--- title: "Connect ActiveCampaign Postmark to NGP VAN - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Bounce\" fires in ActiveCampaign Postmark, your agent runs \"Add Contact History\" in NGP VAN." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-postmark-to-ngp-van" --- # Connect ActiveCampaign Postmark to NGP VAN When **New Bounce** fires in [ActiveCampaign Postmark](https://apiant.ai/connections/activecampaign-postmark), your agent runs **Add Contact History** in [NGP VAN](https://apiant.ai/connections/ngp-van). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. ActiveCampaign Postmark **6** triggers ActiveCampaign Postmark **13** actions NGP VAN **20** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want ActiveCampaign Postmark and NGP VAN to do together? 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What ActiveCampaign Postmark can start in NGP VAN - When **New Bounce** in ActiveCampaign Postmark then **Add Contact History** in NGP VAN - When **New Delivery** in ActiveCampaign Postmark then **Add Note to Contact** in NGP VAN Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with ActiveCampaign Postmark and NGP VAN ## Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 33 actions - Trigger **New Bounce** Triggers when an email sent through Postmark bounces. - Trigger **New Delivery** Triggers when Postmark confirms an email was accepted by a recipient's mail server (one event per recipient). - Trigger **New Email Open** Triggers when a recipient opens an email sent through Postmark with open tracking enabled. - Trigger **New Inbound Message** Triggers when an email arrives at the server's inbound address and Postmark parses it. - Trigger **New Link Click** Triggers when a recipient clicks a tracked link in an email for the first time. - Trigger **New Spam Complaint** Triggers when a recipient marks an email sent through Postmark as spam. - Action **Activate bounce** Reactivates an email address that Postmark deactivated because of a bounce, so it can receive email again. - Action **Add template** Creates a new email template (standard or layout) on your Postmark server. - Action **Delete template** Deletes an email template from your Postmark server by its ID or alias. - Action **Find bounces by criteria** Returns bounces on your Postmark server matching criteria such as bounce type, email address, tag, message, stream, or date range. - Action **Find outbound messages by criteria** Searches outbound email messages sent through your Postmark server by recipient, sender, tag, status, subject, date range or message stream. Returns up to 500 matching messages. - Action **Get bounce** Returns the details of a single bounce, including the bounced email address, bounce type, and whether the address can be reactivated. - Action **Get outbound message** Returns the full details of one sent email, including its bodies, recipients, status, metadata and delivery events. - Action **Get template** Returns a single email template, including its subject, HTML and text content, by its ID or alias. - Action **List templates** Returns the email templates on your Postmark server, optionally filtered by template type or layout. - Action **Send an Email** Sends a single email through your Postmark server. - Action **Send batch emails** Sends up to 500 emails in a single request and returns Postmark's per-message result for each. - Action **Send Email With Template** Sends an email rendered from one of your Postmark templates, filling it with the values you supply. - Action **Update template** Updates an existing Postmark template's name, subject, HTML or text content, alias, or layout. - Action **Add a Contribution** Creates a contribution (donation) for a contact in NGP VAN, credited to a designation. - Action **Add Activist Codes** Applies or removes one or more activist codes on a person in NGP VAN. - Action **Add Canvass Responses** Records a canvass interaction on a person in NGP VAN: either a result code such as Not Home, or script responses such as activist codes, survey answers and volunteer activities. - Action **Add Contact History** Records a contact attempt (contact history) on a person in NGP VAN with a result code such as Not Home or Wrong Number, plus optional context like contact type, date and phone. - Action **Add Note to Contact** Adds a free-text note to a person in NGP VAN, optionally with a note category and a contact history record. - Action **Add Survey Responses** Records one or more survey question answers on a person in VAN, optionally with details of how and when they were canvassed. - Action **Create Financial Batch** Creates a financial batch in NGP VAN for grouping contributions under a designation. - Action **Create or Update Contact With a Contribution** Finds a matching contact (creating one if none exists, otherwise updating it) and records a contribution for that contact. Returns the contact's VAN ID and the new contribution ID. - Action **Delete code from contact** Removes a single code (tag) from a contact in NGP VAN. - Action **Delete contact** Deletes (suppresses) a contact record in NGP VAN by its VANID. - Action **Find Contact** Finds the person in NGP VAN who matches the VAN ID, name, date of birth, phone numbers or email addresses you provide, and returns that person's full record. - Action **Find Financial Batch** Finds financial batches whose names contain the given text. - Action **Get contact** Returns a person record from NGP VAN by VAN ID, with optional phones, emails, addresses, custom fields and other details. - Action **List activist codes** Returns the activist codes available in your VAN committee, optionally filtered by status, name or type. - Action **List campaigns** Returns the campaigns in your NGP VAN account, with each campaign's name, type and status. - Action **List notes** Returns the notes recorded on a person (contact) in NGP VAN. - Action **Merge contacts** Merges a source contact into a target contact, keeping the target's values on conflicts and deleting the source. - Action **Subscribe Email** Finds or creates a contact by email address and marks that email as subscribed. - Action **Tag a Contact** Applies a tag or source code to an existing contact. - Action **Update note** Updates the text, view restriction and category of an existing note on a person in NGP VAN. ## Each app on its own - [ **ActiveCampaign Postmark** Postmark is specifically built to deliver your app's emails to the inbox, fast.](https://apiant.ai/connections/activecampaign-postmark) - [ **NGP VAN** NGP VAN is the leading technology provider to Democratic and progressive campaigns and organizations...](https://apiant.ai/connections/ngp-van) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from ActiveCampaign Postmark - [ **ActiveCampaign Postmark to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-postmark-to-hubspot) - [ **ActiveCampaign Postmark to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-postmark-to-salesforce) - [ **ActiveCampaign Postmark to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-postmark-to-slack) - [ **ActiveCampaign Postmark to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-postmark-to-google-sheets) - [ **ActiveCampaign Postmark to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-postmark-to-gmail) - [ **ActiveCampaign Postmark to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-postmark-to-google-calendar) ## More into NGP VAN - [ **HubSpot to NGP VAN** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-ngp-van) - [ **Salesforce to NGP VAN** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-ngp-van) - [ **Slack to NGP VAN** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-ngp-van) - [ **Google Sheets to NGP VAN** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-ngp-van) - [ **Gmail to NGP VAN** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-ngp-van) - [ **Google Calendar to NGP VAN** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-ngp-van) Questions ## ActiveCampaign Postmark and NGP VAN, answered ### ### What can start an automation from ActiveCampaign Postmark? Any of ActiveCampaign Postmark's 6 triggers in the catalog, including New Bounce, New Delivery, New Email Open and New Inbound Message. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in NGP VAN when something happens in ActiveCampaign Postmark? Any of NGP VAN's 20 actions, including Create Financial Batch, Create or Update Contact With a Contribution, Update note and Add a Contribution. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from NGP VAN to ActiveCampaign Postmark? NGP VAN has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in ActiveCampaign Postmark. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads NGP VAN's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for ActiveCampaign Postmark or NGP VAN? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use ActiveCampaign Postmark and NGP VAN without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.