LedgerBox Zapier integrationAutomate LedgerBox with Zapier.
The LedgerBox Zapier integration gives you 2 actions, 0 triggers and 0 searches. One action hands a financial document to LedgerBox for AI extraction, the other fetches the results of a finished job. Another app always starts the Zap.
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What the LedgerBox Zapier integration actually does
LedgerBox reads financial documents with AI and pulls the data out of them. Zapier is what feeds it. When a document appears in another app, Zapier sends the file to LedgerBox with Upload File, and a second action, Get Job Results, brings back what LedgerBox extracted once the job is complete.
Three outcomes come out of those two actions. Every saved document gets processed: Upload File sends each new PDF, JPEG or PNG from your storage to LedgerBox with the model you choose. Extracted data ready for the next step: Get Job Results returns the output of a completed job, so later steps in the Zap can write it somewhere useful. No more manual uploads: nobody drags files into LedgerBox one by one, the Zap does it for every new file.
And what Zapier does not do. LedgerBox has no trigger, so the end of a job cannot start a Zap on its own. There is no search, so you cannot look up an earlier job by file name: Get Job Results needs the Job ID, which comes from the Upload File step. Files must be PDF, JPEG or PNG, under 10MB. A Word file, a spreadsheet or a heavy scan makes the upload step fail.
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Zapier vocabulary in one minute
Seven words appear on every Zapier screen. Here they are once, in plain English.
- Zap
- The automation you build: one trigger, then one or more actions that run every time the trigger event happens.
- Trigger
- The event that starts the Zap. With LedgerBox it always comes from another app, since LedgerBox offers none.
- Action
- What the Zap does once started: the step that writes, sends or moves something for you, like Upload File.
- Task
- The unit Zapier bills: one action that completed successfully. Your plan is a count of those, month by month.
- Polling vs instant
- A polling trigger is checked by Zapier on a timer. An instant trigger reports to Zapier itself the moment it happens.
- Filter
- A step that lets the Zap continue only when the incoming data meets a condition you set, and stops it otherwise.
- Multi-step Zap
- Any Zap beyond one trigger and one action. Chaining Upload File and Get Job Results makes one, and it needs a paid plan.
What it really costs to run
LedgerBox is not a premium app, so it works on the free plan. Zapier bills in tasks, and each LedgerBox action that succeeds is one.
- Premium appNo, works on the free plan
- Free plan100 tasks a month, two-step Zaps only
- Upload and resultsTwo tasks per document
- Not countedThe trigger, failed actions
The trigger in your storage app costs nothing, and Zapier checking for new files is free however often it looks. Upload File counts one task when it goes through; a refused file is not counted. Add Get Job Results in the same Zap and each document costs two tasks. The free plan offers 100 tasks a month, unlimited Zaps and a 15-minute polling interval, but stops at two steps. Upload plus results, or a filter, makes a multi-step Zap that needs a paid plan.
Connect your LedgerBox account in three steps
- 01
Open the connection dialog
Go to the Apps page of your Zapier account and click + Add connection. You need a LedgerBox account, plus access to any file you want the Zap to send that you do not own.
- 02
Pick LedgerBox
Search for LedgerBox by name in the dialog, select it, then click Add connection. Zapier then opens a new browser tab on the LedgerBox side to finish the setup.
- 03
Sign in and allow access
Log in to LedgerBox in that tab and grant Zapier access to the account. The connection now sits on your Apps page, ready for both LedgerBox actions in any Zap.
Your first Zap: from cloud storage to extracted data
GoalEach new document saved to your storage goes to LedgerBox, and the Zap then fetches the results of that job.
- 01
Set the trigger
Create a Zap and pick your cloud storage with its new file event. LedgerBox has no trigger, so the Zap always starts in another app.
- 02
Test on a real file
Run the trigger test. Zapier brings back the three most recent files of the connected account, so you map fields on an actual document.
- 03
Add Upload File
Choose LedgerBox and Upload File. Map the file, write the Filename with its extension, and pick the Processing Model. All three are required.
- 04
Add Get Job Results
Add a second LedgerBox action, Get Job Results. Map the Job ID from the Upload File step and select the same Processing Model. This makes the Zap multi-step.
- 05
Test, then publish
Test each step once and read what LedgerBox sent back before going further. When the output looks right, click Publish to switch the Zap on.
The 2 LedgerBox actions
LedgerBox gives you 2 actions. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.
Get Job Results
ActionIn Zapier“Retrieves the results of a completed job.”
Fetches what LedgerBox extracted from a job that has finished, so the following steps can reuse that data.
Upload File
ActionIn Zapier“Uploads a file to LedgerBox and processes it with the specified model.”
Sends a document to LedgerBox and has it processed by the model you pick, which is how extraction starts.
When the LedgerBox Zap breaks
Zapier attaches no help article and no documented rate limit to LedgerBox. Beyond the file rules of Upload File, the failures come from how Zapier works in general.
Four cases are worth knowing before you publish. When a run fails and the cause is unclear, see our Zapier troubleshooting guide.
The file is refused at upload
Upload File only accepts PDF, JPEG or PNG files under 10MB. A larger file, or another format, makes the step fail; a failed action costs no task.Older documents are skipped
A Zap only reacts to files added after it is published. Documents already in storage never reach LedgerBox; sending that backlog is a separate job.A batch upload held back
If your storage suddenly returns a huge batch of files, after a bulk import or a migration, Zapier's flood protection can hold those runs back.A loop that burns tasks
If the Zap saves files back into the folder its trigger watches, it sets itself off again and again and eats the monthly task count fast.
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