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Accredible Certificates Zapier integrationAutomate Accredible Certificates with Zapier.

The Accredible Certificates Zapier integration gives you 2 triggers, 4 actions and 2 searches. Start a Zap when a credential is created or published, then issue, update or delete credentials, attach a transcript, or look up credentials and groups.

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Overview

What the Accredible Certificates Zapier integration actually does

The Accredible Certificates Zapier integration links your Accredible account to the rest of your tools through Zapier, a service that runs automations between apps without code. A credential gets created or published, Zapier notices, and it carries out the next step for you: issue another credential, change one, attach a transcript, or look one up.

Three results come up again and again in a coding bootcamp. First, certificates that issue themselves: Create Credential only needs a cohort, a recipient name and an email, so a graduation list kept elsewhere can become credentials without retyping a single line. Second, scores shown on the badge: Create Evidence - Transcript adds a graded row, a percentage from 0 to 100, to a credential that already exists. Third, a team told about every graduate: New Credential Published starts a Zap as soon as Accredible publishes one.

That third point matters most on a free plan. Of the two triggers, New Credential Published is the only instant one: it reacts straight away even on the free plan, while New Credential Created waits for the plan's interval. Pick it whenever timing counts.

What Zapier does not do here: there is no find-or-create, so a search for a missing credential cannot create it in the same step. Credentials issued before the Zap went live are never picked up. And the polling trigger cannot be made instant, because Accredible's own API decides that, not the editor. If you are still weighing platforms, the Make vs Zapier comparison sets out the criteria side by side.

Vocabulary

Zapier vocabulary in one minute

Eight words carry the rest of this page. Each one in plain English, once.

Zap
The automation you build on Zapier: one trigger, then one or more actions that run every time that event happens.
Trigger
The event in an app that starts the Zap. Once the Zap is switched on, Zapier simply waits for that event.
Action
What the Zap does once it has started: the step that writes, sends or changes something in an app for you.
Task
The unit Zapier bills. One action that completes successfully is one task, and your plan is a count of those.
Polling vs instant
Polling: Zapier checks the app on a timer for new items. Instant: the app calls Zapier itself the moment it happens.
Filter
A step that lets the Zap carry on only when the incoming data meets a condition you set, and stops it otherwise.
Search step
A step that looks up something already stored in an app, so the steps after it can reuse what it found.
Connection
Your Accredible account linked to Zapier once, then reused by every step of every Zap that touches Accredible.
Cost

What it really costs

Accredible Certificates is not a premium app, so it works from the free plan. You pay in tasks, and not every step is one.

  • Free plan100 tasks a month
  • Premium appNo
  • Trigger cost0 tasks
  • Free Zap size2 steps

The trigger never costs a task, however often Zapier checks for new credentials. Each action that succeeds counts once, so a Zap that issues a credential and then attaches a transcript uses two tasks per run. A failed action costs nothing. The free plan gives 100 tasks a month and unlimited Zaps, but only two-step Zaps: one trigger, one action. Add a filter, a search or a second action and you need a paid plan.

Connect

Connect your Accredible account

  1. 01

    Open the Apps page

    In your Zapier account, go to Apps and click + Add connection. You need an Accredible account first, plus access to anything you do not own that the Zap should touch.

  2. 02

    Pick Accredible Certificates

    In the dialog, type the app's name, select Accredible Certificates in the results, then click Add connection. A new browser tab opens so you can sign in.

  3. 03

    Sign in and grant access

    Log in to Accredible in that tab and let Zapier access the account. The connection then sits in your list, and every Zap step that uses Accredible reuses it.

First Zap

Your first Zap: a transcript on every published credential

GoalA coding bootcamp attaches the final project grade to each graduate's credential once it is published.

  1. 01

    Build: pick the trigger

    Create a Zap, choose Accredible Certificates as the trigger app and New Credential Published as the event, then select the connection you made above.

  2. 02

    Test the trigger

    Run the test. Zapier brings back the three most recent items from your account, so you map the next steps against a real published credential.

