--- title: "Connect Smartsheet via API Token to NGP VAN - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New favorite\" fires in Smartsheet via API Token, your agent runs \"Add Contact History\" in NGP VAN." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/smartsheet-via-api-token-to-ngp-van" --- # Connect Smartsheet via API Token to NGP VAN When **New favorite** fires in [Smartsheet via API Token](https://apiant.ai/connections/smartsheet-via-api-token), your agent runs **Add Contact History** in [NGP VAN](https://apiant.ai/connections/ngp-van). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Smartsheet via API Token **9** triggers Smartsheet via API Token **94** actions NGP VAN **20** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Smartsheet via API Token and NGP VAN to do together? 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Smartsheet via API Token can start in NGP VAN - When **New favorite** in Smartsheet via API Token then **Add Contact History** in NGP VAN - When **New row** in Smartsheet via API Token then **Add Note to Contact** in NGP VAN 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 Smartsheet via API Token and NGP VAN ## Triggers and actions 9 triggers · 114 actions - Trigger **List contacts** List contacts - Trigger **List dashboards** List dashboards - Trigger **List org groups** List org groups - Trigger **List reports** List reports - Trigger **List sheets** List sheets - Trigger **List workspaces** List workspaces - Trigger **New favorite** Triggers when a new item is added to your favorites. - Trigger **New row** Polling trigger: fires when a new row is added to the specified sheet. Each row carries a stable id for deduplication. - Trigger **New search result** Triggers when a new item matches your search query. - Action **Add columns** Add columns - Action **Add favorites** Add favorites - Action **Add image to cell** Add image to cell - Action **Add rows** Add one or more rows to a sheet. Provide an array of row objects with cells. - Action **Add summary fields** Add summary fields - Action **Attach file or URL to comment** Attach file or URL to comment - Action **Attach file or URL to row** Attach file or URL to row - Action **Attach file or URL to sheet** Attach file or URL to sheet - Action **Attach new version** Attach new version - Action **Copy folder** Copy folder - Action **Copy rows to another sheet** Copy rows to another sheet - Action **Copy sheet** Copy sheet - Action **Copy workspace** Copy workspace - Action **Create a comment** Create a comment - Action **Create a discussion on a row** Create a discussion on a row - Action **Create an update request** Create an update request - Action **Create cross-sheet references** Create cross-sheet references - Action **Create discussion** Create discussion - Action **Create folder** Create a folder in the user's Home. - Action **Create folder in workspace** Create folder in workspace - Action **Create proof** Create proof - Action **Create proof discussion** Create proof discussion - Action **Create proof request** Create proof request - Action **Create sheet** Creates a new sheet with the given name and columns in the user's home "Sheets" area. To create a sheet inside a specific folder or workspace, use Create sheet in folder or Create sheet in workspace. - Action **Create sheet in folder** Create sheet in folder - Action **Create sheet in workspace** Create sheet in workspace - Action **Create workspace** Create workspace - Action **Delete a comment** Delete a comment - Action **Delete a discussion** Delete a discussion - Action **Delete an update request** Delete an update request - Action **Delete attachment** Delete attachment - Action **Delete column** Delete column - Action **Delete favorites** Removes one or more objects of a given type from the user's Smartsheet favorites. Accepts a single object ID or a comma-separated list. - Action **Delete folder** Delete folder - Action **Delete report** Delete report - Action **Delete rows** Delete rows - Action **Delete sent update request** Delete sent update request - Action **Delete sheet** Delete a sheet by id. - Action **Delete summary fields** Delete summary fields - Action **Delete workspace** Delete workspace - Action **Edit a comment** Edit a comment - Action **Get a comment** Get a comment - Action **Get an update request** Get an update request - Action **Get attachment** Get attachment - Action **Get column** Get column - Action **Get contact** Get contact - Action **Get cross-sheet reference** Get cross-sheet reference - Action **Get discussion** Get discussion - Action **Get folder metadata** Get folder metadata - Action **Get proof** Get proof - Action **Get report** Get report - Action **Get row** Get a single row from a sheet by row id. - Action **Get sent update request** Get sent update request - Action **Get sheet** Get a sheet by id, including its rows and columns. - Action **Get sheet summary** Get sheet summary - Action **Get summary fields** Get summary fields - Action **Get user** Get user - Action **Get workspace** Retrieves a Smartsheet workspace by ID, including its sheets, folders, reports, sights, templates, permalink, and access level. - Action **Is favorite** Is favorite - Action **List attachments** List attachments - Action **List columns** List all columns of a sheet. - Action **List contents** List contents - Action **List cross-sheet references** List cross-sheet references - Action **List discussion attachments** List discussion attachments - Action **List discussions** List discussions - Action **List discussions with a row** List discussions with a row - Action **List folder children** List folder