From your Zapier dashboard, go to the left-side menu and click Create Zap.

Zapier dashboard screenshot

Click in the upper left hand corner on the “Untitled Zap” prompt and input a name for your Zap.

New Zapier trigger interface screenshot

During your first time using your ZeroBounce account within a Zapier Action, you will need to connect your ZeroBounce account. Click Sign in.

ZeroBounce sign-in interface for the Zapier integration

Go to zerobounce.net sign in to your account, and select the </&gt API option from the left menu. You will see a list of API keys. Copy the value for the key you want to use with the Zapier integration and continue to the next step.

ZeroBounce API Key interface screenshot

Input your API key into the prompt and click Yes, Continue to ZeroBounce.

ZeroBounce API key input screen for the Zapier integration

If you connect your account correctly, the next Zap step should look like this:

Screenshot of a ZeroBounce account connected to Zapier

During your first time using your ZeroBounce account within a Zapier Action, you will need to connect your ZeroBounce account. Click Sign in.

Screenshot of the Gmail connection screen for the Zapier integration

Choose the appropriate Gmail account from the list.

Gmail OAuth pick account screenshot

Click Allow.

Gmail permissions prompt that grants access to Zapier

If you connect your account correctly, it should look like this.

Screenshot of a Gmail account connected to the Zapier integration

During your first time using Google Drive within a Zap, you will need to allow Zapier access to your Google Drive account. Click Sign in.

Zapier Google Drive connection request screenshot

You will be redirected to a Google Drive permissions prompt. Click Allow.

Google Drive permissions prompt that grants access for the Zapier integration

You should see a page similar to this one.

Zapier Google Drive connected account screenshot

During your first time using Google Sheets within a Zap, you will need to allow Zapier access to your Google Sheets account. Click Sign in.

Zapier Google Sheets connection request screenshot

Select the appropriate account from the list.

Zapier Google Sheets account selection screenshot

You will see a list of permissions required for the Zapier integration. Click Allow.

Google Sheets permission prompt that grants access to the Zapier integration

If you’ve done everything correctly, you should see this

Zapier Google Sheets connected account screenshot

A trigger external to ZeroBounce is required (an event listener on a different app to initiate our Zap). For this example, we’ll use an email received on our gmail account. Type “gmail” into the search bar and select the Gmail option.

Screenshot of the new trigger creation tool in Zapier

Choose an event on your Gmail account to trigger this sequence. For this example, we’ll use the New Email Matching Search trigger. Select it using the Event field. Click Continue.

Zapier Gmail trigger screenshot

You may need to grant Zapier access to your Gmail account. If you’ve yet to do so, see the Link Gmail Account section above for more details. Click Continue.

Zapier Gmail connected account screenshot

Specify a trigger search text in the Search String field. For our example, we’ll use “Zapier Validate Test”. Click Continue.

Zapier Gmail Search String screenshot

Verify that your trigger works correctly by clicking Test trigger.

Zapier Gmail Test trigger screenshot

Zapier should fetch an email from your gmail account that matches the search criteria. If there aren’t any, you should create one to ensure your test works properly.

Zapier Gmail trigger test result screenshot

Type “ZeroBounce” into the search bar and select the ZeroBounce option.

Screenshot of the new action creation tool in Zapier

In the action view, select the Validate Email option from the dropdown, and click Continue.

Screenshot showing to select the Validate Email action for the ZeroBounce Zapier integration

If you’ve yet to do so, you will need to link your ZeroBounce account to Zapier. For more details on how to do this, please refer to the Link ZeroBounce Account section above. Click Continue.

Zapier ZeroBounce connected account screenshot

Next, we’ll configure our action.

The two parameters are Email and IP Address (IP Address is optional). You can link fields from the previous step here, such as the From field from the email we received, or enter them manually (manually entered values will be static and used across all activations of the Zap). Click Continue.

Zapier ZeroBounce Validate Email action screenshot showing the email and IP address fields

Click Test Action to verify that your Zap works correctly.

Screenshot showing how to test your Validate Email action using the Zapier integration

You should receive a response like this.

Zapier ZeroBounce Validate Email test result screenshot

The result from the previous step does not do much by itself, but we can chain another action that uses it.

Next, we’ll insert a new row into a Google Sheet that we own. To add a new action, click the (+) symbol at the end of the previous one.

