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OSOS Zapier integrationAutomate OSOS with Zapier.

The OSOS Zapier integration gives you 1 trigger and 1 action, and 0 searches. It is a narrow bridge: events raised in the apps you build on OSOS can start a Zap at once, and a Zap can send an event back to an OSOS entity.

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Overview

What the OSOS Zapier integration is for

OSOS is a platform for building business apps without writing code. The Zapier integration connects those apps to the rest of your tools through two doors: events going out of OSOS, and events coming back in. It covers nothing else, so check that your need fits one of those two before you build.

Three results teams usually aim for. A live log: New Event adds a row to a spreadsheet each time your OSOS app raises a given event on a given record, so managers can read the activity of the app without ever opening OSOS themselves. An alert: the same trigger posts a message in your team chat when, say, an approval is requested. A round trip: a step in another app ends with Create Event, which hands an event to a specific OSOS entity so your OSOS app can handle it.

What Zapier does not do here: there is no search, so a Zap cannot look up an OSOS record by name or value. There is no action to create, edit or delete records directly either; the only way back into OSOS is an event. The upside is speed: the single trigger is instant, so it fires right away even on the free plan, with no waiting for a scheduled check.

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Vocabulary

Zapier vocabulary in one minute

Seven words come back on every line of this page. Here they are in plain English.

Zap
The automation you build: one trigger, then one or more actions that run each time the trigger event happens.
Trigger
The event in an app that starts the Zap. Once the Zap is switched on, Zapier waits for that event and nothing else.
Action
What the Zap does once started: the step that writes, sends or moves something for you in an app.
Task
The unit Zapier bills. One task equals one action your Zap completes successfully; your plan counts those.
Instant vs polling
An instant trigger is pushed by the app when the event happens. A polling trigger is checked by Zapier on a timer.
Filter
A step that lets the Zap continue only when the incoming item meets your condition, and stops it otherwise.
Multi-step Zap
Any Zap beyond one trigger and one action. A second action or a filter makes one, and it then needs a paid plan.
Cost

What an OSOS Zap really costs

OSOS is not reserved for paid plans: it works on the free one. You pay in tasks, and the trigger itself is free.

  • TriggerFree, instant on every plan
  • Successful action1 task
  • Free plan100 tasks a month, two steps per Zap
  • OSOS accessFree plan included

Each action that succeeds counts as one task; a failed one is not counted. The free plan gives 100 tasks a month and two-step Zaps only, which is exactly what New Event plus one action needs. Add a filter or a second action and the Zap becomes multi-step, so it needs a paid plan. The interval grid below concerns polling triggers only: New Event is instant, so it starts at once on every plan, Free included.

Connect

Connect your OSOS account to Zapier

  1. 01

    Open the Apps page

    In your Zapier account, go to Apps and click + Add connection. A connection is your OSOS account linked once, then reused by every step that touches OSOS.

  2. 02

    Find OSOS

    Type OSOS in the search box of the dialog, select it and click Add connection. You need an existing OSOS account first; Zapier does not create one for you.

  3. 03

    Sign in and grant access

    Sign in to OSOS in the tab that opens and let Zapier use the account. If the OSOS app belongs to a colleague, get read or write rights on the records the Zap should touch first.

First Zap

Your first OSOS Zap, step by step

GoalEach time your OSOS app raises a chosen event, add a row to a shared spreadsheet and warn the team in its chat channel.

  1. 01

    Build: pick the trigger

    Create a Zap, choose OSOS as the app and New Event as the event that starts it, then select the OSOS connection you made above.

  2. 02

    Set the trigger

    Fill in the two required boxes, Event Type and Entity Id, so the Zap listens to one kind of event on one entity rather than everything.

  3. 03

    Test the trigger

    Run the test. Zapier brings back the three most recent matching events from your account, so you map the next steps on a real one.

  4. 04

    Add the two actions

    Add the spreadsheet step, then the chat step, and map the event values into each. Two actions make the Zap multi-step: a paid plan is required.

  5. 05

    Test, then publish

    Test each step once and read what came back. When the row and the chat message look right, publish the Zap to switch it on.

Triggers

The OSOS trigger

1 event starts a Zap when something happens in OSOS, and one of them is instant: the app calls Zapier straight away, whatever your plan.

1

New Event

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a new event Fired from OSOS.”

