--- title: "Connect Pics.io to USGS Water Services - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Assets Added to Collection\" fires in Pics.io, your agent runs \"Find daily values\" in USGS Water Services." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/pics-io-to-usgs-water-services" --- # Connect Pics.io to USGS Water Services When **Assets Added to Collection** fires in [Pics.io](https://apiant.ai/connections/pics-io), your agent runs **Find daily values** in [USGS Water Services](https://apiant.ai/connections/usgs-water-services). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Pics.io **10** triggers Pics.io **11** actions USGS Water Services **5** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Pics.io and USGS Water Services to do together? 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Pics.io can start in USGS Water Services - When **Assets Added to Collection** in Pics.io then **Find daily values** in USGS Water Services - When **Assets Color Changed** in Pics.io then **Find groundwater levels** in USGS Water Services 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 Pics.io and USGS Water Services ## Triggers and actions 10 triggers · 16 actions - Trigger **Assets Added to Collection** Triggers when an asset is added to the selected Pics.io collection (including its nested collections). - Trigger **Assets Color Changed** Triggers when the color label on an asset in your Pics.io library is set or changed. - Trigger **Assets Flag Changed** Triggers when an asset's flag changes to flagged, unflagged or rejected in your Pics.io library. - Trigger **Assets Metadata Changed** Triggers when an asset's metadata (title, description, keywords, custom fields and other details) is changed in Pics.io. - Trigger **Assets Moved to Collection** Triggers when assets are moved into the chosen collection (or any collection inside it). - Trigger **Assets Raiting Changed** Triggers when an asset's star rating is changed in your Pics.io library. - Trigger **Metadata Processing Completed** Triggers when Pics.io finishes processing an asset's file metadata, including when metadata is reprocessed for an existing asset. - Trigger **New Asset** Triggers when a new asset is added to your Pics.io library, optionally limited to a collection, inbox, lightboard, type or other filters. - Trigger **New Collection** Triggers when a new collection is created directly inside the collection you choose (pick the root to watch top-level collections). - Trigger **New Comment** Triggers when a new comment is added to an asset in your Pics.io library. - Action **Add assets to collection** Adds one or more Pics.io assets to a collection, or moves them into it so they leave their other collections. - Action **Add keyword** Creates a new keyword in the Pics.io keyword tree, optionally nested under a parent keyword. - Action **Create Collection** Creates a new collection in Pics.io, optionally nested inside an existing parent collection. - Action **Delete collection** Deletes a collection from your Pics.io library. - Action **Find assets** Returns the assets in your Pics.io library that match a text search and optional filters such as collection, type, flag, rating, color or creation date. - Action **Find collections** Returns the collections whose name or description contains the text you search for. - Action **Find keywords** Returns the keywords in your Pics.io account whose name matches the search text. - Action **Get assets** Returns the full details of one or more Pics.io assets by their IDs. - Action **List custom fields** Returns every custom field defined in your Pics.io workspace, including each field's title, type, visibility and allowed options. - Action **Update asset** Updates an existing Pics.io asset by ID — its file name, title, description, rating, flag and color label — and returns the updated asset. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update custom field values on assets** Sets the value of one custom field on one or more Pics.io assets at once. - Action **Find daily values** Query summarized daily statistics (mean, median, max, min) for streams, springs, lakes and wells. - Action **Find groundwater levels** Retrieve historical manually-recorded groundwater levels for hydrologic sites. - Action **Find instantaneous values** Query near-real-time water readings (e.g. gage height, discharge, temperature) from USGS monitoring sites. - Action **Find sites** Query USGS hydrologic site metadata (location, site type, data availability period) - Action **Find site statistics** Retrieve daily/monthly/annual statistics (mean, min, max, percentiles) for a site's approved time-series data. ## Each app on its own - [ **Pics.io** Pics.io is a cloud service for digital assets management built on top of Google Drive.](https://apiant.ai/connections/pics-io) - [ **USGS Water Services** Water quality and level info for rivers and lakes. Free, credential-less public API.](https://apiant.ai/connections/usgs-water-services) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Pics.io - [ **Pics.io to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pics-io-to-salesforce) - [ **Pics.io to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/pics-io-to-slack) - [ **Pics.io to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pics-io-to-stripe) - [ **Pics.io to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pics-io-to-shopify) - [ **Pics.io to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/pics-io-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **Pics.io to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pics-io-to-pipedrive) ## More into USGS Water Services - [ **HubSpot to USGS Water Services** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-usgs-water-services) - [ **Salesforce to USGS Water Services** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-usgs-water-services) - [ **Slack to USGS Water Services** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-usgs-water-services) - [ **Google Sheets to USGS Water Services** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-usgs-water-services) - [ **Gmail to USGS Water Services** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-usgs-water-services) - [ **Google Calendar to USGS Water Services** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-usgs-water-services) Questions ## Pics.io and USGS Water Services, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Pics.io? Any of Pics.io's 10 triggers in the catalog, including Assets Added to Collection, Assets Color Changed, Assets Flag Changed and Assets Metadata Changed. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in USGS Water Services when something happens in Pics.io? Any of USGS Water Services's 5 actions, including Find daily values, Find groundwater levels, Find instantaneous values and Find sites. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from USGS Water Services to Pics.io? USGS Water Services has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Pics.io. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads USGS Water Services's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Pics.io or USGS Water Services? 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 Pics.io and USGS Water Services 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.