--- title: "Connect DonorPerfect and Formstack Documents - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New donor\" fires in DonorPerfect, your agent runs \"Create Document\" in Formstack Documents." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/donorperfect-to-formstack-documents" --- # Connect DonorPerfect and Formstack Documents When **New donor** fires in [DonorPerfect](https://apiant.ai/connections/donorperfect), your agent runs **Create Document** in [Formstack Documents](https://apiant.ai/connections/formstack-documents), or **New Merged Document** in Formstack Documents to **Add contact** in DonorPerfect. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. DonorPerfect **6** triggers DonorPerfect **36** actions Formstack Documents **1** trigger Formstack Documents **15** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want DonorPerfect and Formstack Documents to do together? 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What DonorPerfect and Formstack Documents can do together ### From DonorPerfect to Formstack Documents - When **New donor** in DonorPerfect then **Create Document** in Formstack Documents - When **New gift** in DonorPerfect then **Update Document** in Formstack Documents ### From Formstack Documents to DonorPerfect - When **New Merged Document** in Formstack Documents then **Add contact** in DonorPerfect - When **New Merged Document** in Formstack Documents then **Add new donor gift by email** in DonorPerfect 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 DonorPerfect and Formstack Documents ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 51 actions - Trigger **New donor** Polling trigger. Fires when a new donor is added in DonorPerfect. Polls the dp table ordered by donor_id descending; dedups on each record's donor_id. - Trigger **New gift** Polling trigger. Fires when a new gift (donation) is created in DonorPerfect. Polls the dpgift table ordered by gift_id descending; dedups on each record's gift_id. - Trigger **New or updated donor** Triggered when a donor is added or updated. - Trigger **New or updated gift** Triggered when a gift (donation) is created or modified. - Trigger **Two-way sync new or updated donors** A trigger for two-way syncing new and updated donors, with enhanced on-the-fly mapping. Can only be used with enhanced two-way sync actions that support on-the-fly mapping. - Trigger **Two-way sync new or updated gifts** A trigger for two-way syncing new and updated gifts (donations), with enhanced on-the-fly mapping. Polls the DonorPerfect dpgift table. - Action **Add code** Adds a new code and description to the DPCODES table. Allows you to add things like new GL Code, Solicitation, Campaign code and other code values administered in the Code Maintenance screen of DPO. - Action **Add contact** Adds a contact (activity/task) record to a donor in DonorPerfect via the dp_savecontact stored procedure. Supply Donor Id, Activity Code, and contact details. - Action **Add donor** Creates a new donor in DonorPerfect via the dp_savedonor stored procedure. Leave Donor Id empty (0) to create; the new donor_id is returned. Common fields: first/last name, address, city, state, zip, email, phones. - Action **Add gift** Creates a new gift (donation) for a donor in DonorPerfect via the dp_savegift stored procedure. Supply Donor Id, Amount, Gift Date and code fields (GL, Solicit, Sub-solicit, Gift Type, Campaign). - Action **Add new donor gift** Creates a new donation (gift) for the donor with the specified ID. - Action **Add new donor gift by email** Creates a new donation for the donor with the specified email. The gift will only be added if the donor's email is found. - Action **Add new pledge** Adds a new pledge to the specified donor. If successful, the pledge's ID is output. - Action **Add other info** Adds an Other Info record to a donor in DonorPerfect via the dp_saveotherinfo stored procedure. Supply Donor Id, and optionally the date and comments. - Action **Add other info by email** Adds "other info" for the first donor found with the given email address. The other info is not added if the email address is not found. - Action **Delete donor** Deletes the donor with the specified Donor Id from DonorPerfect via the dp_deletedonor stored procedure. - Action **Find donor by first and last name** Returns the first donor whose first and last name exactly match, plus how many donors matched - Action **Find filters by name** Returns one or more filters that match the specified name. Supports wildcard matching. An empty result is returned if no matching filter is found. - Action **Get 20 donor field values** Returns up to 20 field values for the specified donor. An error occurs if the donor is not found. - Action **Get active code by description** Returns the code having the specified description. An error occurs if the code is not found or is inactive. - Action **Get active code description** Gets the specified code's description. An error occurs if the code is not found or is inactive. - Action **Get code description** Returns the description for a code value in the specified DPO code field (e.g. GL, CAMPAIGN, SOLICIT) from the dpcodes table. - Action **Get contact** Returns a single DonorPerfect contact (activity) record by its contact ID, with its standard contact columns. - Action **Get donor** Returns all available fields for the donor with the specified Donor ID from the DPO donor (dp) table. - Action **Get donor by email** Returns the DonorPerfect donor whose email address matches the one supplied, with the donor's standard fields. Use Get donor user-defined field values for custom fields. An error occurs if no donor has that email address. - Action **Get donor by email, first name, and last name** Returns all available donor fields if one or more donor matches the email, first name, and last name. No error occurs if a donor is not found, the emitted 'donor_id' will be empty instead. - Action **Get donor default field info** Returns information about the specified donor field. - Action **Get donor