The Zapier new action button

Select the Google Sheets option.

The Zapier new action creation tool showing a list of sources including Google Sheets

Select Create Spreadsheet Row from the Event dropdown. Click Continue.

Zapier new Google Sheets event action screenshot

If you’ve yet to do so, you will need to link your Google Sheets account. For more details please see the Link Google Sheets Account section. Click Continue.

Zapier Google Sheets connected account screenshot

You will need to create a spreadsheet with the appropriate header on your Google Drive account. Please create one with the “Email, Status” column headers. Then, select the appropriate values for Drive, Spreadsheet and Worksheet from the menu.

Once these are filled in, the available parameter boxes will appear based on our Google Sheet file header (in this case, Email and Status). You can feed values from the previous steps into them. Values with the ZB logo come from the ZeroBounce action, while ones with the Gmail logo come from the Gmail action.

Select Address and Status respectively. You should be able to see their values from the previous steps. Click Continue.

Screenshot showing how to create a Google Sheets spreadsheet row for the Zapier integration

Check that the extracted values are correct and click Test Action.

Zapier google sheets test action screenshot

The test should return the newly inserted row. You should also be able to see it in the spreadsheet you created. At this point, you may publish and activate your Zap. Click Publish Zap.

Zapier Google Sheets action test results screenshot

Select Gmail for the Trigger and select New Email Matching Search for the triggering Event.

Zapier Gmail New Email Matching Search trigger event creation screenshot

If you’ve yet to do so, you will need to grant Zapier access to your Gmail account. See the Link Gmail account section above for more details. Click Continue.

Zapier Gmail connected account screenshot

Fill in the search string for the trigger. We’ll use the “Zapier Activity Test” for this example. Click Continue.

Screenshot showing the Gmail Search String field for your new Zapier trigger

Click Test Trigger and an email matching the search string should be fetched from your Gmail account. If none show up, make sure at least one exists to test your trigger properly. Click Continue.

Zapier Gmail trigger test results screenshot

Type “ZeroBounce” into the search bar and select the ZeroBounce option.

Screenshot showing a search for ZeroBounce in Zapier to create the Get Activity action

Select Get Activity Data from the Event dropdown. Click Continue.

Screenshot showing how to select the Get Activity Data event for the ZeroBounce Zapier integration

If you’ve yet to do so, you will need to link your ZeroBounce account to Zapier. For more details on how to do this, please refer to the Link ZeroBounce Account section above. Click Continue.

Zapier ZeroBounce connected account screenshot

The Get Activity Data action only takes one parameter - Email. You can link output from the previous step into this input. We’ll use the From Email address. Click Continue.

Zapier ZeroBounce Get Activity Data parameters screenshot

To verify that this step works correctly, click Test Action.

Zapier ZeroBounce Get Activity Data test action screenshot

You should receive a response similar to this.

Zapier ZeroBounce Get Activity Data action test results screenshot

The result from the previous step does not do much by itself, but we can chain another action that uses it. We’ll insert a new row into a Google Sheet we own.

To add a new action, click the (+) symbol at the end of the previous one.

The Zapier new action button

Select the Google Sheets option.

Screenshot showing how to find Google Sheets to create a new action for your Zapier integration

Select the Create Spreadsheet Row from the Event dropdown. Click Continue.

Zapier Google Sheets Create Spreadsheet Row screenshot

If you’ve yet to do so, you will need to link your Google Sheets account. For more details please see the Link Google Sheets Account section. Click Continue.

Zapier Google Sheets connected account screenshot

You will need to create a spreadsheet with the appropriate header on your Google Drive account. Please create one with the Email, Found, Active in Days columns header.

Please select the appropriate values for Drive, Spreadsheet, and Worksheet from the menu. Once these are filled in, the available parameter boxes will appear based on our Google Sheet file header (in this case, Email, Found, and Active in Days). You can feed values from the previous steps into them. Values with the ZB logo come from the ZeroBounce action, while ones with the Gmail logo come from the Gmail action.

Select Address from the Gmail step and Found and Active in Days for the ZeroBounce steps. You should be able to see their values from the previous step tests. Click Continue.

Screenshot showing how to set parameters for your new spreadsheet row using the Zapier integration

To verify that everything is working, click Test Action.

