plan allows 2 active scenarios, a minimum of 15 minutes between scheduled runs, 5 minutes of execution per run, files up to 5 MB and 512 MB of data transfer. Each module run on one bundle counts as an operation on your plan. Paid plans lower the interval to one minute and allow 40 minutes of execution. You still need an active Alt Text Generator account, whose pricing is set by the vendor.
02What do you need to connect Alt Text Generator to Make?
An active Alt Text Generator account and its API key. In the app dashboard, go to Settings, then API keys, and copy the key displayed. In Make, add an Alt Text Generator module, click Create a connection, name it if you want, and paste the key. The connection is stored once and reused by both modules. If the key is rejected, check that your Alt Text Generator account is active before anything else.
03Can Alt Text Generator start a Make scenario in real time?
No, the app has no trigger, neither scheduled nor instant, so it cannot start a scenario by itself. The scenario begins with a module from another app: an instant trigger if that app calls Make through a webhook as soon as an image is added, or a scheduled trigger that Make checks at an interval, every 15 minutes by default. Alt Text Generator then comes second and describes each image that arrives.
04What if a feature is missing from the Alt Text Generator Make integration?
It depends on what you need. The app has no Make an API Call module, so there is no universal fallback for requests the two modules do not cover. The documentation does list a module named Make and API Call, but without any description, so test it before relying on it. If neither module fits, handle that step with another app in the same scenario, or ask the Make agency team to look at your case.
05Should you use Make or n8n for Alt Text Generator?
It depends on the tool your team already runs. On Make, Alt Text Generator offers 2 action modules and a simple API key connection, available from the Free plan. The same app may also exist as an n8n node; check that before deciding. The useful criteria are practical: where your other automations already live, who maintains them, and whether your image source has a trigger in that tool. Pick the one where the whole flow fits without workarounds.
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