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How to Use Webhooks to integrate with services like IFTTT/Zapier/Dropbox

Written by Shane McLoughlin

Booth.Events supports webhooks for integrating with third-party services such as IFTTT, Zapier, or any platform that can receive an HTTP POST call.

Important: Webhooks are advanced functionality. We recommend using them only if you’re technically skilled and very comfortable with technology. Booth.Events does not provide setup support for integrations with third-party services via webhooks.

Requirements

  • Pro+ subscription (includes a free 14-day trial).

  • A third-party service capable of receiving webhook calls.

Types of Webhooks

Booth.Events offers two webhook options. You can use one or both:

1. Upload Webhook

  • Triggered every time a file is uploaded to one of your galleries.

    Includes:

    • URL to the media page

    • Direct download link for the media file

  • Best for: Copying media to a storage service like Dropbox or Google Drive.

2. Share Webhook (added February 2025)

  • Triggered every time a guest enters their phone number or email address on the share screen of the iOS app.

    Includes:

    • Contact information entered by guests

    • Event details

Choosing the Right Webhook

Your Goal

Recommended Webhook

Save/copy media to another service (e.g., Dropbox)

Upload Webhook

Collect guest contact details when Data Collection is ON

Either Upload or Share Webhook

Collect guest contact details when Data Collection is OFF

Share Webhook

Tip: If you need both media URLs and guest contact details, you may want to enable both webhooks.

How to set your Webhook URLs

To turn it on go to your Account page, and in the Sharing Settings section hit Open on the Webhook block:

Sharing Settings on the Account Page

Sharing Settings on the Account page

In the popup, paste in the URL where you wish the webhook request to be made to.

Showing a configured Share Webhook

How to Test

  1. Visit webhook.site and copy your personal webhook URL.

  2. In the Booth.Events dashboard, open the Webhook popup.

  3. Paste your webhook.site URL into the appropriate webhook field.

  4. Launch your event in the iOS app (testing in Preview will not trigger the webhook).

  5. Take a photo or perform the action that should trigger the webhook.

  6. Check your webhook.site page to see the incoming POST request and data.

How to Turn Off a Webhook

  1. Open the Webhook popup in the dashboard.

  2. Delete any URLs from the webhook fields so they are blank.

  3. Click Save Changes.

Technical Details

Please see our help article, Webhooks: Technical Details

Use Webhooks with Dropbox

You can connect many different services like Google Drive, Box, OneDrive etc - but we'll focus on Dropbox in this article.

IFTTT is a third-party service: we cannot make any guarantee about the accuracy of the content of this article with respect to third-parties.

Please note we do not offer support for third-party services like IFTTT.


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See also

IFTTT Subscription / Plan levels

At the time of writing there are three plan levels available on IFTTT: free, Pro, and Pro+.

This article has two options for creating the IFTTT Applet:

  • Easier: IFTTT "Receive a web request" Applet

    • this easier option requires a IFTTT Pro subscription which is cheaper than the IFTTT Pro+ subscription

    • you have less control, for example you cannot choose how files are named

  • Advanced: IFTTT "Receive a web request with a JSON payload" Applet with Filter Code

    • this advanced option requires a IFTTT Pro+ subscription

    • you have full control; for example you can change how files are named and name them differently if they are templates/collages versus originals; this assumes you are able to understand & update the JavaScript code we give you in the article below


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So, pick ONE of the following two sections. Not sure which? Then definitely pick the easier one!


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Easier: IFTTT "Receive a web request" Applet

This option requires a Booth.Events Pro+ subscription and an IFTTT Pro subscription.


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First you need to get your webhook URL from IFTTT and paste it into Booth.Events:

  1. Open this IFTTT page: https://ifttt.com/maker_webhooks

  2. Hit the "Documentation" button:

"Documentation" button

  1. On the resulting page scroll down to the section titled "To trigger an Event with 3 JSON values", type in an event name like boothevents_upload into the placeholder as shown in the screenshot below, and then copy the whole URL to your clipboard. The URL will look like this: https://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/boothevents_upload/with/key/kvub0DQfNV0RjOuGFmd7MwwoJsfiwoAaF89VRQJzzzz

Keep note of this event name (boothevents_upload in our example above), as you will use it later below. You can use any event name you want (it's not related to events on Booth.Events)


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  1. On the Booth.Events account page, open the webhook block, paste the URL in, and hit Save Changes:


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Next we need to create the actual Applet on IFTTT.