Zapier Google Sheets Create SpreadSheet Row test action screenshot

The test should return the newly inserted row. You should also be able to see it in the spreadsheet you created. At this point, you may publish and active your Zap. Click Publish Zap.

Zapier Google Sheets Create Spreadsheet Row action test results screenshot

A trigger external to ZeroBounce will be required (an event listener on a different app to initiate our Zap). For this example, we’ll use an email received on our Gmail account. Type “gmail” in the search bar and select the Gmail option.

Screenshot of Zapier’s new trigger creation tool

Select New Email Matching String from the Event dropdown. Click Continue.

Zapier Gmail New Email Matching Search screenshot

If you’ve yet to do so, you will need to grant Zapier access to your Gmail account. See the Link Gmail account section above for more details. Click Continue.

Zapier Gmail connected account screenshot

Fill in the Search String for our trigger. We’ll use “Zapier Batch Validation Test” for this example. Click Continue.

Zapier Gmail New Email Matching Search Search String screenshot

To verify that our trigger is working, click Test Trigger. This should fetch an email from your Gmail account. If one does not appear, check that one matching the filter criteria exists to test your trigger properly. Click Continue.

Screenshot of a successful new email matching string test in Zapier

Type “ZeroBounce” into the search bar and select the ZeroBounce option.

Screenshot of Zapier's new action tool showing the ZeroBounce option

Select Batch Validation from the Event dropdown and click Continue.

Zapier ZeroBounce Batch Validation action screenshot

If you’ve yet to do so, you will need to link your ZeroBounce account to Zapier. For more details on how to do this, please refer to the Link ZeroBounce Account section above. Click Continue.

Zapier ZeroBounce connected account screenshot

The Batch Validation action takes two arrays of parameters - Email and IP (IP is optional). You can input comma separated values into them or link them to array output from the previous step, such as the To field from our email (if there are multiple To addresses, they will all be passed along). Click Continue.

Screenshot of Zapier ZeroBounce Batch Validation parameters - email and IP

To verify that our action works, click Test Action.

Zapier ZeroBounce Batch Validation action test screenshot

You should receive a response similar to this one. You’ll notice it’s an array of responses, one for each address.

Zapier ZeroBounce Batch Validation action test result screenshot

The result from the previous step does not do much by itself, but we can chain another action that uses it. We’ll insert a new row into a Google Sheet we own. To add a new action click the (+) symbol at the end of the previous one.

The Zapier new action button

Select the Google Sheets option.

Zapier new action creation tool showing the Google Sheets option

Select the Create Spreadsheet Row from the Event dropdown. Click Continue.

Zapier Google Sheets new screenshot

Select the Create Spreadsheet Row from the Event dropdown. Click Continue.

Zapier Google Sheets Create Spreadsheet Row screenshot

If you’ve yet to do so, you will need to link your Google Sheets account. For more details please see the Link Google Sheets Account section. Click Continue.

Zapier Google Sheets connected account screenshot

You will need to create a spreadsheet with the appropriate header on your Google Drive account. Please create one with the Email, Found, Active in Days columns header.

Please select the appropriate values for Drive, Spreadsheet, and Worksheet from the menu. Once these are filled in, the available parameter boxes will appear based on our Google Sheet file header (in this case, Email, Found, and Active in Days). You can feed values from the previous steps into them. Values with the ZB logo come from the ZeroBounce action, while ones with the Gmail logo come from the Gmail action.

Select Address from the Gmail step and Found and Active in Days for the ZeroBounce steps. You should be able to see their values from the previous step tests. Click Continue.

Zapier Google Sheets create spreadsheet row parameters screenshot

To verify our integration, click Test Action.

Zapier Google Sheets create spreadsheet row action test screenshot

You should see output similar to this. At this point, you can publish and activate your Zap. Click Publish Zap.

Zapier Google Sheets create new spreadsheet row action test results screenshot

A trigger external to ZeroBounce will be required (an event listener on a different app to initiate our Zap). For this example, we’ll use a new csv file uploaded to our Google Drive. Type “google drive” into the search bar and select the Google Drive option.

Screenshot of Zapier’s new trigger creation tool

Select New File in Folder for our triggering Event. Click Continue.

