--- title: "Connect Crowdin and FreshBooks - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Comment/Issue Added\" fires in Crowdin, your agent runs \"Add Payment to Invoice\" in FreshBooks." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/crowdin-to-freshbooks" --- # Connect Crowdin and FreshBooks When **Comment/Issue Added** fires in [Crowdin](https://apiant.ai/connections/crowdin), your agent runs **Add Payment to Invoice** in [FreshBooks](https://apiant.ai/connections/freshbooks), or **New Bill** in FreshBooks to **Create Comment** in Crowdin. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Crowdin **12** triggers Crowdin **29** actions FreshBooks **16** triggers FreshBooks **29** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Crowdin and FreshBooks to do together? 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Crowdin and FreshBooks can do together ### From Crowdin to FreshBooks - When **Comment/Issue Added** in Crowdin then **Add Payment to Invoice** in FreshBooks - When **Comment/Issue Updated** in Crowdin then **Create Invoice** in FreshBooks ### From FreshBooks to Crowdin - When **New Bill** in FreshBooks then **Create Comment** in Crowdin - When **New Client** in FreshBooks then **Create or Update a File** in Crowdin 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 Crowdin and FreshBooks ## Triggers and actions 28 triggers · 58 actions - Trigger **Comment/Issue Added** Triggers when a user creates a comment or an issue. - Trigger **Comment/Issue Deleted** Triggers when a user deletes a comment or an issue. - Trigger **Comment/Issue Updated** Triggers when a user updates a comment or an issue. - Trigger **File Added** Triggers when a new file has been added to the project. - Trigger **File Approved** Triggers when a file is fully translated and approved. - Trigger **File Deleted** Triggers when a file has been deleted from the project. - Trigger **File Reverted** Triggers when a file update has been reverted. - Trigger **File Translated** Triggers when a file is fully translated. - Trigger **File Updated** Triggers when a file has been updated. - Trigger **New Directory** Triggers when a new directory is created in a Crowdin project. - Trigger **New Label** Triggers when a new label is added to a Crowdin project. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project is created in Crowdin. - Action **Add Approval** Approves a translation (or a source-string correction) in a Crowdin project. - Action **Add Translation** Adds a translation in a target language to a source string in a Crowdin project, or uploads a translated asset file. - Action **Create Comment** Adds a comment or issue to a string or asset file in a Crowdin project. - Action **Create Directory** Creates a directory in a Crowdin project, optionally inside a branch or parent directory. - Action **Create Label** Creates a new label in a Crowdin project, which can then be assigned to strings or screenshots. - Action **Create or Update a File** Uploads a source file to a Crowdin project, adding it as a new file or, when an existing file ID is given, replacing that file's content. - Action **Create Project** Creates a new translation project in Crowdin with the chosen source and target languages and project settings. - Action **Create String** Creates a source string for translation in a file of a Crowdin project. - Action **Create Task** Creates a translation or proofreading task in a Crowdin project for chosen files, directories, branches or strings. - Action **Delete Comment** Deletes a string or asset comment or issue from a Crowdin project. - Action **Delete File** Deletes a source file from a Crowdin project. - Action **Download Translated File** Builds the translated version of a project file for one target language and returns a temporary download link for it. - Action **Find Directory** Finds directories in a Crowdin project by name. - Action **Find File** Finds source files in a Crowdin project whose name matches the text you give, optionally limited to a branch or directory. - Action **Find Label** Finds labels in a Crowdin project whose title matches the title you supply. - Action **Find Language** Finds a Crowdin language by its name or language code (for example "Spanish" or "es") and returns its codes and details. - Action **Find Project** Finds Crowdin projects whose name matches the text you supply, returning the first match and the full list. - Action **Find String** Finds source strings in a Crowdin project by text, identifier or context, returning the first match and the full list. - Action **Find Task** Finds a task in a Crowdin project by its title, optionally narrowed by status or batch, and returns the first match. - Action **Get Comment** Returns a single string or asset comment (or issue) in a Crowdin project, including its text, author, issue status and attachments. - Action **Get Screenshot** Returns a screenshot from a Crowdin project, including its name, image link, size, tags and labels. - Action **Get Translation** Returns a single translation of a string or asset in a Crowdin project, including its text, author, rating and provider. - Action **Label String** Assigns a label to one or more strings in a Crowdin project and returns the updated strings. - Action **List Approvals** Returns the approvals on translations in a Crowdin project, filtered by translation, correction or language. - Action **Remove Label From String** Removes a label from one or more strings in a Crowdin project and returns the updated strings. - Action **Resolve Issue** Marks an issue reported on a Crowdin string or asset as resolved and returns the updated issue. - Action **Restore File Revision** Restores a Crowdin source file to one of its previous revisions and returns the restored file. - Action **Translation Progress** Returns the translation and approval progress of a Crowdin project for each of its target languages. - Action **Upload Screenshot** Uploads an image and adds it as a screenshot to a Crowdin project, optionally auto-tagging strings and attaching labels. - Trigger **New Bill** Triggers when a new bill is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Client** Triggers when a new client is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Credit Note** Triggers when a new credit note is created in your FreshBooks account. - Trigger **New Estimate** Triggers when a new estimate is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Expense** Triggers when a new expense is recorded in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Filtered Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice matching your chosen filters (client, status, currency, amount, and more) is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Invoice Payment** Triggers when a new invoice payment is created. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Staff Member** Triggers when a new staff member is added to your FreshBooks business. - Trigger **New Time Entry** Triggers when a new time entry is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Vendor** Triggers when a new bill vendor is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **Updated Bill** Triggers when a bill is updated in FreshBooks. Returns the id of the updated bill and the account, business and user it belongs to. - Trigger **Updated Estimate** Triggers when an estimate is updated. - Trigger **Updated Invoice** Triggers when an invoice is updated in FreshBooks. - Trigger **Updated Vendor** Triggers when a bill vendor is updated in FreshBooks. - Action **Add Payment to Invoice** Records a payment against a FreshBooks invoice and returns the created payment. - Action **Create Bill** Creates a bill in FreshBooks recording what your business owes a vendor, with its line items. - Action **Create Client** Creates a new client in your FreshBooks business, with contact details, billing and shipping addresses, and optional secondary contacts. - Action **Create Credit Note** Creates a credit note or prepayment credit for a client in FreshBooks. - Action **Create Estimate** Creates a new estimate for a client in FreshBooks, optionally with line items. - Action **Create Expense** Creates an expense in your FreshBooks business, with its amount, category, date and optional vendor, client, project and taxes. - Action **Create Invoice** Creates a new invoice for a client in FreshBooks, with optional line items, terms and notes. New invoices start as drafts unless a status is given. - Action **Create Invoice PDF** Returns the PDF of an existing FreshBooks invoice as a file you can attach or store. - Action **Create or Update Client** Updates an existing FreshBooks client (by Client ID, or by matching email) or creates a new client when none matches. - Action **Create or Update Invoice** Updates an existing FreshBooks invoice (by Invoice ID, or by matching Invoice Number), or creates a new invoice when none matches. - Action **Create Other Income** Records income received outside of an invoice, such as online store sales, rentals or advertising, in FreshBooks. - Action **Create Project** Creates a new project in FreshBooks, optionally linked to a client, with a fixed price or hourly rate. - Action **Create Recurring Invoice** Creates a recurring invoice profile in FreshBooks that generates invoices for a client on a set schedule. - Action **Create Time Entry** Creates a time entry recording time spent working for a client or project in FreshBooks. - Action **Create Vendor** Creates a bill vendor (a supplier you receive bills from) in your FreshBooks business. - Action **Find Bill** Finds bills in FreshBooks by id, vendor, status or currency and returns the matches. - Action **Find Client** Finds clients in your FreshBooks business by email, name, organization, phone or other details, and returns the matches. - Action **Find Credit Note** Finds a credit note in FreshBooks by its id and returns the credit note's details. - Action **Find Estimate** Finds estimates in FreshBooks matching an estimate number, client, status, notes, date or amount range, and other criteria. - Action **Find Invoice** Finds invoices in your FreshBooks account matching the criteria you give, such as invoice number, client, status, dates or amounts. - Action **Find Project** Finds FreshBooks projects whose title contains the given text, optionally limited to active or completed projects. - Action **Find Vendor** Finds bill vendors in your FreshBooks account whose business name matches the text you give. - Action **Send Estimate** Emails an existing estimate to the listed recipients and marks it as sent. - Action **Send Invoice** Emails an existing invoice to the recipients you choose and marks it as sent. - Action **Update Bill** Updates an existing bill from a vendor, such as its dates, bill number, line items or status. - Action **Update Credit Note** Updates an existing credit note in FreshBooks, changing only the details you fill in. - Action **Update Estimate** Updates an existing FreshBooks estimate's client, dates, address details, notes, terms or line items. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Time Entry** Updates an existing time entry in FreshBooks, such as its duration, note, client or project. - Action **Update Vendor** Updates an existing bill vendor's name, contact details, address and preferences. Fields left blank are not changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **Crowdin** Crowdin is a cloud-based solution that streamlines localization management for your team.](https://apiant.ai/connections/crowdin) - [ **FreshBooks** FreshBooks is a cloud accounting software designed exclusively for self-employed professionals and their...](https://apiant.ai/connections/freshbooks) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Crowdin - [ **Crowdin to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/crowdin-to-hubspot) - [ **Crowdin to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/crowdin-to-salesforce) - [ **Crowdin to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Any of Crowdin's 12 triggers in the catalog, including Comment/Issue Added, Comment/Issue Updated, File Added and File Updated. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in FreshBooks when something happens in Crowdin? Any of FreshBooks's 29 actions, including Create Bill, Create Client, Create Credit Note and Create Estimate. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from FreshBooks to Crowdin? Yes. When something happens in FreshBooks, your agent can act in Crowdin too. This page covers both directions: FreshBooks's triggers and Crowdin's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Crowdin or FreshBooks? 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 Crowdin and FreshBooks 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.