default fields** Returns all default fields for donors. - Action **Get donor gifts** Returns all gifts (donations) for the donor with the specified Donor ID from the DPO dpgift table. - Action **Get donors by filter** Returns the donor IDs that match the saved DPO filter with the specified Filter ID, via the dp_filterids stored procedure. - Action **Get donor user-defined field info** Returns information about the specified donor user-defined field. - Action **Get donor user-defined fields** Returns all user-defined donor fields. - Action **Get donor user-defined field values** Returns all user-defined field values for the specified donor. An error occurs if the donor is not found. - Action **Get field display type** Gets the specified field's display type, which can either be "code" or "description" - Action **Get flags by donor ID** Returns the specified donor's flags. No error occurs if the donor is not found. - Action **Get gift** Returns all fields for the gift (donation) with the specified Gift ID from the DPO dpgift table. - Action **Get gift user-defined field values** Returns all user-defined field values for the specified gift (donation). An error occurs if the gift is not found. - Action **Get other info** Returns one DonorPerfect Other Info record by its id, with its standard columns. - Action **List filters** Returns the ID and name of all saved DPO filters that have non-empty names from the dpfilter table. - Action **Post pledge payment** Posts a payment to the specified pledge for the specified donor. - Action **Set gift custom field** Sets one of your organization's custom fields (such as Class) on an existing gift - Action **Update donor** Updates an existing donor in DonorPerfect via the dp_savedonor stored procedure. Supply the Donor Id of the record to update along with the field values. - Trigger **New Merged Document** Triggers when a merged/populated document is created. - Action **Combine Files** Joins several files into one PDF or Word document. Give it the files in the order you want them, either as links or as base64 content, and it returns the combined file. - Action **Convert File to PDF** Turns a Word, Excel, PowerPoint, image or HTML file into a PDF. Point it at the file with a link or supply the file content, and it returns the PDF. - Action **Copy Document** Makes a copy of one of your Formstack Documents templates under a new name, and returns the new document with its merge key, merge URL and available merge fields. - Action **Create Data Route** Creates a data route in Formstack Documents — a single endpoint that sends one set of data to several documents at once, following the rules you give it. Returns the new route with the URL to post data to. - Action **Create Data Route Merge** Sends one set of data into a Formstack Documents data route, which merges it into every document the route's rules select. Optionally returns the finished documents in the response. - Action **Create Document** Creates a new document template in Formstack Documents from HTML or from an uploaded PDF, Word, Excel or PowerPoint file, and returns its merge URL and the merge fields found in it. - Action **Delete Data Route** Deletes a data route from Formstack Documents. The documents the route pointed at are not deleted. - Action **Delete Document** Deletes a document template from Formstack Documents. - Action **Get Data Route** Returns one Formstack Documents data route, with its name, its merge URL and the rules that decide which documents the data goes to. - Action **Get Document** Returns one document template from Formstack Documents, with its name, type, output format, merge URL and — for HTML templates — the template's HTML. - Action **Get Document Fields** Returns the merge fields found in a Formstack Documents template, so you know which names to send when merging data into it. - Action **List Data Routes** Returns your Formstack Documents data routes, each with its name, key and the URL to send data to. - Action **List Documents** Returns your Formstack Documents templates, each with its name, type, output format and merge URL. - Action **Update Data Route** Updates a Formstack Documents data route — its name, folder, or the rules that decide which documents receive the data. Anything you leave blank stays as it is. - Action **Update Document** Updates a Formstack Documents template — its name, folder, output format, filename or the template content itself. Anything you leave blank stays as it is; the template type cannot be changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **DonorPerfect** DonorPerfect Online (DPO) is fundraising and donor-management software for nonprofits.](https://apiant.ai/connections/donorperfect) - [ **Formstack Documents** Introducing Formstack Documents, formerly WebMerge.](https://apiant.ai/connections/formstack-documents) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from DonorPerfect - [ **DonorPerfect to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/donorperfect-to-hubspot) - [ **DonorPerfect to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/donorperfect-to-salesforce) - [ **DonorPerfect to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Any of DonorPerfect's 6 triggers in the catalog, including New donor, New gift, New or updated donor and New or updated gift. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Formstack Documents when something happens in DonorPerfect? Any of Formstack Documents's 15 actions, including Create Data Route, Create Data Route Merge, Create Document and Update Data Route. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Formstack Documents to DonorPerfect? Yes. When something happens in Formstack Documents, your agent can act in DonorPerfect too. This page covers both directions: Formstack Documents's triggers and DonorPerfect's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for DonorPerfect or Formstack Documents? 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 DonorPerfect and Formstack Documents 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.