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Astara Connect Make integrationAutomate Astara Connect with Make.

What can the Astara Connect Make integration do for you? It gives Make 2 modules: a scheduled trigger that watches tracker activity and the Make an API Call action. This guide is written for travel teams new to Make and takes you from the connection to a first live scenario.

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What you can automate

What does the Astara Connect Make integration do?

The Astara Connect Make integration links your company account to Make, so a scenario (the automation you build in Make, a chain of modules) can start from tracker activity and pass it on to your other tools. A module is one brick of that chain. Here you get one trigger and one action, and nothing to code.

Keep the whole team informed. Watch a Tracker Activity picks up activity and hands each item to the next module, a chat or email app for example, so nobody has to open Astara Connect just to check what moved.

Build a running log. Put a spreadsheet module after the same trigger and every activity Make picks up becomes a new row, ready for filtering and reporting by the operations lead.

Reach what the listed modules leave out. Make an API Call sends a request to any endpoint of the Astara Connect API with the connection you already set up, which covers actions that have no dedicated module.

What Make does not do here: the doc lists only these 2 modules and describes neither, so anything beyond them depends on the endpoints the Astara Connect API documents. Apps in Make often have an n8n node as well; the n8n vs Make comparison lays out the criteria. For a guided start, the Make training covers the editor step by step, and Make pricing explains what each plan allows.

Connect

How do you connect Astara Connect to Make?

  1. 01

    Open a new connection

    In a scenario, add an Astara Connect module and click Create a connection. A connection is your Astara Connect account linked to Make once, then reused by every Astara Connect module you add later.

  2. 02

    Generate your API key

    In Astara Connect, go to Settings, choose Company and click Generate API Key. Approve with Confirm and generate, then copy the key displayed in the window.

  3. 03

    Paste the key in Make

    Back in Make, type a name in Connection name if you want to tell several accounts apart; the field is optional. Paste the API key you copied and save: the connection is ready for both modules.

First scenario

Your first scenario with Astara Connect

GoalWhen new tracker activity shows up in Astara Connect, Make picks it up and sends a request to the Astara Connect API endpoint you choose.

  1. 01

    Create the scenario

    On the Scenarios page, create a new scenario and click the + in the editor. Type Astara Connect in the search and pick Watch a Tracker Activity.

  2. 02

    Link your account

    Click Create a connection and paste your API key, or pick the connection you already made. Make then shows the fields of the trigger, ready to fill in.

  3. 03

    Add the API call

    Click the + on the right of the trigger and add Make an API Call from Astara Connect. It reuses the same connection, and you map data from the trigger into the request.

  4. 04

    Test with Run once

    Click Run once. Make runs the scenario one time and shows the bundles each module received; a bundle is one item passed from a module to the next, here one activity.

  5. 05

    Schedule and switch on

    Open the clock on the first module: a new scenario checks every 15 minutes by default. Keep that or pick another interval your plan allows, then switch the scenario on.

Triggers

What starts an Astara Connect scenario

1 module starts a scenario when something happens in Astara Connect. A scheduled trigger is checked by Make on the scenario's schedule; an instant one is called by Astara Connect as soon as it happens.

Astara Connect1Watch a Tracker Activity

Watch a Tracker Activity

triggerIn the docs only

Watch a Tracker Activity gives your scenario its starting point: each tracker activity it finds in Astara Connect becomes a bundle the following modules can use. The doc gives no description of the module, so a first Run once is the quickest way to see what an activity contains.

How it fires
scheduled, Make checks the app on the scenario's schedule, every 15 minutes by default and no more often than that on the Free plan.
When to use it
as the first module whenever tracker activity should reach a spreadsheet, a chat or another tool.
Watch out
its scheduled type is inferred from its name because the Make directory was unavailable, so look for the clock badge when you add it.
Modules

What else Astara Connect can do in Make

Astara Connect gives you 1 module. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

Astara Connect1

Make an API Call

ActionIn the docs only

Make an API Call lets you reach any endpoint of the Astara Connect API from your scenario with the connection you already created, so you are not limited to the single trigger. Each run of it is an operation, one execution of one module that Make counts on your plan.

When to use it
when you need an action in Astara Connect that no dedicated module covers.
Watch out
this page does not list the endpoints, so find them in the Astara Connect API documentation before you build the request.
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FAQ

Questions about Astara Connect and Make

01Is the Astara Connect Make integration free?
Yes, Astara Connect is a standard app in Make, available from the Free plan. That plan lets you keep 2 active scenarios, run a scheduled scenario at most every 15 minutes, with up to 5 minutes per run, files up to 5 MB and 512 MB of data transfer. Paid plans (Core, Pro, Teams and Enterprise) bring the interval down to 1 minute and count usage in credits per month. You still need an active Astara Connect account for your company, and that subscription is handled on the Astara Connect side, not in Make.
02What is needed to connect Astara Connect to Make?
An active Astara Connect account associated with a company, plus an API key. You generate the key in Astara Connect under Settings, then Company, with the Generate API Key button and a confirmation step. In Make, click Create a connection on any Astara Connect module, give the connection a name if you like, and paste the key. That single connection then serves both modules, the trigger and Make an API Call, so the setup happens only once.
03Does the Astara Connect trigger fire instantly in Make?
No. Watch a Tracker Activity is a scheduled trigger: Make checks Astara Connect on the scenario's schedule instead of being called by the app through a webhook. A new scenario checks every 15 minutes by default. On the Free plan, 15 minutes is also the shortest interval, while paid plans go down to 1 minute. The type is inferred from the module name, since the Make directory was unavailable, so check for the clock badge, the mark of a scheduled trigger, when you add the module.
04What if a module is missing from the Astara Connect Make integration?
Use Make an API Call. It calls any endpoint of the Astara Connect API with the connection you already have, so an action without a dedicated module stays within reach. You need the endpoint and its parameters from the Astara Connect API documentation. Keep in mind that the Make documentation for this app is AI-generated from the vendor's own docs and may contain mistakes, so confirm important details with Astara Connect directly before relying on a request.
05Make or n8n for Astara Connect?
It depends on which tool offers what you need for this app. On Make, Astara Connect has 2 modules: a scheduled trigger for tracker activity and Make an API Call for everything else, both set up without code. Apps in Make often have an n8n node as well, but this page does not cover whether Astara Connect has one. The practical test is to check which tool lists the modules your process needs, then build a first scenario there and see how it fits your team.
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