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  1. Create a new Applet on IFTTT and hit the "Add" button:

  1. Search for "webhook" and hit the "Webhooks" service:

  1. Choose the service called "Receive a web request":

  1. In "Event Name" enter the event name from the previous section, then hit "Create trigger". In our example we used boothevents_upload :

  1. In the "Then That" box hit "Add":

  1. In the list of available connections choose Dropbox (you can search for it or scroll down to it):

  1. Choose "Add file form URL":

  1. On the action settings screen you need to set all 4 values:

    Dropbox account: connect your Dropbox account first

    File URL: hit Add Ingredient and then choose Value1

    File name: erase what's there, hit Add Ingredient, and then choose Value2

    Dropbox folder path: erase what's there, type in a path like IFTTT/Booth.Events/ , then hit Add Ingredient and choose Value3

    Then hit Create Action.

    If you've done this correctly you'll see something like this:

  1. On the next screen hit Continue

  2. Give the Applet a title you like (doesn't matter what it is), and hit Finish


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That's it! Now try shooting some photos on the iOS App and then reload the IFTTT page: you should see that the Applet runs. Then check your Dropbox and you should see the files have been saved at the folder path you entered.


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Advanced: IFTTT "Receive a web request with a JSON payload" Applet with Filter Code

This option requires a Booth.Events Pro+ subscription and an IFTTT Pro+ subscription.


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First we need to get our webhook URL from IFTTT and paste it into Booth.Events. Note that this is not the same URL as the Eaiser path above.

Follow these steps:

  1. Open this IFTTT page: https://ifttt.com/maker_webhooks

  2. Hit the "Documentation" button:

"Documentation" button

  1. On the resulting page scroll down to the section titled "To trigger an Event with an arbitrary JSON payload", type in an event name like boothevents_upload into the placeholder as shown in the screenshot below, and then copy the whole URL to your clipboard. The URL will look like this: https://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/boothevents_upload/json/with/key/kvub0DQfNV0RjOuGFmd7MwwoJsfiwoAaF89VRQJzzzz

Keep note of this event name (boothevents_upload in our example above), as you will use it later below. You can use any event name you want (it's not related to events on Booth.Events)


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  1. On the Booth.Events account page, open the webhook block, paste the URL in, and hit Save Changes:


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Next we need to create the actual Applet on IFTTT.


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  1. Create a new Applet on IFTTT and hit the "Add" button:

  1. Search for "webhook" and hit the "Webhooks" service:

  1. Choose the service called "Receive a web request with a JSON payload":

  1. In "Event Name" enter the event name from the previous section, then hit "Create trigger". In our example we used boothevents_upload :

  1. In the "Then That" box hit "Add":

  1. In the list of available connections choose Dropbox (you can search for it or scroll down to it):

  1. Choose "Add file form URL":

  1. On the action settings screen you need to set the values like this:

    Dropbox account: connect your Dropbox account first

    File URL: the value you enter here is not going to be used (it will be replaced by Filter Code), but you must enter a value. So enter "temp"

    File name: this value is also not going to be used. Luckily there's already a default value for you, so you can just use that.

    Dropbox folder path: this value is also not going to be used. Luckily there's already a default value for you, so you can just use that.

    Then hit Create Action.

  2. Hit the "+" between "If" and "Then":

  1. Hit the "+" next to Filter Code

  2. On the left side, paste in this TypeScript (JavaScript) code:

const payload = JSON.parse(MakerWebhooks.jsonEvent.JsonPayload)  // Here we set the filename differently if it is a collage or not const isVideo = payload.contentType !== 'image/jpeg' const filename = `${Meta.triggerTime}${payload.isCollage || isVideo ? `-template` : `-original`}`  Dropbox.addFileFromUrl.setFilename(filename) Dropbox.addFileFromUrl.setUrl(payload.url) Dropbox.addFileFromUrl.setPath(`IFTTT/Booth.Events/${payload.galleryName}`)

... and then hit Add filter:

  1. On the next screen hit Continue

  2. Give the Applet a title you like (doesn't matter what it is), and hit Finish


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That's it! Now try shooting some photos on the iOS App and then reload the IFTTT page: you should see that the Applet runs. Then check your Dropbox and you should see the files have been saved.

You can modify the Filter Code of course, to change where the files are saved or to change the filenames.

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