--- title: "Connect Samply to PDF Blocks - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New player\" fires in Samply, your agent runs \"Extract Pages From PDF\" in PDF Blocks." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/samply-to-pdf-blocks" --- # Connect Samply to PDF Blocks When **New player** fires in [Samply](https://apiant.ai/connections/samply), your agent runs **Extract Pages From PDF** in [PDF Blocks](https://apiant.ai/connections/pdf-blocks). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Samply **4** triggers Samply **13** actions PDF Blocks **17** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Samply and PDF Blocks 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 Samply can start in PDF Blocks - When **New player** in Samply then **Extract Pages From PDF** in PDF Blocks - When **New project** in Samply then **Merge PDF Documents** in PDF Blocks 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 Samply and PDF Blocks ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 30 actions - Trigger **New player** Webhook event player.created. - Trigger **New project** Webhook event project.created. - Trigger **Player updated** Webhook event player.updated. - Trigger **Project updated** Webhook event project.updated. - Action **Add comment** /projects/:projectid/files/:fileid/comments. Body: message, parentid, completed, pinned, audioTimestamp, audioTimestampEnd. fileid must be a version, not a stack. - Action **Add file** /projects/:projectid/files with name, mimeType, size, optional parentid; returns boxid and signed upload url, then PUT file bytes to url. - Action **Create Folder** Creates a new folder in an existing Samply project - Action **Create Player** Creates a new player in Samply - Action **Create Project** Creates a project in Samply - Action **Get File** Returns a box object (file, folder or stack) by id within a project. - Action **Get Player** Returns one player (link) by id. - Action **Get Project** Retrieves a project from Samply - Action **List comments** /projects/:projectid/files/:fileid/comments. Returns array of comment objects for a file. - Action **List Files** returns an array of all box objects (files, folders, stacks) in a project; a file box (object: "file") id supplies the file_id Add comment needs. Read-only. - Action **List Projects** returns an array of all projects the caller owns (id, name, files). Read-only; supplies a project_id for downstream ops. - Action **Update Player** Updates an existing player in your Samply library - Action **Update Project** Updates an existing project in your Samply account - Action **Add Image Watermark to PDF** Add an image watermark to each page of a PDF document. - Action **Add Password to PDF** Protect a PDF document with a password. Encrypt the PDF document to prevent unauthorized access. - Action **Add restrictions to PDF** Add permission restrictions to a PDF. - Action **Add Text Watermark to PDF** Add a text watermark to each page of a PDF document. Choose from several watermark templates. - Action **Extract Pages From PDF** Extract one or more pages from a PDF document. - Action **Merge PDF Documents** Combine multiple PDF documents into a single PDF document. - Action **Remove pages from PDF** Remove selected pages from a PDF. - Action **Remove password from PDF** Decrypt a PDF with a known password. - Action **Remove restrictions from PDF** Remove permission restrictions from a PDF. - Action **Remove signatures from PDF** Remove digital signatures from a PDF. - Action **Reorder pages in PDF** Reorder pages into a specified sequence. - Action **Reverse pages in PDF** Reverse page order. - Action **Rotate pages in PDF** Rotate selected pages. - Action **Split PDF at page** Break a PDF at a chosen page boundary. - Action **Split PDF by file size** Cap each part's byte size when splitting. - Action **Split PDF by page count** Break a PDF into fixed-size chunks. - Action **Split PDF into page groups** Group pages by a defined pattern into separate PDFs. ## Each app on its own - [ **Samply** Samply is a platform for sharing your audio files and soliciting feedback.](https://apiant.ai/connections/samply) - [ **PDF Blocks** PDF actions for your zaps: Merge PDF documents, protect PDFs with a password, watermark PDF documents, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/pdf-blocks) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Samply - [ **Samply to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/samply-to-slack) - [ **Samply to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/samply-to-stripe) - [ **Samply to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/samply-to-shopify) - [ **Samply to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/samply-to-trello) - [ **Samply to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/samply-to-zoom) - [ **Samply to Twilio** Cloud communications platform for sending SMS/MMS messages, making and managing voice calls, and looking up...](https://apiant.ai/connect/samply-to-twilio) ## More into PDF Blocks - [ **HubSpot to PDF Blocks** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-pdf-blocks) - [ **Salesforce to PDF Blocks** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-pdf-blocks) - [ **Slack to PDF Blocks** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-pdf-blocks) - [ **Google Sheets to PDF Blocks** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-pdf-blocks) - [ **Gmail to PDF Blocks** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-pdf-blocks) - [ **Google Calendar to PDF Blocks** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-pdf-blocks) Questions ## Samply and PDF Blocks, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Samply? Any of Samply's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New player, New project, Player updated and Project updated. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in PDF Blocks when something happens in Samply? Any of PDF Blocks's 17 actions, including Add Image Watermark to PDF, Add Password to PDF, Add restrictions to PDF and Add Text Watermark to PDF. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from PDF Blocks to Samply? PDF Blocks has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Samply. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads PDF Blocks's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Samply or PDF Blocks? 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 Samply and PDF Blocks 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.