--- title: "Connect Rendex to Google Cloud Functions - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Completed Screenshot\" fires in Rendex, your agent runs \"Generate Download URL\" in Google Cloud Functions." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/rendex-to-google-cloud-functions" --- # Connect Rendex to Google Cloud Functions When **New Completed Screenshot** fires in [Rendex](https://apiant.ai/connections/rendex), your agent runs **Generate Download URL** in [Google Cloud Functions](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-cloud-functions). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Rendex **1** trigger Rendex **13** actions Google Cloud Functions **3** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Rendex and Google Cloud Functions 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 Rendex can start in Google Cloud Functions - When **New Completed Screenshot** in Rendex then **Generate Download URL** in Google Cloud Functions - When **New Completed Screenshot** in Rendex then **Get Function** in Google Cloud Functions 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 Rendex and Google Cloud Functions ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 16 actions - Trigger **New Completed Screenshot** Triggers when a background screenshot or PDF capture finishes. - Action **Capture Screenshot** Captures a webpage or HTML as a PNG, JPEG, WebP, or PDF file. - Action **Capture Screenshot (Background)** Queues a screenshot or PDF capture as a background job and returns a Job ID. - Action **Create Render Link** Create a hosted, auto-caching image or PDF link for a URL, HTML, or Markdown — perfect for og:image social preview tags. - Action **Extract Text From a Web Page** Get the clean article text (Markdown) from any URL. - Action **Find Website Watch** Finds a watch by ID and returns its current status and details. - Action **Generate PDF** Generates a PDF from a webpage or HTML with custom page size, margins, and orientation. - Action **Get Account** Returns the account's plan, usage, and upgrade info. - Action **Get Job Status** Finds a background job by ID and returns its status and result URL. - Action **List Website Watches** Returns all configured website watches for the account. - Action **List Website Watch Runs** Returns the run history (check results/changes) for a given website watch. - Action **Run a Check Now** Trigger an immediate check of a watch, outside its normal schedule. - Action **Test a Website Watch** Try out a watch on a page once, without creating it — check the page can be read and see what Rendex captures before you start monitoring. - Action **Update Website Watch** Change a watch's schedule, alerts, or settings — or pause and resume it. - Action **Generate Download URL** Returns a short-lived URL for downloading a Cloud Function's source code. - Action **Get Function** Returns one Cloud Function's details, including its state, runtime, and trigger URL. - Action **List Functions** Returns the Cloud Functions deployed in a project and region. ## Each app on its own - [ **Rendex** Rendex is a screenshot and rendering API that turns URLs or HTML into pixel-perfect images and PDFs.](https://apiant.ai/connections/rendex) - [ **Google Cloud Functions** Serverless platform for running event-driven functions triggered by HTTP requests or Google Cloud events...](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-cloud-functions) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Rendex - [ **Rendex to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/rendex-to-salesforce) - [ **Rendex to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/rendex-to-slack) - [ **Rendex to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/rendex-to-stripe) - [ **Rendex to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/rendex-to-shopify) - [ **Rendex to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/rendex-to-trello) - [ **Rendex to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/rendex-to-zoom) ## More into Google Cloud Functions - [ **HubSpot to Google Cloud Functions** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-google-cloud-functions) - [ **Salesforce to Google Cloud Functions** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-google-cloud-functions) - [ **Slack to Google Cloud Functions** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-google-cloud-functions) - [ **Google Sheets to Google Cloud Functions** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-google-cloud-functions) - [ **Gmail to Google Cloud Functions** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-google-cloud-functions) - [ **Google Calendar to Google Cloud Functions** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-google-cloud-functions) Questions ## Rendex and Google Cloud Functions, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Rendex? Any of Rendex's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Completed Screenshot. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Google Cloud Functions when something happens in Rendex? Any of Google Cloud Functions's 3 actions, including Generate Download URL, Get Function and List Functions. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Google Cloud Functions to Rendex? Google Cloud Functions has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Rendex. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Google Cloud Functions's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Rendex or Google Cloud Functions? 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 Rendex and Google Cloud Functions 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.