--- title: "Connect Formstack Documents to Shift4Shop - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Merged Document\" fires in Formstack Documents, your agent runs \"Create Customer\" in Shift4Shop." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/formstack-documents-to-shift4shop" --- # Connect Formstack Documents to Shift4Shop When **New Merged Document** fires in [Formstack Documents](https://apiant.ai/connections/formstack-documents), your agent runs **Create Customer** in [Shift4Shop](https://apiant.ai/connections/shift4shop). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Formstack Documents **1** trigger Formstack Documents **15** actions Shift4Shop **12** 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 Shift4Shop to do together? 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Formstack Documents can start in Shift4Shop - When **New Merged Document** in Formstack Documents then **Create Customer** in Shift4Shop - When **New Merged Document** in Formstack Documents then **Create Order** in Shift4Shop 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 Shift4Shop ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 27 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. - Action **Add Item to Cart** Adds a product to an existing shopping cart, with a quantity and any chosen product options. - Action **Create Cart** Creates a new shopping cart in your Shift4Shop store, with optional customer, billing and shipping details. - Action **Create Customer** Creates a new customer account in your Shift4Shop store with login, billing and shipping details. - Action **Create Order** Creates a new order in your Shift4Shop store, with its billing details, items, shipments, payment information and totals. - Action **Create Product Advanced** Creates a product in the Shift4Shop store with its full set of details, including pricing, inventory, shipping, images, options, categories and discounts. Returns the store's confirmation for the new product. - Action **Create Product Simple** Creates a new product in your Shift4Shop store and returns its catalog ID. - Action **Delete Product** Deletes a product from the store. - Action **Find Customer** Returns the customers in your Shift4Shop store that match the email, name, location, phone or last-updated dates you specify. - Action **Find Order** Returns the orders that match the invoice number, billing email, status or date criteria you specify. - Action **Find Product** Returns the products in your Shift4Shop store that match the SKU, name, price, cost, stock, status flags or last-updated dates you specify. - Action **Update Order** Updates an existing order in the Shift4Shop store by its order ID, changing only the fields you fill in. - Action **Update Product** Updates an existing product in the Shift4Shop catalog. Only the values you fill in are changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **Formstack Documents** Introducing Formstack Documents, formerly WebMerge.](https://apiant.ai/connections/formstack-documents) - [ **Shift4Shop** Shift4Shop is an all-in-one eCommerce platform for online retailers of any size.](https://apiant.ai/connections/shift4shop) 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) - [ **Formstack Documents to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/formstack-documents-to-salesforce) - [ **Formstack Documents to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/formstack-documents-to-slack) - [ **Formstack Documents to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/formstack-documents-to-google-sheets) - [ **Formstack Documents to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/formstack-documents-to-gmail) - [ **Formstack Documents to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/formstack-documents-to-google-calendar) ## More into Shift4Shop - [ **HubSpot to Shift4Shop** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-shift4shop) - [ **Salesforce to Shift4Shop** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-shift4shop) - [ **Slack to Shift4Shop** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-shift4shop) - [ **Google Sheets to Shift4Shop** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-shift4shop) - [ **Gmail to Shift4Shop** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-shift4shop) - [ **Google Calendar to Shift4Shop** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-shift4shop) Questions ## Formstack Documents and Shift4Shop, answered ### ### 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. ### ### What can your agent do in Shift4Shop when something happens in Formstack Documents? Any of Shift4Shop's 12 actions, including Create Cart, Create Customer, Create Order and Create Product Advanced. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Shift4Shop to Formstack Documents? Shift4Shop has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Formstack Documents. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Shift4Shop's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Formstack Documents or Shift4Shop? 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 Formstack Documents and Shift4Shop 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.