Starts your Zap when your OSOS app raises an event. You choose which kind of event and which entity to listen to, so one Zap follows one precise signal from the app you built. Two Zaps can follow two different signals side by side without getting mixed up.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
anything that should not wait, like alerting a manager in chat when a request in your OSOS app needs approval.
Watch out
Event Type and Entity Id are both required; without them set up in OSOS, the trigger has nothing to listen to.
Actions

The OSOS action

OSOS gives you 1 action. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

1

Create Event

Action

In Zapier“Fire a Zapier event for a specific entity to be handled on OSOS”

Sends an event to a specific entity in OSOS, so your OSOS app can react to something that happened in another tool. It is the only way a Zap writes back into OSOS.

When to use it
a payment confirmed in your billing tool should move the matching record forward in your OSOS app.
Watch out
the Zap and Entity boxes are required, and both must point at something that already exists in OSOS.
When it breaks

When an OSOS Zap breaks

Zapier publishes no OSOS-specific limit or error message, so the traps below are the general ones every Zap can hit.

  • The past is never sent

    A Zap only reacts to events raised after you switch it on. Anything your OSOS app produced before stays where it is; moving that backlog is a separate job.

  • A Zap that sets itself off

    A Zap that writes into the very place its own trigger watches restarts itself again and again. Check that Create Event never feeds the event your New Event Zap listens to.

  • Bulk changes get held back

    When a trigger suddenly returns a huge batch, after a bulk import or a migration, Zapier's flood protection can hold it back instead of running each item.
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FAQ

OSOS Zapier integration: frequent questions

01Is the OSOS Zapier integration free?
Yes. OSOS is not one of the apps Zapier reserves for paid plans, so it works on the free plan. That plan gives 100 tasks a month and builds two-step Zaps: one trigger and one action. A Zap made of New Event plus one action in another app fits that limit exactly. Add a filter or a second action, as in the example Zap above, and it becomes multi-step, which needs a paid plan. No price is given here because the plan grids change too often.
02How many tasks does an OSOS Zap use?
One task for each action that completes successfully, and nothing for the rest. The New Event trigger never costs a task, however many events your OSOS app raises. An action that fails is not counted against your plan. So a Zap that posts one chat message per event uses one task per event, and a Zap with two actions uses two. Keep an eye on loops: a Zap that keeps setting itself off can burn through the monthly count quickly.
03Is OSOS on Zapier real time?
Yes, for the trigger. New Event is an instant trigger: your OSOS app tells Zapier the moment the event happens, and the Zap starts right away. The plan interval grid, every 15 minutes on Free, applies only to polling triggers, so it does not slow this one down, even on the free plan. In the editor, a Zap built on an instant trigger shows a lightning bolt. The action, Create Event, then runs as part of the same Zap.
04What does it take to connect OSOS to Zapier?
An OSOS account, a Zapier account, and rights on whatever the Zap should touch. From the Apps page of Zapier, click + Add connection, pick OSOS, sign in to OSOS in the tab that opens and grant access. The connection is then reused by every OSOS step. Beyond the account, both operations need things set up in OSOS: an Event Type and an Entity Id for the trigger, a Zap and an Entity for the action.
05Why does the OSOS trigger ask for an Event Type and an Entity Id?
Because New Event listens to one kind of event on one entity, not to everything your OSOS app does. Both boxes are required, so the Zap cannot be switched on until you pick them. That is useful: each Zap stays focused on one signal, and you avoid a flood of unrelated runs. It also means you need one Zap per event type or entity you want to follow. Plan those in OSOS first, then build the Zaps one by one.
06What if the OSOS operation you need is missing?
Then the OSOS app on Zapier cannot do it as it stands. The integration exposes 2 operations: the New Event trigger and the Create Event action, with no search. There is no step to create, update or delete an OSOS record directly. One route is to send an event with Create Event and let your OSOS app make the change on its side, if your app is built to handle that event. Check it in OSOS before building the Zap.
07Zapier, Make or n8n for OSOS?
It comes down to criteria, not to a winner. On Zapier, the facts that matter are on this page: one instant trigger, one action, no search, and a free plan that fits a two-step Zap. If your need is to react at once to an OSOS event with a single action, Zapier covers it for free. If you need several steps or filters, budget for a paid plan. Then compare those needs with what the other tools offer for OSOS before choosing.
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