--- title: "Connect Hostaway and VideoDB - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Listing\" fires in Hostaway, your agent runs \"Add Collection\" in VideoDB." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/hostaway-to-videodb" --- # Connect Hostaway and VideoDB When **New Listing** fires in [Hostaway](https://apiant.ai/connections/hostaway), your agent runs **Add Collection** in [VideoDB](https://apiant.ai/connections/videodb), or **New Video Uploaded & Indexed** in VideoDB to **Add Host Note to Reservation** in Hostaway. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Hostaway **3** triggers Hostaway **24** actions VideoDB **1** trigger VideoDB **21** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Hostaway and VideoDB to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Hostaway and VideoDB can do together ### From Hostaway to VideoDB - When **New Listing** in Hostaway then **Add Collection** in VideoDB - When **New Review** in Hostaway then **Add Overlay / Watermark** in VideoDB ### From VideoDB to Hostaway - When **New Video Uploaded & Indexed** in VideoDB then **Add Host Note to Reservation** in Hostaway - When **New Video Uploaded & Indexed** in VideoDB then **Create Expense** in Hostaway 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 Hostaway and VideoDB ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 45 actions - Trigger **New Listing** Triggers when a new listing is added to Hostaway. - Trigger **New Review** Triggers when a new review is received. - Trigger **New Task** Triggers when a new task is created in Hostaway. - Action **Add Host Note to Reservation** Sets the host note on a reservation, replacing any note already there. - Action **Cancel Reservation** Cancels a reservation. - Action **Create Expense** Records an expense or extra against a listing, for owner statements. - Action **Create Listing** Creates a listing. - Action **Create Reservation** Creates a reservation on a listing for a guest and dates. - Action **Delete Listing** Deletes a listing. - Action **Delete Task** Deletes a task. - Action **Find a Reservation** Returns a reservation by its Hostaway reservation ID, with the guest, dates, price and status. - Action **Get Listing** Returns a listing by its ID. - Action **Get Listing Calendar** Returns a listing's availability, price and stay rules for each day in a date range. - Action **Get Task** Returns a task by its ID. - Action **List Conversation Messages** Returns the messages in a guest conversation. - Action **List Conversations** Returns guest conversations, newest first. - Action **List Listings** Returns the listings in the account, optionally filtered by name, city or country. - Action **List Reservation Custom Fields** Returns the reservation custom fields defined in the account, with the IDs used to set their values. - Action **List Tasks** Returns tasks, optionally for one reservation or status. - Action **List Users** Returns the users in the Hostaway account. - Action **Reply to Review** Posts a public host reply to a guest review. - Action **Search Reservations** Finds reservations by listing, guest, channel or arrival and departure dates. - Action **Update Listing** Updates the name, address, price or capacity of a listing. Blank fields are left unchanged. - Action **Update Listing Calendar** Blocks or opens days on a listing calendar, or changes their price and stay rules. - Action **Update Reservation** Updates the dates, guest details, price or notes of a reservation. Blank fields are left unchanged. - Action **Update Reservation Custom Fields** Sets values for reservation custom fields you created in Hostaway. - Action **Update Task** Updates a task. Blank fields are left unchanged. - Trigger **New Video Uploaded & Indexed** Triggered when a new video is uploaded to a VideoDB collection. - Action **Add Collection** Creates a new VideoDB collection to organize videos and scope search. - Action **Add Overlay / Watermark** Places an image (logo or watermark) over a VideoDB video at a chosen time and position, and returns a stream URL for the result. - Action **Ask Video (Q&A)** Get the Q&A for a video. - Action **Auto-Chapter Video** Splits a video into scenes (chapters) using shot detection or fixed time segments. The job runs in the background; the result is available at the returned output URL. - Action **Auto-Dub Video** Starts an AI dubbing job that replaces a video's soundtrack with a version in another language, preserving the speaker's voice characteristics. - Action **Check Job Status** Checks the progress of a long-running VideoDB job (dubbing, generation, transcoding, indexing) and returns its status and, once finished, its result. - Action **Create Highlight Clip** Starts an AI clip-generation job on an indexed video from a natural-language prompt describing the moments to include. - Action **Delete Video** Permanently delete a video and all its metadata, transcripts and indexes from VideoDB. - Action **Find Video Moment** Searches one indexed video for the moments matching a spoken-word or visual query, returning each match's start and end time, text and score. - Action **Generate Image** Generates an image from a text prompt using VideoDB's AI generation. Generation runs asynchronously; the result returns a job id and an address to check for the finished image. - Action **Generate Subtitles** Generates subtitles for a video using VideoDB service. - Action **Generate Video** Starts an AI video generation job from a text prompt and saves the result to a collection. - Action **Generate Voice-Over** Converts text into AI-generated speech (a voice-over audio asset) in a VideoDB collection. Generation runs as a job; check its result with Check Job Status or a callback URL. - Action **Get Collection** Retrieve the details of one VideoDB collection by its id. - Action **Get Meeting Assets** Get a meeting recording's status and recorded video URL. - Action **Get Transcript** Get the transcript of a video. - Action **Get Video Metadata** Get metadata for a video. - Action **List Collections** Retrieve all collections in your VideoDB account, including the default collection. - Action **List Videos** Lists the videos in a VideoDB collection. - Action **Summarize Video** Asks VideoDB's AI to summarize a video using your own instructions. Summarization usually runs as a background job: use Check Job Status with the returned job id to fetch the finished summary. - Action **Upload & Index Video** Uploads a video from a URL into a VideoDB collection, waits for the upload to finish, then starts indexing it (spoken words by default) and returns the indexing job. ## Each app on its own - [ **Hostaway** Hostaway is a property management system with a built-in channel manager software that lets you manage...](https://apiant.ai/connections/hostaway) - [ **VideoDB** VideoDB is an AI engine for video workflows—search scenes, cut clips, dub, subtitles, and apply GenAI effects.](https://apiant.ai/connections/videodb) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Hostaway - [ **Hostaway to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hostaway-to-hubspot) - [ **Hostaway to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hostaway-to-salesforce) - [ **Hostaway to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/hostaway-to-slack) - [ **Hostaway to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hostaway-to-mailchimp) - [ **Hostaway to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hostaway-to-stripe) - [ **Hostaway to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hostaway-to-shopify) ## More into VideoDB - [ **HubSpot to VideoDB** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-videodb) - [ **Salesforce to VideoDB** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-videodb) - [ **Slack to VideoDB** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-videodb) - [ **Google Sheets to VideoDB** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-videodb) - [ **Gmail to VideoDB** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-videodb) - [ **Google Calendar to VideoDB** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-videodb) Questions ## Hostaway and VideoDB, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Hostaway? Any of Hostaway's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Listing, New Review and New Task. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in VideoDB when something happens in Hostaway? Any of VideoDB's 21 actions, including Create Highlight Clip, Upload & Index Video, Add Collection and Add Overlay / Watermark. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from VideoDB to Hostaway? Yes. When something happens in VideoDB, your agent can act in Hostaway too. This page covers both directions: VideoDB's triggers and Hostaway's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Hostaway or VideoDB? 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 Hostaway and VideoDB 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.