  3. 03

    Add a filter

    Add a Filter step from the plus icon and set the field, the rule and the value. Only the credentials that pass go on. This step makes it a paid-plan Zap.

  4. 04

    Add the transcript

    Add Create Evidence - Transcript. Point Credential ID at the credential from step one, then fill Name, Grade, Description and Supplemental, all of them required.

  5. 05

    Test, then publish

    Test the action once and check the result in Accredible. Then publish the Zap to switch it on. The Zapier training goes further on field mapping.

Triggers

Triggers

2 events start a Zap when something happens in Accredible Certificates, and one of them is instant: the app calls Zapier straight away, whatever your plan.

1

New Credential Published

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a new Credential is published.”

Starts your Zap each time Accredible publishes a credential, so whatever comes next happens as soon as the certificate or badge is out in the open.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan.
When to use it
a bootcamp that wants each graduate's badge logged or announced the minute it goes live, without waiting on any timer.
Watch out
Create Credential publishes by default, so a Zap on this trigger that also issues credentials can keep setting itself off.
2

New Credential Created

Polling trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a new credential is created.”

Picks up each credential newly added to your Accredible account and hands its details to the next step of the Zap.

How it fires
Zapier goes and looks at regular intervals, and how often depends on your plan: every 15 minutes on the free one.
When to use it
an admin who wants every new credential reviewed or completed before students see it, and who can live with the wait until the next check.
Watch out
Zapier remembers what it has already seen, so one credential starts the Zap only once, and nothing created before the Zap went live is picked up.
Actions

Actions

Accredible Certificates gives you 4 actions. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

1

Create Credential

Action

In Zapier“Creates a new certificate or badge.”

Issues a new certificate or badge for one person. You give it the cohort, the recipient's name and their email, all three required.

When to use it
a student passes the final module in another tool and the certificate should follow without anyone retyping it.
Watch out
Publish Credential is on by default, but the sandbox mode setting of your Accredible dashboard overrides it.
2

Create Evidence - Transcript

Action

In Zapier“Creates a Transcript Evidence Item”

Attaches a transcript row to a credential that already exists: a label for the row, a percentage grade from 0 to 100, and a description shown alongside.

When to use it
displaying the final exam score right on the graduate's credential.
Watch out
Credential ID is numeric and required, and Supplemental decides whether the recipient can remove the item or only hide it.
3

Delete Credential

Action

In Zapier“Deleting an existing credential.”

Removes an existing credential from Accredible, identified by its ID, the single required field.

When to use it
an enrolment gets cancelled and the credential issued for it should disappear with it.
Watch out
a filter in front of this step is the simplest guard, so only the credentials matching your rule ever get deleted.
4

Update Credential

Action

In Zapier“Update an existing credential.”

Changes a credential you issued earlier. Its only required input is that credential's ID, so the Zap has to know exactly which one to touch.

When to use it
something on a credential was wrong at issue and the correction arrives from another app.
Watch out
when no earlier step carries the ID, put Find Credentials before this action, which makes the Zap multi-step.
Searches

Searches

2 search steps look for data that already exists in Accredible Certificates, so a later step can use it.

Searches sit at the bottom of the action-event list, under the SEARCH heading. Three settings decide what happens when the result is not one clean match.

1

Find Credentials

Search

In Zapier“Finds existing credentials.”

Looks up credentials already stored in your Accredible account and passes them to the steps after it.

When to use it
supplying the ID that Update Credential or Delete Credential requires when the Zap started in another app.
Watch out
whether it wants an exact value or a close one is up to Accredible, not Zapier, so test it on a real record.
2

Find Groups

Search

In Zapier“Find an existing Group.”

Finds a group that already exists in Accredible, so a later step can reuse it instead of you typing it in by hand.

When to use it
making sure the group you expect is there before the Zap does anything with it.
Watch out
left on its default, an empty result stops the Zap at this step, which is often exactly the safety net you want.

