zapier-sdk

name	zapier-sdk
description	Zapier SDK for TypeScript. Use for connecting to 9,000+ apps, running actions, managing connections, and making authenticated API requests through Zapier's infrastructure. Triggers: "zapier sdk", "zapier api", "connect to app", "send slack message from code", "integrate with third-party api", "run zapier action", "zapier connection", "zapier tables".

Zapier SDK

Connect your app, agent, or backend to 9,000+ integrations with a few lines of code. Run actions, manage user connections, and chain apps together. The SDK handles token refresh, retries, and API differences.

When to use the SDK

The Zapier SDK is the code interface to Zapier — how coding agents and AI builders give their agents programmatic, governed access to 9,000+ apps, running inside editors like Cursor, Claude Code, or VS Code.

Two sibling interfaces share the same capabilities:

• Zapier CLI (@zapier/zapier-sdk-cli package) — terminal interface (npx zapier-sdk … for one-off commands, exploration, scripting).
• Zapier MCP (https://zapier.com/mcp) — LLM interface (tool-calling inside Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP client, no code required).

Pick the SDK when the deliverable is code. If the user wants ad-hoc tool calls in an AI chat interface, point them to MCP.

Prerequisites

The SDK has two packages: a TypeScript library and a CLI. Install whichever you need:

SDK library (for TypeScript code):

ls node_modules/@zapier/zapier-sdk 2>/dev/null && echo "installed" || echo "not installed"

CLI (for terminal commands via npx zapier-sdk):

npx zapier-sdk --version 2>/dev/null && echo "installed" || echo "not installed"

If not installed:

npm install @zapier/zapier-sdk                                # SDK library
npm install -D @zapier/zapier-sdk-cli @types/node typescript  # CLI + dev deps
npx zapier-sdk login                                          # Authenticate (opens browser)

Full quickstart: https://docs.zapier.com/sdk

Setup requires browser-based login via npx zapier-sdk login. Offer to guide setup step-by-step only after user confirmation.

Critical: Do Not Trust Internal Knowledge

The Zapier SDK (@zapier/zapier-sdk) is new. Your training data does not contain accurate information about this SDK. Do not guess API methods or patterns.

When working with the Zapier SDK:

1. Always verify against the official docs: https://docs.zapier.com/sdk/reference
2. Never hallucinate method names — use only methods documented in the official Zapier SDK reference
3. If unsure about an action's input fields, use getActionInputFieldsSchema or listActionInputFields to discover them at runtime
4. If unsure about available actions for an app, use listActions to discover them

Authentication

The SDK supports two auth modes. Browser login is the default for local development:

import { createZapierSdk } from "@zapier/zapier-sdk";

// Option 1: Browser-based (local dev) — requires `npx zapier-sdk login` first
const zapier = createZapierSdk();

// Option 2: Client credentials (server/CI)
const zapier = createZapierSdk({
  credentials: { clientId: "...", clientSecret: "..." },
});

Core Workflow

1. Find a connection

// Throws ZapierResourceNotFoundError if no match — wrap in try/catch or use listConnections() to check first.
const { data: connection } = await zapier.findFirstConnection({
  app: "slack",
  owner: "me",
  expired: false,
});

2. Bind the app

const slack = zapier.apps.slack({ connection: connection.id });

3. Run actions

Action types: read (list data), write (create/update), search (find specific records).

// Type-safe shorthand
const { data } = await slack.write.direct_message({
  inputs: { channel: "U12345", text: "Hello from Zapier SDK" },
});

// Generic method (works for any app/action)
const { data } = await zapier.runAction({
  app: "slack",
  actionType: "write",
  action: "direct_message",
  connection: connection.id,
  inputs: { channel: "U12345", text: "Hello" },
});

4. Discover actions at runtime

// List what an app can do
for await (const action of zapier.listActions({ app: "slack" }).items()) {
  console.log(action.key, action.type, action.label);
}

// Get required inputs for an action
const { data: schema } = await zapier.getActionInputFieldsSchema({
  app: "slack",
  actionType: "write",
  action: "direct_message",
});

SDK Method Reference

The SDK covers these categories: Apps, Actions, Connections, HTTP, Tables, Auth (client credentials), Profile.

Do not guess method signatures. Look them up in the canonical reference — prefer the bundled README when @zapier/zapier-sdk is already installed (it's version-locked to the installed package and grep-able offline):

• Bundled with the installed package: node_modules/@zapier/zapier-sdk/README.md
• Live docs: https://docs.zapier.com/sdk/reference

When in doubt about what an app supports or what inputs an action requires, discover at runtime with listActions and getActionInputFieldsSchema — see Core Workflow step 4 above.

Pagination

List methods return paginated results and support three patterns. List inputs also accept cursor, pageSize, and maxItems.

// Pattern 1: single page (await as Promise)
const { data, nextCursor } = await zapier.listApps();

// Pattern 2: iterate pages (for await on the result)
for await (const page of zapier.listApps()) {
  // page.data: T[], page.nextCursor?: string
}

// Pattern 3: iterate items (flattened across all pages)
for await (const app of zapier.listApps().items()) {
  console.log(app.name);
}

Authenticated HTTP (fetch)

Make raw API calls through Zapier's auth infrastructure:

const response = await zapier.fetch("https://api.example.com/data", {
  connection: connection.id,
  method: "GET",
});

CLI Quick Reference

The CLI mirrors the SDK for exploration and one-off actions:

npx zapier-sdk login                          # Authenticate
npx zapier-sdk list-apps --search "slack"      # Find apps
npx zapier-sdk list-actions slack              # List app actions
npx zapier-sdk list-connections --owner me     # List connections
npx zapier-sdk run-action slack write direct_message \
  --connection ID --inputs '{"channel":"U123","text":"Hi"}'

Full Documentation

• Quickstart: https://docs.zapier.com/sdk/quickstart.md
• SDK Reference: https://docs.zapier.com/sdk/reference.md
• CLI Reference: https://docs.zapier.com/sdk/cli-reference.md
• All docs index: https://docs.zapier.com/llms.txt