Zapier

The Zapier integration hands each new article to a Zap, which may then publish it, store it, or forward it to any of the apps Zapier connects. The connection runs on your project's RSS feed: Zapier watches the feed, and every new article appears as a new item that triggers your Zap.

Connecting Zapier

First, enable the feed in RankYak:

1. Go to Settings, then Integrations, and click Connect next to Zapier.
2. If the RSS feed is not yet enabled, click Enable RSS feed.
3. Copy the feed URL that appears.

Then, set up the trigger in Zapier:

1. Create a new Zap.
2. For the trigger, select RSS by Zapier and choose New Item in Feed as the trigger event.
3. In the configure step, paste the feed URL from RankYak into the Feed URL field.

From there, add the action steps you need and map the article fields onto them. Each feed item carries the article's title and full HTML content, along with RankYak-specific fields for the slug, meta title, meta description, and raw Markdown. The RSS feed page describes the feed in detail.

How the trigger behaves

An article joins the feed once its scheduled date arrives, which is typically the same morning it is written. Zapier polls the feed on an interval rather than being notified the moment an article is ready, so a new article may take a little while to reach your Zap. If you would like articles pushed to your Zap immediately instead, you may point a webhook at a Zapier webhook trigger and skip the feed entirely.

Because Zapier handles the actual publishing, RankYak does not know where each article ends up. If you take part in the backlink exchange, you should report the live URL of each published article back to RankYak, either from the article's actions menu or through the API.

Disconnecting

Zapier stops receiving articles as soon as the feed is disabled: go to Settings, then Integrations, open the Developer zone, and click Disable next to the RSS feed. Of course, you may also simply turn the Zap off on Zapier's side and leave the feed running.