--- title: "Connect PubNub to FormAPI - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Message on Channel\" fires in PubNub, your agent runs \"Add folder\" in FormAPI." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/pubnub-to-formapi" --- # Connect PubNub to FormAPI When **New Message on Channel** fires in [PubNub](https://apiant.ai/connections/pubnub), your agent runs **Add folder** in [FormAPI](https://apiant.ai/connections/formapi). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. PubNub **2** triggers PubNub **9** actions FormAPI **10** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want PubNub and FormAPI 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. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What PubNub can start in FormAPI - When **New Message on Channel** in PubNub then **Add folder** in FormAPI - When **Presence Change on Channel** in PubNub then **Generate PDF** in FormAPI 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 PubNub and FormAPI ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 19 actions - Trigger **New Message on Channel** Triggers when a new message is published to a PubNub channel. - Trigger **Presence Change on Channel** Fires when a user appears on a PubNub channel or their presence state changes, by polling the channel's Here Now occupant list. - Action **Get channel metadata** Get App Context metadata for a channel. - Action **Get Channel Presence** Gets current occupancy and user list for a PubNub channel. - Action **Get user metadata** Get App Context metadata for a user. - Action **List channels** List all channels with App Context metadata. - Action **List users** List all users with App Context metadata. - Action **Publish Message** Publishes a message to a PubNub channel. - Action **Send signal** Send a lightweight signal to a channel. - Action **Update channel metadata** Set/update App Context metadata for a channel. - Action **Update user metadata** Set/update App Context metadata for a user. - Action **Add folder** Creates a new folder in DocSpring for organizing templates. - Action **Delete submission** Expire/delete a PDF submission so it is no longer downloadable. - Action **Generate PDF** Fill a PDF template with field data and generate a submission. - Action **Get combined submission** Checks the status of a combined submission (merged PDFs) and returns its download URL once processed. - Action **Get data request** Look up a submission data request (e.g. an e-signature request) by id. - Action **Get submission** Checks the status of a generated PDF submission and returns its details, including the download URL once processed. - Action **Get template** Looks up a DocSpring PDF template and returns its settings and document processing status. - Action **List folders** Lists the folders in the DocSpring account, optionally only those inside a given parent folder. - Action **Merge PDFs** Merges submission PDFs, template PDFs, custom files, other merged PDFs or PDFs at a URL into one combined PDF. The merge runs asynchronously; use Get combined submission to check when the download URL is ready. - Action **Request signature** Creates a PDF submission from a template and sends one person a request to fill in and sign their fields. The PDF is generated once they complete it. ## Each app on its own - [ **PubNub** PubNub is a real-time communication platform that powers chat, live notifications, IoT data streaming, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/pubnub) - [ **FormAPI** DocSpring is a service that helps you fill out and sign PDF templates.](https://apiant.ai/connections/formapi) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from PubNub - [ **PubNub to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pubnub-to-salesforce) - [ **PubNub to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/pubnub-to-slack) - [ **PubNub to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pubnub-to-stripe) - [ **PubNub to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pubnub-to-shopify) - [ **PubNub to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/pubnub-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **PubNub to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pubnub-to-trello) ## More into FormAPI - [ **Xero to FormAPI** Xero online accounting — manage contacts, invoices, bills, payments, accounts, and bank transactions via the...](https://apiant.ai/connect/xero-to-formapi) - [ **HubSpot to FormAPI** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-formapi) - [ **Salesforce to FormAPI** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-formapi) - [ **Slack to FormAPI** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-formapi) - [ **Google Sheets to FormAPI** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-formapi) - [ **Gmail to FormAPI** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-formapi) Questions ## PubNub and FormAPI, answered ### ### What can start an automation from PubNub? Any of PubNub's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Message on Channel and Presence Change on Channel. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in FormAPI when something happens in PubNub? Any of FormAPI's 10 actions, including Add folder, Generate PDF, Get combined submission and Get data request. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from FormAPI to PubNub? FormAPI has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in PubNub. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads FormAPI's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for PubNub or FormAPI? 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 PubNub and FormAPI 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.