Screenshot showing how to create New File in Folder event for Zapier Google Drive

If you’ve yet to do so, you will need to grant Zapier access to your Gmail account. See the Link Gmail account section above for more details. Click Continue.

Select the appropriate Drive and Folder, and click Continue.

Note: Our zap will be triggered by all files created here, not just uploaded csv files. You should be careful not to add any files not intended for this Zap here.

Zapier Google Drive new file in folder parameters screenshot

This will now fetch a file from your account.

Zapier Google Drive New File in Folder test screenshot

Type “ZeroBounce” into the search bar and select the ZeroBounce option.

Screenshot showing how to select the ZeroBounce option in Zapier’s new action tool

Select File Validation from the dropdown and click Continue.

Zapier ZeroBounce File Validation screenshot

If you’ve yet to do so, you will need to link your ZeroBounce account to Zapier. For more details on how to do this, please refer to the Link ZeroBounce Account section above. Click Continue.

Zapier ZeroBounce linked account screenshot

File Validation takes four parameters:

File - the .csv file to be evaluated
Email Address Column - what column the email address is within the .csv file (starts at 1)
Has Header Row - boolean specifying whether the first row should be ignored when processing
Remove Duplicate - boolean value specifying whether duplicate entries should be ignored when processing (to conserve credits).

We will input the uploaded file from the previous Google Drive Step. Click Continue.

Zapier ZeroBounce File Validation parameters screenshot

To verify our action, click Test Action.

Zapier ZeroBounce File Validation action test screenshot

You should receive a response similar to this, showing that the file has been uploaded successfully for processing. This integration uses a callback to transfer data to the next step, which will happen at a later time. The output of that callback is a file, and we can still use it to chain more actions.

Zapier ZeroBounce File Validation action test results screenshot

The result from the previous step does not do much by itself, but we can chain another action that uses it. We’ll uploadthe resulting file to Google Drive. To add a new action, click the (+) symbol at the end of the previous one.

The Zapier new action button

Select the Google Drive option.

Screenshot of Zapier’s new action tool showing the Google Drive option

For the triggering Event, select Upload File.

Zapier Google Drive Upload File screenshot

If you’ve yet to do so, you will need to grant Zapier access to your Google Drive account. See the Link Google Drive section above for more details. Click Continue.

Zapier Google Drive linked account screenshot

Fill in the appropriate options for Drive and Folder. Be careful not to set the target upload folder the same as the trigger input folder as this will trigger infinite loops or errors.

Set Convert to Document? to False (we’ll upload as is).

For File, we’ll use the ZB File option. It should display no data as our action uses a callback and the data is not available yet.

For File Name we’ll use the Google Drive Original Filename (the filename the file was uploaded as) and csv for extension. Click Continue.

Zapier Google Drive Upload File parameters screenshot

We will be unable to test this part as the callback data is unavailable. Click Test Action.

Zapier Google Drive upload file action test screenshot

As expected, our test has failed. We’ll skip it for now and verify that it works later. Click Skip test.

Message indicating that the Zapier action test failed

Click Publish Zap.

Zapier skip action test screenshot

Click Publish & Turn On.

Zapier Publish & Turn on screenshot

Go to your Zapier Dashboard and select Zaps from the left menu. Make sure that an appropriate file is uploaded to our trigger directory.

Zapier Zap dashboard screenshot

If your app does not trigger by itself, click on the three dots and select Run from the menu

Zapier dashboard Zap context menu screenshot

You should see output like this. If not, ensure that the file exists and was uploaded after Zap creation, or that the Zap has not already run.

Zapier dashboard run Zap manually screenshot

From the same dot menu, click on History.

Zapier dashboard Zap context menu screenshot

You should see a list of all runs for this Zap. We can see that the last one awaits. Click on it.

Zapier Zap history screenshot

You will see a list of all actions of our Zap and intermediate results for this run. You will notice that the first stage (the trigger) was successful, while the second one is “Waiting” for the callback from ZeroBounce execute.

Zapier Zap input data screenshot

If you click on Data out, you will see the output from all stages. Stage 2 shows the intermediate output that was passed along to the ZeroBounce server.

Zapier Zap callback delayed screenshot

After some time, the callback will execute, and the output will either show success or display an error. At this point, you can check the target drive folder for the uploaded file. It should be there.

