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Automate website change alerts with Zapier

SiteGauge pushes each detected change to your Zap through a live REST-hook subscription, connected with your own API key, so you can route website changes into thousands of apps and create monitors from spreadsheets, forms and CRMs the same way.

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Included on every plan, including Free.

How to set it up

The same steps you will see in the product, so there are no surprises.

1

In SiteGauge, open Settings then API keys and create a key (the prefix is vgl_; API access is on every plan, including Free).

2

In Zapier, add Webhooks by Zapier as your trigger step and choose Catch Hook to get a unique URL for the Zap.

3

Subscribe that URL to SiteGauge's change feed: call POST /api/v1/hooks/subscriptions with your API key and the Catch Hook URL as targetUrl. Every detected change then POSTs signed JSON straight into your Zap (a significant change waits up to 90 seconds first so its AI summary can arrive filled in), with optional filters for a specific monitor and a minimum severity.

4

To create monitors from a Zap instead, add a Webhooks by Zapier POST step that calls POST /api/v1/urls with your API key in the Authorization header.

What arrives in Zapier

  • One signed JSON POST per detected change, sent once it is confirmed (up to 90 seconds later for a significant change)
  • A deterministic summary of what changed and a link to the full before and after in SiteGauge
  • AI summary, category and importance score on significant changes, unless the AI takes longer than 90 seconds
  • Optional filters for one monitor and a minimum severity, set on the subscription

Zapier FAQs

Which plan includes Zapier?
Every plan, including Free. Connecting to Zapier uses a SiteGauge API key and our REST-hook API, and API access is included on every plan.
What can I automate with Zapier?
Trigger a Zap when SiteGauge detects a change. The subscription itself can filter on a specific monitor and a minimum severity, and a Filter step in your Zap can narrow further on any field in the payload, such as tags. You can also create a new monitor from a Zap, so you can add pages from a Google Sheet, a form or a CRM.
Does the trigger payload include the AI summary?
Usually, for the changes that matter. A significant change waits up to 90 seconds before the hook goes out so the AI summary, category and importance score arrive filled in; if the AI takes longer, the hook is sent without them. Other changes are sent as soon as they are confirmed, so their AI fields are usually blank. A deterministic summary and a link to the full change in SiteGauge are always included.
Is the trigger instant or polled?
Pushed, not polled. SiteGauge POSTs a signed JSON payload straight to the URL you subscribed as soon as a change is confirmed, or up to 90 seconds later for a significant change so its AI fields can arrive filled in, rather than waiting on a polling interval.
Is there a SiteGauge app in the Zapier App Directory?
Not yet. Zapier works via webhooks today, through Webhooks by Zapier and the steps above; a native SiteGauge app is pending directory listing.

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