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Using IBM® App Connect to interact with Hunter

By Deepak Ayilliath posted Tue August 06, 2024 06:34 AM

  

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Hunter is a platform that is used for finding, verifying, and enriching professional contacts through email outreach. The platform offers tools such as an email finder, email verifier, and personalized email campaigns.

Building a flow in IBM App Connect with Hunter

Use App Connect to build flows that integrate with Hunter and other applications. The connector is displayed as Hunter on the IBM App Connect User Interface (UI) and the IBM Automation Explorer UI. 

To allow App Connect to connect to your Hunter account, you need to fill in the connection fields that you see in the App Connect Designer Catalog page or flow editor.

Supported authorization type:

  • API KEY

For detailed information about different authorization types, a list of supported actions and events, how to generate connection field values, and how to use the Templates gallery, see How to use IBM App Connect with Hunter on the IBM Documentation webpage.

Supported objects in Hunter

Object Description
Campaigns A campaign in Hunter is a structured outreach effort to engage with a specific set of contacts.
Domains

A domain in Hunter represents a company's domain name, used to identify and target specific companies for outreach.
Emails An email in Hunter represents a verified email address associated with a company or domain.
Leads A lead in Hunter represents a potential contact or prospect, identified through Hunter's email verification and enrichment services.
Leads lists A leads list in Hunter is a collection of leads that can be used to organize and manage outreach efforts.

Scenario 1: Search people from an organization by email domain in Hunter and create or update contacts in Salesforce

Consider this scenario; when the flow is triggered, the flow retrieves a list of email addresses for a specific domain and creates or updates a contact in Salesforce.

Hunter flow detailed view scenario 1
The following steps are involved in the flow:
  1. In the event Scheduler node, specify a time interval based on your requirement (choose how often you want to run the flow).
  2. The Search email addresses by domain node in Hunter is used to retrieve a list of email addresses for a specific domain (for example, ibm.com).
    Search email addresses by domain node in Hunter
  3. For each email address retrieved, the Update or create contact node in Salesforce creates a contact in Salesforce if the contact is not present, and if the contact is present, the contact information is updated based on the retrieved details.

Scenario 2: Add recipients to a campaign using Hunter when a Google Calendar event is scheduled

Consider this scenario; when the flow is triggered, the response status of the invitees of new events in Google Calendar with either 'tentative' or 'accepted' is added to a campaign using Hunter.

Hunter flow detailed view scenario 2
The following steps are involved in the flow:
  1. The flow is triggered when the Google Calendar New events node detects a list of new events.
  2. The response status of the Google Calendar invitees of the new event is categorised to 'accepted', 'tentative', or other conditions.
  3. If the response status is either 'accepted' or 'tentative', the invitees are added to a campaign using the Add recipient to a campaign node in Hunter and notified through an email.
  4. If the response status does not match either of these values, the flow exits with an error.

Useful resources

You can view this template and other useful templates in the Templates gallery of your App Connect Designer instance or the IBM Automation Explorer page.

Get started with a free IBM App Connect Enterprise as a Service trial for 30 days to try out all our templates, visit https://ibm.biz/app-trial.

If you have a designer instance ID, use the following URL to directly access the template:

  • Search people from an organization by email domain in Hunter and create or update contacts in Salesforce: https://<your-instance-id>/templates/Search%20people%20from%20an%20organization%20by%20email%20domain%20in%20Hunter%20and%20create%20or%20update%20contacts%20in%20Salesforce
  • Add recipients to a campaign using Hunter when a Google Calendar event is scheduled: https://<your-instance-id>/templates/Add%20recipients%20to%20a%20campaign%20using%20Hunter%20when%20a%20Google%20Calendar%20event%20is%20scheduled

           Note: Replace <your-instance-id> in the URL with your custom instance ID.

You also have the option to import the .yaml file for this template directly into your App Connect Designer instance. These templates are available in a public GitHub repository.

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