Zapier Zap callback success screenshot

For this example, we’ll use a new spreadsheet created on our Google Sheets account. If you’ve yet to do so, you will need to grant Zapier access to your Google Sheets account. See the Link Google Sheets Account section. Click Continue.

Zapier Google Sheets linked account screenshot

Select the appropriate Drive. Note that this applies to all spreadsheets created on this specific drive. Click Continue.

Zapier Google Sheets New Spreadsheet screenshot

To verify, click Test Trigger (make sure that a file matching our criteria exists to properly test your trigger).

Zapier Google Sheets New Spreadsheet test screenshot

You should receive a result that looks like this. Click Continue.

Zapier Google Sheets New Spreadsheet test result screenshot

Type “ZeroBounce” into the search bar and select the ZeroBounce option.

Zapier’s new action creation tool showing the ZeroBounce option

Select AI Scoring from the dropdown. Click Continue.

Zapier ZeroBounce AI Scoring event screenshot

If you’ve yet to do so, you will need to link your ZeroBounce account to Zapier. For more details on how to do this, please refer to the Link ZeroBounce Account section above. Click Continue.

Zapier ZeroBounce connected account screenshot

Our AI Scoring action takes four parameters:

File - .csv file containing our data; we’ll input the .csv conversion of the google sheet from the previous step
Email Address Column - which column are the email addresses on? - starts at 1
Has Header Row - specifies whether the first row should be ignored when processing
Remove Duplicates - specifies whether duplicate emails should be ignored when processing (to conserve credits).

Click Continue.

Zapier ZeroBounce AI Scoring parameters for a new action

To verify our action works, click Test Action.

Zapier ZeroBounce AI Scoring test screenshot

You should receive a response similar to this, showing that the file has been uploaded successfully for processing. This integration uses a callback to transfer data to the next step, which will happen at a later time. The output of that callback is a file, and we can still use it to chain more actions.

Zapier ZeroBounce AI Scoring test results screenshot

The result from the previous step does not do much by itself, but we can chain another action that uses it. We’ll insert a new row into a Google Sheet we own. To add a new action, click the (+) symbol at the end of the previous one.

The Zapier new action button

Select the Google Drive option.

Screenshot of Zapier’s new action tool showing the Google Drive option

Select Upload File for Event from the dropdown. Click Continue.

Zapier Google Drive Upload File screenshot

If you’ve yet to do so, you will need to grant Zapier access to your Google Drive account. See the Link Google Drive section above for more details. Click Continue.

Zapier Google Drive linked account screenshot

Fill in the appropriate options for Drive and Folder. Be careful not to set the target upload folder the same as the trigger input folder as this will trigger infinite loops or errors.

Set Convert to Document? to False (we’ll upload as is).

For File, we’ll use the ZB File option. It should display no data as our action uses a callback and the data is not available yet.

For File Name we’ll use the Google Drive Original Filename (the filename the file was uploaded as) and csv for extension. Click Continue.

Zapier Google Drive Upload File parameters screenshot

We will be unable to test this part as the callback data is unavailable. Click Test Action.

Zapier Google Drive File Upload test screenshot

As expected, our test has failed. We’ll skip it for now and verify that it works later. Click Skip test.

Zapier skip action test screenshot

Click Publish Zap.

Zapier publish zap screenshot

Click Publish & Turn On.

Zapier Publish & Turn on screenshot

Go to your Zapier Dashboard and select Zaps from the left menu. Ensure that an appropriate file is uploaded to our trigger directory.

Zapier Zap dashboard screenshot

If your app does not trigger by itself, click on the three dots and select Run from the menu.

Zapier Zap dashboard context menu screenshot

You should see output like this. If not, double check that the file exists and was uploaded after Zap creation, or that the Zap has not already run.

Zapier dashboard run Zap manually screenshot

From the same dot menu, now click on History.

Zapier dashboard Zap context menu screenshot

You should see a list of all runs for this Zap. We can see that the last one is waiting. Click on it.

Zapier Zap history screenshot

You will see a list of all actions of our Zap and intermediate results for this run. It is possible that the first stage (the trigger) is successful while the second one is Waiting for the callback from ZeroBounce execute.

Zapier Zap data screenshot

In our case it was successful. It can also display an error if not. At this point, you can check the target drive folder for the uploaded file - it should be there.

Zapier Zap data screenshot