Trigger when a row 'status' is updated on Coda

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I’m wondering if it’s possible to create a workflow that does the following:

  • When a row in Coda is updated to a certain value (Ready, Pending, ETC)
  • Grab the details of the full row
  • Parse them to different components
  • Use them into a mailjet HTML template and send the email
  • After email is sent, update the row to status ‘sent’

I have this running on Zapier, but can’t replicate on n8n

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It looks like your topic is missing some important information. Could you provide the following if applicable.

  • n8n version:
  • Database (default: SQLite):
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app):
  • Operating system:
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  • n8n version: 1.72.1
  • Database (default: SQLite):
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main): detaul
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): docker on hetzner cloud installed via coolify
  • Operating system: Ubuntu 24.04
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Welcome to the community @Daniel_Caceiro !

Tip for sharing information

Pasting your n8n workflow

Ensure to copy your n8n workflow and paste it in the code block, that is in between the pairs of triple backticks, which also could be achieved by clicking </> (preformatted text) in the editor and pasting in your workflow.

```
<your workflow>
```

That implies to any JSON output you would like to share with us.

Make sure that you have removed any sensitive information from your workflow and include dummy or pinned data with it!

n8n does not have trigger for Coda services. However, as I can see they do support webhooks. That means you can set up webhook on Coda side to send events when the status has changed, Create webhook-triggered automations | Coda Help Center. Then with n8n, you can do what you were planning to do in response to that event. That implies using generic Webhook node in your n8n workflow to activate it when Coda sends the data.

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Thanks, although unless I missed something it seems that it does the opposite, it triggers a Coda automation when receiving a post command. this is what I have on Zapier. The webhook part there is mering some other data, but the trigger is the issue, where I wnt the n8n workflow to run when let’s say column status is “ready to request”

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Hey @Daniel_Caceiro , looks like I pointed to a wrong URL. Check out this one instead, Automations in Coda | Coda Help Center.

As I understand it right, Coda allows you to send either HTTP Request or emai messages when, say, a row has changed. At least it seems to allow the request to be sent to Zappier or send notifications. If by notifications is meant email and custom URL are not supported then you can use n8n email trigger to wait for the email with a specific subject to land into inbox and act on it.

Note that I am not familiar with Coda and just checking their docs to generate some idea. Hopefully something useful can come out of it.

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Hey @ihortom Thanks so much for the help.
It doesn’t naturally do it but with this pack I was able to modify the json output and send it, so now all this workflow works. Leacving the link here if it helps someone

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