With the help of Zapier integration you can automatically export Setka posts' HTML-code and other data from your Setka account and then send this data to other CMS.
This is how you can set automatic posts export to Ghost via Zapier integration.
Table of contents
Set Zapier for posts' export to Ghost
Step 2. Choose a trigger event
Step 7: Connect your Ghost account
Step 8. Mark out the data for Ghost
Before you start
Add Setka Zapier App to your Zapier account before you start the export.
Note: Zapier integration via Setka requires access to Setka Cloud API. Contact our customer support for the access.
Possible restrictions
Free and Starter Zapier account plans check for the new published Setka posts not more often than once in 15 minutes. If you export the first post instantly, the next one will be exported not earlier than in 15 minutes. You can learn more about terms and conditions on the official Zapier website.
Set Zapier for posts' export to Ghost
In order to automatically export posts from your Setka account you need to create a new Zap and set Setka as a trigger and Ghost as an action there:
Step 1: Create new Zap
1. Open your Zapier account and click Make a Zap in a left hand corner:
2. Find Setka in a list of available apps and set it as a trigger:
Step 2. Choose a trigger event
Find New post in a Trigger Event list and click Continue. This script will work once you publish a new post in your Setka account.
Step 3. Connect Setka account
Note: skip this step if you have already connected your account.
Click Sign in to Setka and enter your license key in the appeared window:
The license key can be found in an Integrations section in your Setka account once you click on Other CMS.
Choose the added account from the appeared list and click Continue to go the the next step.
Step 4. Set up a trigger
Choose Published in the Post State dropdown list. Thus, changing post's state to Published will launch the following script:
Step 5. Test the trigger
To test the trigger try to publish a post in your Setka account. To do that click Publish on the post's badge. After that click Test trigger in Zapier interface and check the data received.
Step 6. Add an action
1. Find Ghost in an Action block with the help of a search field. Choose it.
2. Choose a Create Post action from the appeared Action Event list and click Continue:
Step 7: Connect your Ghost account
Skip this step if you have already connected your account.
1. Open Ghost admin panel and go to Integrations -> Zapier:
2. Copy your key from an Admin API key field:
3. Go back to Zapier and click Sign in to Ghost. In an appeared window insert your Admin API key to the existing field and insert your Ghost website URL in an Admin API URL field. Click Yes, Continue.
4. Choose the connected account from an appeared Ghost account: (required) list and click Continue.
Step 8. Mark out the data for Ghost
Settings will lead you to a Set up action block. Replace Ghost post fields with Setka post data. Set the following:
1. Title data for a Title field.
2. Choose Draft in a Status field if you want your post to be exported to Ghost as draft. If you want to instantly publish your posts, choose Published.
3. Published At: data for a Published At field.
4. Choose HTML in a Content Format field.
5. Replace the Content (HTML) field with the data according to this template:
<!--kg-card-begin: html-->
[Body HTML]
<!--kg-card-end: html-->
6. Choose one of the offered authors in an Authors field.
7. Replace Code Injection Head and Code Injection Foot fields with the data according to these templates:
Code Injection Head:
<link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="[Assets Styles Common CSS]" />
<link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="[Assets Styles Layouts CSS]" />
<link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="[Assets Styles Themes CSS]" />Code Injection Foot:
<script src="[Assets Plugins]"></script>
Click Continue to save the changes.
5. After that you will be offered to test publishing in Ghost. Please note that by clicking Test & Continue a post will be exported to Ghost right from your Setka account.
Click Skip Test to pass testing.
Step 9. Activate Zap
The setting is done. You can activate posting with the help of a switch box in the upper right hand corner:
Now your Setka posts will export automatically to Ghost after clicking Publish in your Setka account. To run export manually click Run in a Zaps menu:
