--- title: "Connect FreshBooks and SimplyPrint - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Bill\" fires in FreshBooks, your agent runs \"Add Spare Part\" in SimplyPrint." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/freshbooks-to-simplyprint" --- # Connect FreshBooks and SimplyPrint When **New Bill** fires in [FreshBooks](https://apiant.ai/connections/freshbooks), your agent runs **Add Spare Part** in [SimplyPrint](https://apiant.ai/connections/simplyprint), or **Filament Created** in SimplyPrint to **Add Payment to Invoice** in FreshBooks. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. FreshBooks **16** triggers FreshBooks **29** actions SimplyPrint **52** triggers SimplyPrint **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 FreshBooks and SimplyPrint to do together? 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What FreshBooks and SimplyPrint can do together ### From FreshBooks to SimplyPrint - When **New Bill** in FreshBooks then **Add Spare Part** in SimplyPrint - When **New Client** in FreshBooks then **Create Filament** in SimplyPrint ### From SimplyPrint to FreshBooks - When **Filament Created** in SimplyPrint then **Add Payment to Invoice** in FreshBooks - When **Filament Updated** in SimplyPrint then **Create Invoice** in FreshBooks 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 FreshBooks and SimplyPrint ## Triggers and actions 68 triggers · 58 actions - 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. - Trigger **Balance Adjusted** Triggers when a user's balance is adjusted in SimplyPrint. - Trigger **Balance Charged** Triggers when a user's SimplyPrint balance is charged, for example when a print's cost is deducted from their prepaid credit. - Trigger **Balance Refunded** Triggers when a user's SimplyPrint balance is refunded. - Trigger **Balance Topped Up** Triggers when a user's SimplyPrint balance is topped up. - Trigger **Bed Cleared** Triggers when a printer's bed is marked as cleared after a print in SimplyPrint. - Trigger **Filament Assigned** Triggers when a filament spool is assigned to a printer in SimplyPrint. - Trigger **Filament Created** Triggers when a filament spool is created in SimplyPrint. - Trigger **Filament Deleted** Triggers when a filament spool is deleted in SimplyPrint. - Trigger **Filament Unassigned** Triggers when a filament spool is unassigned from a printer in SimplyPrint. - Trigger **Filament Updated** Triggers when a filament spool is updated in SimplyPrint. - Trigger **Maintenance Job Cancelled** Triggers when a maintenance job is cancelled in SimplyPrint. - Trigger **Maintenance Job Completed** Triggers when a maintenance job is completed in SimplyPrint. - Trigger **Maintenance Job Created** Triggers when a maintenance job is created in SimplyPrint. - Trigger **Maintenance Job Deleted** Triggers when a maintenance job is deleted in SimplyPrint. - Trigger **Maintenance Job Overdue** Triggers when a SimplyPrint maintenance job becomes overdue. - Trigger **Maintenance Job Reopened** Triggers when a maintenance job is reopened in SimplyPrint. - Trigger **Maintenance Job Started** Triggers when a maintenance job is started in SimplyPrint. - Trigger **Maintenance Job Updated** Triggers when a maintenance job is updated in SimplyPrint. - Trigger **Maintenance Problem Reported** Triggers when a maintenance problem is reported on a printer in SimplyPrint. - Trigger **Maintenance Problem Resolved** Triggers when a maintenance problem reported on a printer is marked as resolved in SimplyPrint. - Trigger **Maintenance Schedule Created** Triggers when a maintenance schedule is created in SimplyPrint. - Trigger **Maintenance Schedule Deleted** Triggers when a maintenance schedule is deleted in SimplyPrint. - Trigger **Maintenance Schedule Updated** Triggers when a maintenance schedule is updated in SimplyPrint. - Trigger **Maintenance Task Completed** Triggers when a task on a SimplyPrint maintenance job is marked completed. - Trigger **Maintenance Task Skipped** Triggers when a maintenance task on a SimplyPrint maintenance job is skipped. - Trigger **New Print Started** Triggers when a print job starts on one of your SimplyPrint printers. - Trigger **Printer AI Failure Detected** Triggers when SimplyPrint's AI failure detection spots a likely failed print on a printer. - Trigger **Printer AI Failure False Positive** Triggers when an AI failure detection on a SimplyPrint printer is marked as a false positive. - Trigger **Printer AI State Changed** Triggers when a printer's AI failure detection state changes in SimplyPrint. - Trigger **Printer Autoprint Max Cycles Reached** Triggers when a printer's AutoPrint reaches its maximum number of print cycles and stops. - Trigger **Printer AutoPrint State Changed** Triggers when AutoPrint is turned on or off for a printer in SimplyPrint. - Trigger **Printer Custom Tag Assigned** Triggers when a custom tag is assigned to a printer in SimplyPrint. - Trigger **Printer Custom Tag Detached** Triggers when a custom tag is removed from a printer in SimplyPrint. - Trigger **Printer Material Changed** Triggers when the material loaded on a SimplyPrint printer changes. - Trigger **Printer Nozzle Size Changed** Triggers when the nozzle size set on a SimplyPrint printer is changed. - Trigger **Printer Out of Order State Changed** Triggers when a SimplyPrint printer is marked out of order or brought back into service. - Trigger **Print Job Cancelled** Triggers when a print job is cancelled in SimplyPrint. - Trigger **Print Job Completed** Triggers when a SimplyPrint print job finishes. - Trigger **Print Job Failed** Triggers when a print job fails in SimplyPrint. - Trigger **Print Job Objects Skipped** Triggers when objects are skipped in an active SimplyPrint print job. - Trigger **Print Job Paused** Triggers when a print job is paused on one of your SimplyPrint printers. - Trigger **Queue Item Denied** Triggers when a queue item is denied. - Trigger **Queue Item Revived** Triggers when a deleted queue item is restored. - Trigger **Quota Adjusted** Triggers when a user's print quota is adjusted in SimplyPrint. - Trigger **Quota Request Created** Triggers when a user requests a new quota. - Trigger **Quota Request Resolved** Triggers when a quota request is approved or denied. - Trigger **Quota Reset** Triggers when a quota is reset (e.g. at period rollover). - Trigger **Spare Part Created** Triggers when a spare part is added to the SimplyPrint maintenance inventory. - Trigger **Spare Part Deleted** Triggers when a spare part is deleted from the SimplyPrint maintenance inventory. - Trigger **Spare Part Low Stock** Triggers when a spare part stock falls below its threshold. - Trigger **Spare Part Stock Adjusted** Triggers when the stock level of a spare part in SimplyPrint's maintenance inventory is adjusted. - Trigger **Spare Part Updated** Triggers when a spare part is updated. - Action **Add Spare Part** Adds a spare part to your SimplyPrint maintenance inventory, with its stock quantity, low-stock threshold, cost and compatible printer models. Requires the Print Farm plan. - Action **Assign Tag** Assigns one or more custom tags to a printer, printer group, file or queue item in SimplyPrint, optionally detaching other custom tags in the same call. - Action **Create Filament** Creates one or more filament spools in your SimplyPrint filament inventory, with their color, material, brand, size and slicing temperatures. - Action **Create Folder** Creates a new folder in your SimplyPrint files, either private or shared with your organisation. - Action **Create Printer Group** Creates a new printer group in your SimplyPrint account with the name you choose. - Action **Create Queue Group** Creates a new print queue group in SimplyPrint, optionally limited to certain file types, printers, printer models or printer groups. - Action **Create Tag** Creates a new custom tag in your SimplyPrint account, with a name and badge color, that you can then assign to printers, groups, files or queue items. - Action **Delete Filament** Deletes a filament spool from your SimplyPrint account. - Action **Delete Folders** Deletes one or more folders from your SimplyPrint file library. - Action **Delete Printer Group** Deletes a printer group. Printers in the deleted group are moved to the next group, or to "No group" if it was the last one. - Action **Delete Queue Group** Deletes a print queue group in SimplyPrint, optionally moving its queue items to another group. - Action **Delete Tag** Deletes a custom tag and detaches it from every printer, file and queue item it was attached to. - Action **Detach Tag** Removes a custom tag from a printer, printer group, file or queue item. - Action **Find Filament** Finds filament spools in your SimplyPrint account whose spool code, id, brand, colour name or material type matches the text you enter. - Action **Find Filament Type** Returns the filament types (material profiles) in your SimplyPrint account whose name or material type matches the text you give, such as PLA or PETG. - Action **Find Folder** Finds folders in your SimplyPrint files whose name matches the search text, returning every match and the first one. - Action **Find Printer Group** Finds printer groups on the SimplyPrint account whose name matches the name you give, and returns the matching groups. - Action **Find Queue Group** Finds print queue groups whose name contains the text you give and returns the matches, with the first match on its own. - Action **Find Tag** Finds custom tags on your SimplyPrint account by name or id. Returns every matching tag and the first match. - Action **List Spare Parts** Returns the spare parts in your SimplyPrint maintenance inventory, optionally filtered by category, stock status, printer brand or model, or a search term. - Action **Move Folder** Moves a folder in SimplyPrint into another folder, or to the top level of your files. - Action **Send Test Webhook** Makes SimplyPrint send a test event to one of your webhooks, so you can check it is reachable. - Action **Submit Custom Field Value** Saves custom field values on one or more SimplyPrint records, such as print jobs, queue items, user files, printers, users or filament spools. - Action **Update Filament** Updates an existing filament spool in your SimplyPrint account, such as its color, material, brand, slicing temperatures and remaining amount. - Action **Update Printer Group** Renames an existing printer group in your SimplyPrint account. - Action **Update Queue Group** Updates an existing print queue group in SimplyPrint: its name, accepted file types, and which printers, printer models or printer groups it serves. - Action **Update Spare Part** Updates an existing spare part in your SimplyPrint maintenance inventory, changing only the details you fill in. - Action **Update Tag** Renames a custom tag or changes its badge color in your SimplyPrint account. - Action **Upload Temp File** Uploads a file to SimplyPrint's temporary file storage so it can be used by a later step, such as adding it to your files or the print queue. ## Each app on its own - [ **FreshBooks** FreshBooks is a cloud accounting software designed exclusively for self-employed professionals and their...](https://apiant.ai/connections/freshbooks) - [ **SimplyPrint** SimplyPrint is a 3D printer management platform that lets you monitor, control, and automate your 3D...](https://apiant.ai/connections/simplyprint) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from FreshBooks - [ **FreshBooks to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/freshbooks-to-hubspot) - [ **FreshBooks to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/freshbooks-to-salesforce) - [ **FreshBooks to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Any of FreshBooks's 16 triggers in the catalog, including New Bill, New Client, New Credit Note and New Estimate. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in SimplyPrint when something happens in FreshBooks? Any of SimplyPrint's 29 actions, including Create Filament, Create Folder, Create Printer Group and Create Queue Group. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from SimplyPrint to FreshBooks? Yes. When something happens in SimplyPrint, your agent can act in FreshBooks too. This page covers both directions: SimplyPrint's triggers and FreshBooks's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for FreshBooks or SimplyPrint? 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 FreshBooks and SimplyPrint 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.