The three settings every search exposes

  1. Successful if no search results are found?
    Left as it is, a search that finds nothing stops the Zap and skips the steps that relied on it. Switched on, the Zap carries on empty-handed.
  2. Create X if it doesn't exist yet?
    Ticking it turns a search into a find-or-create. Accredible Certificates offers no such variant, so both searches here can only find.
  3. If multiple search results are found?
    Three ways out: keep the first match, which is the default, stop the Zap, or pass every match on at once.
When it breaks

When it breaks

Zapier attaches no help article to this app, so the traps below are Zapier's general ones, seen through credentials.

None of them shows up as a clear error message. They show up as a Zap that does nothing, or too much. The Zapier troubleshooting guide covers how to dig into a failed run.

  • Past credentials are ignored

    A Zap only reacts to what happens after you switch it on. Credentials issued before that stay untouched, and moving that backlog is a separate job.

  • A Zap that keeps restarting

    Issuing credentials from a Zap that watches for new credentials sets it off again and again, and every round eats through your tasks.

  • A bulk import held back

    Importing a whole cohort at once can hand the trigger a huge batch in one go, and Zapier's flood protection may hold it back.

  • No double runs on polling

    On New Credential Created, Zapier keeps track of what it has already seen, so the same credential never starts the Zap twice.
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FAQ

Questions people ask

01Is the Accredible Certificates Zapier integration free?
Yes, it works on the free plan, since Accredible Certificates is not a premium app. The free plan includes 100 tasks a month and unlimited Zaps, and it checks polling triggers every 15 minutes. The catch is size: free Zaps have two steps, one trigger and one action. A Zap that issues a credential and then attaches a transcript, or one with a filter or a search, needs a paid plan. No price is quoted here, because Zapier's plan grids change too often to publish.
02How many tasks does an Accredible Zap use?
One per successful action, on every run. The trigger costs nothing, and neither do Zapier's checks for new credentials, however frequent. A Zap that issues one credential uses one task each time it runs; a Zap that issues it and then attaches a transcript uses two. An action that fails is not counted against your plan. A few apps and actions take more than one task when they complete, so look at the task history after the first runs to confirm what yours costs.
03Does the integration work in real time?
Only with New Credential Published. That trigger is instant: Accredible tells Zapier as soon as a credential is published, whatever your plan, and the editor marks the Zap with a lightning bolt. New Credential Created is a polling trigger, so Zapier checks on a timer: every 15 minutes on Free, every 2 on Professional, every minute on Team and Enterprise. The type comes from Accredible's API, and no setting in the editor changes it. If speed matters on a free plan, build on the published trigger.
04What does it take to connect Accredible to Zapier?
An Accredible account, plus read or write access to anything you do not own that the Zap should touch. From the Apps page in Zapier, click + Add connection, search for Accredible Certificates, then sign in to Accredible in the tab that opens and grant Zapier access. The connection is made once and reused by every step. Before building a Zap around Create Credential, also check that the cohort you plan to use exists, because its name is a required field.
05Why isn't a credential created through Zapier published?
Sandbox mode is the cause to check first. Create Credential has a Publish Credential option that is on by default, but the sandbox mode setting in your Accredible dashboard takes precedence over it. So the Zap can create the credential correctly and still leave it unpublished. Check that dashboard setting before blaming the Zap. Keep in mind too that a Zap built on New Credential Published stays silent for those credentials until they really get published, while New Credential Created picks them up at the next check.
06What if the Accredible operation you need does not exist?
Then this integration cannot do it on its own: it offers 2 triggers, 4 actions and 2 searches, nothing more. There is no find-or-create, and groups can be found but not created or changed. Two routes remain. Chain the steps that do exist, for example Find Credentials followed by Update Credential, or compare what other automation tools offer for Accredible. Reading the operation list on the Zapier app page before you start saves building a Zap that can never be finished.
07Zapier, Make or n8n for Accredible Certificates?
Judge by criteria rather than by a ranking. On Zapier, the integration is ready to use, runs from the free plan and has an instant trigger for published credentials. Its limits are the two-step cap on free Zaps and the task count on paid plans. Make and n8n build and bill workflows differently, so weigh how many steps your credential flows need, how often they run, and who will maintain them. Check that each tool really connects to Accredible before you commit to one.
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