--- title: "Connect Files.com and FreshBooks - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Automation Run Completed\" fires in Files.com, your agent runs \"Add Payment to Invoice\" in FreshBooks." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/files-com-to-freshbooks" --- # Connect Files.com and FreshBooks When **Automation Run Completed** fires in [Files.com](https://apiant.ai/connections/files-com), your agent runs **Add Payment to Invoice** in [FreshBooks](https://apiant.ai/connections/freshbooks), or **New Bill** in FreshBooks to **Add User to Group** in Files.com. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Files.com **7** triggers Files.com **16** 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 Files.com and FreshBooks to do together? 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Files.com and FreshBooks can do together ### From Files.com to FreshBooks - When **Automation Run Completed** in Files.com then **Add Payment to Invoice** in FreshBooks - When **Group Created** in Files.com then **Create Invoice** in FreshBooks ### From FreshBooks to Files.com - When **New Bill** in FreshBooks then **Add User to Group** in Files.com - When **New Client** in FreshBooks then **Update User** in Files.com 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 Files.com and FreshBooks ## Triggers and actions 23 triggers ยท 45 actions - Trigger **Automation Run Completed** Triggered when a run of the selected Files.com automation finishes, whether it succeeded, failed or was canceled. Each run is reported once, after it completes. - Trigger **File Deleted** Triggered when a file or folder is deleted in Files.com. Reports the path that was deleted and who deleted it. - Trigger **Group Created** Triggered when a new group is created in Files.com. Reports the group's name, members and login permissions. - Trigger **New File or Folder Created** Triggered when a file or folder is created in Files.com, whether uploaded, copied or created by an automation. Reports the new path and who created it. - Trigger **New File Uploaded** Triggered when a new file appears in the folder you choose. Reports the file's path, name, size and last-modified time. - Trigger **Share Link Created** Triggered when a new share link is created in Files.com. Reports the link's public address, what it shares and when it expires. - Trigger **User Created** Triggered when a new user is created in Files.com. Reports the user's name, username, email and login permissions. - Action **Add User to Group** Adds an existing Files.com user to a group, optionally as a group administrator. Returns the new group membership, including the group name and the user's username. - Action **Copy File** Copies a file or folder in Files.com to a new path, leaving the original in place. Returns the copy status, plus a migration ID when a large copy continues in the background. - Action **Create Folder** Creates a folder at the given path in Files.com, optionally creating any missing parent folders. Returns the new folder's path, name and creation details. - Action **Create Group** Creates a group in Files.com, optionally with its starting members, group administrators and login-protocol permissions. Returns the new group including its ID. - Action **Create Share Link** Creates a public share link for one or more files or folders in Files.com, optionally password-protected, expiring or use-limited. Returns the link's public address. - Action **Delete File** Deletes a file or folder from Files.com at the given path. Deleting a folder that still has contents requires the recursive option. - Action **Delete Folder** Deletes a folder from Files.com at the given path. Use the recursive option to delete a folder that still has files or subfolders in it. - Action **Delete Group** Deletes a group from Files.com by its ID. The group's members keep their own accounts; only the group is removed. - Action **Delete User** Deletes a user from Files.com by their ID, removing their access to the site. - Action **Download File** Gets a temporary download address for a file in Files.com, along with the file's name, size and checksums. Pass the download address to a later step to fetch or attach the file. - Action **List Folder Contents** Lists the files and folders inside a Files.com folder, with each item's path, name, type, size and last-modified time. - Action **Move File** Moves or renames a file or folder in Files.com to a new path. The original path no longer exists afterwards. - Action **Remove User from Group** Removes a user from a Files.com group. Looks up the membership for the group and user you name, then removes it. - Action **Run Automation** Starts a run of the Files.com automation you choose, the same as pressing Run in Files.com. The run continues in the background. - Action **Update User** Updates a Files.com user's details, login permissions and access settings. Fields you leave blank keep their current values. - Action **Upload File** Uploads a file into Files.com at the path you choose, fetching the bytes from the file's web address. Returns the stored file's path, name and size. - 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 - [ **Files.com** Files.com is Smart Cloud Storage for modern teams.](https://apiant.ai/connections/files-com) - [ **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 Files.com - [ **Files.com to CVE.report** CVE records with NVD KEV and EPSS enrichment](https://apiant.ai/connect/files-com-to-cve-report) - [ **Files.com to LeadSimple** LeadSimple is the CRM that property management and real estate companies use to scale and grow.](https://apiant.ai/connect/files-com-to-leadsimple) - [ **Files.com to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/files-com-to-hubspot) - [ **Files.com to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/files-com-to-salesforce) - [ **Files.com to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Any of Files.com's 7 triggers in the catalog, including Automation Run Completed, Group Created, New File or Folder Created and New File Uploaded. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in FreshBooks when something happens in Files.com? 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 Files.com? Yes. When something happens in FreshBooks, your agent can act in Files.com too. This page covers both directions: FreshBooks's triggers and Files.com's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Files.com 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 Files.com 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.