# Connect Formstack Documents and NewsData.io

When **New Merged Document** fires in [Formstack Documents](https://apiant.ai/connections/formstack-documents), your agent runs **Find crypto news** in [NewsData.io](https://apiant.ai/connections/newsdata-io), or **New article** in NewsData.io to **Create Document** in Formstack Documents. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Formstack Documents **1** trigger Formstack Documents **15** actions NewsData.io **1** trigger NewsData.io **4** actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

## What do you want Formstack Documents and NewsData.io to do together?

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Example flows

## What Formstack Documents and NewsData.io can do together

### From Formstack Documents to NewsData.io

- When **New Merged Document** in Formstack Documents then **Find crypto news** in NewsData.io
- When **New Merged Document** in Formstack Documents then **Find latest news** in NewsData.io

### From NewsData.io to Formstack Documents

- When **New article** in NewsData.io then **Create Document** in Formstack Documents
- When **New article** in NewsData.io then **Update Document** in Formstack Documents

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 Formstack Documents and NewsData.io

## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 19 actions

- 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.

- Trigger

**New article**

Fires once for each new news article published that matches your filters (newest first, last 48 hours).

- Action

**Find crypto news**

Search cryptocurrency news.

- Action

**Find latest news**

Search latest news articles.

- Action

**Find market news**

Search financial market news.

- Action

**Find news sources**

List/search news sources.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Formstack Documents** Introducing Formstack Documents, formerly WebMerge.](https://apiant.ai/connections/formstack-documents)
- [ **NewsData.io** REST API delivering real-time and historical news articles from global sources for search and aggregation.](https://apiant.ai/connections/newsdata-io)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from Formstack Documents

- [ **Formstack Documents to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/formstack-documents-to-hubspot)
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## More into NewsData.io

- [ **HubSpot to NewsData.io** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-newsdata-io)
- [ **Google Sheets to NewsData.io** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-newsdata-io)
- [ **Gmail to NewsData.io** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-newsdata-io)
- [ **Google Calendar to NewsData.io** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-newsdata-io)
- [ **Google Drive to NewsData.io** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-newsdata-io)
- [ **Mailchimp to NewsData.io** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-newsdata-io)

Questions

## Formstack Documents and NewsData.io, answered

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### What can start an automation from Formstack Documents?

Any of Formstack Documents's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Merged Document. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in NewsData.io when something happens in Formstack Documents?

Any of NewsData.io's 4 actions, including Find crypto news, Find latest news, Find market news and Find news sources. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Can it also run from NewsData.io to Formstack Documents?

Yes. When something happens in NewsData.io, your agent can act in Formstack Documents too. This page covers both directions: NewsData.io's triggers and Formstack Documents's actions are listed here as well.

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### Do I have to build a connector for Formstack Documents or NewsData.io?

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.

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### 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
