How to Use Pabbly Connect to Integrate Cognito Forms with MailerLite

Learn how to automate the integration of Cognito Forms and MailerLite using Pabbly Connect. Step-by-step tutorial for seamless subscriber management. Discover hidden automation capabilities within your existing tools. This guide shows you how to connect your essential applications and permanently eliminate redundant manual processes.

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1. Accessing Pabbly Connect for Integration

To begin integrating Cognito Forms with MailerLite, first access Pabbly Connect. Open your browser and navigate to the Pabbly Connect landing page.

Once there, sign in to your account. If you are a new user, you can sign up for free to get started. After signing in, you will see the dashboard where you can manage your workflows.

2. Creating a New Workflow in Pabbly Connect

In this step, you will create a new workflow in Pabbly Connect. Click on the ‘Create Workflow’ button. You will need to name your workflow appropriately, such as ‘Create or Update MailerLite Subscribers on Cognito Form Submission’.

• Click on the plus icon to create a new folder if needed.
• Select the folder where you want to save your workflow.
• After naming, click on ‘Create’.

This will set up the basic structure of your automation. You will now see two boxes: Trigger and Action. The trigger is the event that starts your workflow.

3. Setting Up the Trigger with Cognito Forms

For the trigger application, select Cognito Forms in Pabbly Connect. Choose the trigger event as ‘New Entry’. This means that whenever there is a new form submission, it will trigger the workflow.

Next, you will need to connect Cognito Forms to Pabbly Connect. A webhook URL will be provided, which you will paste into your Cognito Forms account. This URL acts as a bridge between the two applications.

• Open your Cognito Forms account and select the form you are using.
• Navigate to the build section and find the option to post JSON data to a website.
• Paste the webhook URL and save the changes.

After saving, return to Pabbly Connect and wait for the webhook response to confirm the connection is successful.

4. Setting Up the Action with MailerLite

Now, in Pabbly Connect, set up the action application by selecting MailerLite. The action event will be ‘Create or Update Subscriber’. This is where the data from Cognito Forms will be sent.

To connect MailerLite, you will need an API token. Click on the link provided in Pabbly Connect to generate a new token in your MailerLite account. After generating, copy the token and paste it into Pabbly Connect to establish the connection.

Enter the subscriber email using the mapping feature from the Cognito Forms response. Select the subscriber status as active and choose the appropriate group for the subscriber. Map other fields like first name, last name, and city using the response data.

Once all fields are mapped correctly, click on ‘Save and Send Test Request’ to test the integration. A successful test will show a positive response.

5. Testing the Integration

To ensure that your integration between Cognito Forms and MailerLite using Pabbly Connect works correctly, perform a test submission in your Cognito Forms.

After submitting the form, check your MailerLite account to see if the subscriber has been added. You should see the new subscriber with the details you entered in the form.

Verify that all fields are populated correctly in MailerLite. Repeat the test with different data to ensure reliability.

If everything works as expected, your integration is successfully set up. Now, every new submission in Cognito Forms will automatically create or update a subscriber in MailerLite through Pabbly Connect.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we explored how to use Pabbly Connect to integrate Cognito Forms and MailerLite. By following the steps outlined, you can automate the process of managing subscribers efficiently. This integration ensures that every form submission translates into actionable subscriber data without manual intervention.