children - Action **List folders** List the folders in the user's Home. - Action **List proof attachments** List proof attachments - Action **List proofs** List proofs - Action **List row attachments** List row attachments - Action **List sheet rows** Convenience read: returns the rows of a sheet (the full sheet object with rows and columns). - Action **List sheets** List all sheets the user has access to. - Action **Lists sent update requests** Lists sent update requests - Action **List update requests** List update requests - Action **List workspace children** List workspace children - Action **List workspaces** List all workspaces the user has access to. - Action **Move folder** Move folder - Action **Move rows to another sheet** Move rows to another sheet - Action **Move sheet** Move sheet - Action **Search** Search across all sheets the user can access for the given text. - Action **Search sheet** Search a specific sheet for the given text. - Action **Send report via email** Send report via email - Action **Send rows via email** Send rows via email - Action **Send sheet via email** Send sheet via email - Action **Sort rows in sheet** Sort rows in sheet - Action **Update an update request** Update an update request - Action **Update column** Update column - Action **Update folder** Update folder - Action **Update proof status** Update proof status - Action **Update rows** Update one or more existing rows in a sheet. Provide an array of row objects each with an id and cells. - Action **Update sheet** Update sheet - Action **Update summary fields** Update summary fields - Action **Update workspace** Update workspace - Action **Add a Contribution** Creates a contribution (donation) for a contact in NGP VAN, credited to a designation. - Action **Add Activist Codes** Applies or removes one or more activist codes on a person in NGP VAN. - Action **Add Canvass Responses** Records a canvass interaction on a person in NGP VAN: either a result code such as Not Home, or script responses such as activist codes, survey answers and volunteer activities. - Action **Add Contact History** Records a contact attempt (contact history) on a person in NGP VAN with a result code such as Not Home or Wrong Number, plus optional context like contact type, date and phone. - Action **Add Note to Contact** Adds a free-text note to a person in NGP VAN, optionally with a note category and a contact history record. - Action **Add Survey Responses** Records one or more survey question answers on a person in VAN, optionally with details of how and when they were canvassed. - Action **Create Financial Batch** Creates a financial batch in NGP VAN for grouping contributions under a designation. - Action **Create or Update Contact With a Contribution** Finds a matching contact (creating one if none exists, otherwise updating it) and records a contribution for that contact. Returns the contact's VAN ID and the new contribution ID. - Action **Delete code from contact** Removes a single code (tag) from a contact in NGP VAN. - Action **Delete contact** Deletes (suppresses) a contact record in NGP VAN by its VANID. - Action **Find Contact** Finds the person in NGP VAN who matches the VAN ID, name, date of birth, phone numbers or email addresses you provide, and returns that person's full record. - Action **Find Financial Batch** Finds financial batches whose names contain the given text. - Action **Get contact** Returns a person record from NGP VAN by VAN ID, with optional phones, emails, addresses, custom fields and other details. - Action **List activist codes** Returns the activist codes available in your VAN committee, optionally filtered by status, name or type. - Action **List campaigns** Returns the campaigns in your NGP VAN account, with each campaign's name, type and status. - Action **List notes** Returns the notes recorded on a person (contact) in NGP VAN. - Action **Merge contacts** Merges a source contact into a target contact, keeping the target's values on conflicts and deleting the source. - Action **Subscribe Email** Finds or creates a contact by email address and marks that email as subscribed. - Action **Tag a Contact** Applies a tag or source code to an existing contact. - Action **Update note** Updates the text, view restriction and category of an existing note on a person in NGP VAN. ## Each app on its own - [ **Smartsheet via API Token** Smartsheet is a work management and collaboration platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/smartsheet-via-api-token) - [ **NGP VAN** NGP VAN is the leading technology provider to Democratic and progressive campaigns and organizations...](https://apiant.ai/connections/ngp-van) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Smartsheet via API Token - [ **Smartsheet via API Token to ProxyCrawl** Scraping and crawling anticaptcha service](https://apiant.ai/connect/smartsheet-via-api-token-to-proxycrawl) - [ **Smartsheet via API Token to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in NGP VAN when something happens in Smartsheet via API Token? Any of NGP VAN's 20 actions, including Create Financial Batch, Create or Update Contact With a Contribution, Update note and Add a Contribution. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from NGP VAN to Smartsheet via API Token? NGP VAN has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Smartsheet via API Token. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads NGP VAN's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Smartsheet via API Token or NGP VAN? 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 Smartsheet via API Token and NGP VAN 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.