--- title: "Connect Balabook to UPC database - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Invoices\" fires in Balabook, your agent runs \"Find products by keyword\" in UPC database." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/balabook-to-upc-database" --- # Connect Balabook to UPC database When **New Invoices** fires in [Balabook](https://apiant.ai/connections/balabook), your agent runs **Find products by keyword** in [UPC database](https://apiant.ai/connections/upc-database). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Balabook **2** triggers Balabook **26** actions UPC database **3** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Balabook and UPC database to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Balabook can start in UPC database - When **New Invoices** in Balabook then **Find products by keyword** in UPC database - When **New Journal Entries** in Balabook then **Get account** in UPC database 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 Balabook and UPC database ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 29 actions - Trigger **New Invoices** Triggers when a new invoice is created. - Trigger **New Journal Entries** Triggers when a new journal entry is created. - Action **Add bill** Create a bill. - Action **Add credit note** Create a credit note. - Action **Add invoice payment** Record a payment on an invoice. - Action **Add journal entry** Create a journal entry. - Action **Create Account** Creates a new account in your company. - Action **Create Estimate** Creates a new draft estimate in your company. - Action **Create Expense** Creates a new draft expense in your company. - Action **Create Invoice** Creates a new draft invoice in your company. - Action **Create Partner** Creates the partner for the company. - Action **Create Transaction** Creates a new draft transaction in your company. - Action **Delete invoice** Delete an invoice. - Action **Get account** Get an account with amounts. - Action **Get credit note** Returns one credit note with partner, line items, totals and status. - Action **Get invoice** Get an invoice by id. - Action **Get partner** Get a partner by id. - Action **List accounts** List accounts. - Action **List bills** List bills. - Action **List estimates** List estimates. - Action **List invoices** List invoices. - Action **List journal entries** List journal entries. - Action **List transactions** List transactions. - Action **Update account** Update an account. - Action **Update estimate** Update an estimate. - Action **Update expense** Update an expense. - Action **Update invoice** Update an invoice. - Action **Update partner** Update a partner. - Action **Find products by keyword** Searches the UPC Database for products whose details match a keyword and returns up to 20 matching products with their barcodes. - Action **Get account** Returns details about your UPC Database account, including your API subscription, limits and remaining requests. - Action **Get product** Returns a product's details — title, brand, description, category, store prices and images — by its UPC or EAN barcode. ## Each app on its own - [ **Balabook** Balabook is an accounting software for business owners and accounting firms to help improve the financial...](https://apiant.ai/connections/balabook) - [ **UPC database** More than 1.5 million barcode numbers from all around the world](https://apiant.ai/connections/upc-database) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Balabook - [ **Balabook to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/balabook-to-hubspot) - [ **Balabook to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/balabook-to-salesforce) - [ **Balabook to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/balabook-to-slack) - [ **Balabook to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/balabook-to-google-sheets) - [ **Balabook to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/balabook-to-gmail) - [ **Balabook to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/balabook-to-google-calendar) ## More into UPC database - [ **HubSpot to UPC database** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-upc-database) - [ **Salesforce to UPC database** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-upc-database) - [ **Slack to UPC database** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-upc-database) - [ **Google Sheets to UPC database** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-upc-database) - [ **Gmail to UPC database** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-upc-database) - [ **Google Calendar to UPC database** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-upc-database) Questions ## Balabook and UPC database, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Balabook? Any of Balabook's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Invoices and New Journal Entries. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in UPC database when something happens in Balabook? Any of UPC database's 3 actions, including Find products by keyword, Get account and Get product. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from UPC database to Balabook? UPC database has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Balabook. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads UPC database's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Balabook or UPC database? 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 Balabook and UPC database 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.