Upload Multiple Photos from GoCanvas Using Zapier

Multiple images collected using GoCanvas can be added to certain cloud based services through Zapier.

Creating a Zap to Upload Multiple Photos

Up to ten photos can be added to a single Multiple Photo field within a GoCanvas form, which will be automatically uploaded through Zapier as a ZIP file containing the images as JPG files to the cloud service of your choice.

Before getting started, you will need to:

• Set up a Zapier account,
• Add a Multiple Photo field to your form,
• Make sure that the Photo field is set to allow Unsecured Access.

1. Select Make a Zap on your Zapier Dashboard.
   • Name your Zap,
   • Choose a Trigger App (Zapier refers to all of their partners as "Apps"),
   • In this example, we are using GoCanvas as the Trigger.
2. Choose the Trigger Event.
   • When using GoCanvas as the App, the Trigger Event is New Submission and you can trigger it Mid-Workflow in the Set up trigger step.
3. Connect your GoCanvas Account to Zapier. Once you do this the first time, Zapier will remember the connection. 
4. Authenticate your GoCanvas Account with Zapier.
   
   • Enter your GoCanvas username and password,
   • ONLY change the GoCanvas Web Site address if you purchased GoCanvas from Telstra, our partner in Australia,
   • Select Yes, continue.
5. Now you can choose what GoCanvas form you want to use as your Trigger.
   
   • For this use case, you must choose a specific form from the list, 
   • The drop down will reveal a list of all of the GoCanvas forms in your GoCanvas account with at least one submission,
   • If you have not yet made a submission with your GoCanvas form, you will need to make one so Zapier can "see" it.
6. Now Zapier will reach out and "look" at the last submission you made with the GoCanvas form you selected.
   
   • Test trigger.
7. You have now completed your Trigger! Time to create your Action.
   
   • Select the App (Remember, Zapier calls the cloud services they connect to "Apps"),
   • In this case we are going to select Google Drive. Alternative options include Dropbox or Box.
8. We have selected Google Drive and now we need to choose an Action from the list.
   
   • In this case we are choosing to Upload File.
9. Connect your Google Drive account to Zapier. Once you do this the first time, Zapier will remember the connection, so you can just choose an existing account in the future.

10. Map your fields from your GoCanvas form to Drive.

    • Choose a Folder, or create a new folder based on a field value, for the file location in Drive,
    • Choose a Field from your form to upload as a File, 
    • Optional settings like File Name can be configured here as well.
    • Continue, it will test your Zap by uploading a test ZIP file from your last submission.
11. Test your Zap.
    
    • Select Test step.
12. Publish.
    
    • Keep in mind that once it is turned on it will always run,
    • To stop the integration, you must turn off the Zap.