Automating Memberships on Your Notion Website with Zapier and Sotion Members API

Step 1: Access your Sotion Dashboard

• The first step is to log in to your Sotion dashboard and choose the website you wish to connect.

• Make sure your website is already linked to a Notion page, and you've (optionally) connected our custom domain.

• Choose one of the membership management options for your Sotion site:
• Email Sign up: Require an email address for access to your site
• Restricted Email List: You control which email addresses can access your site

Step 2: Review Your Members List

• From your Sotion dashboard, click the "Members" option on the menu, you can review the registered members for your site.

• At this point, member list would still be empty if you have not added any members before.

Step 3: Review Your Membership Capture Process

• Next, head over to your website, or wherever your membership data is being collected.

• For this guide, we are using a simple form that captures the member's name and email address.

• The goal is to connect this form to your Sotion members list using a Zapier Zap.

Step 4: Start Your Zap

• In your Zapier dashboard, create a new Zap that triggers when a new form submission is made.

• Make sure the member email address is submitted to the trigger in your Zap.

Step 5: Get your Sotion API Webhooks

• From your Sotion dashboard, click on the API menu to display a list of all the available API webhooks.

• For this guide, we will be using the "Create Member" API endpoint.

View the full Sotion Members API

Step 6: Connect the API to Zapier using a Webhook

• Back in Zapier, add a step to your Zap and choose "Webhooks by Zapier".

• In the “App & event” options on the right-hand side of the interface, select “Custom Request” as your event type.

• Then, in the “Action” options, select "POST" as your HTTP method (as per the instructions on the Sotion dashboard under "Create Member" API).

Step 7: Configure Your Webhook

• Next, copy the Create Member API URL from your Sotion dashboard, and paste it into the "URL" field in Zapier.

• Toggle the "Data Pass-Through" option to "False."

• In the "Data" field in Zapier, your need to send JSON data containing the member email address. Here is an example:

{
   "email": "name@email.com",
   "paid": false
}

• You can insert the member email address from the available options that come from the trigger step in your Zap. Leave the "Paid" parameter on "False" by default.

• Leave “Unflatten” set to “Yes”, and “Basic Auth” blank

• Then, add a Header with the name "Content-Type" and a value of "application/json".

Step 8: Testing the Integration

• With everything set up, it's time to test your integration.

• From your Zap settings, click "Continue" and then "Test Step".

• This will send a test registration to your Sotion website.

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