Marketing
ButtonDown
36 min
buttondown is a user friendly email newsletter platform for creators and businesses, offering strong deliverability, automations, and integrations integrating with make com enables seamless automation of email marketing workflows and connections with other business tools this is ai generated content based on official buttondown documentation the content may still contain errors—please verify important information if you have questions, contact buttondown support directly how to get support on buttondown buttondown is a community developed application and is subjected to the developer's terms and conditions, which may include applicable fees make does not maintain or support this integration for assistance, please https //f make com/r/reachout?app name=buttondown\&app slug=buttondown community\&app unique id=button down jdq2n7 requirements to use the buttondown app in make, you must have an active account and an api key, create your account on buttondown app installation to install this app, you need admin, owner, or app developer permissions organizations start by installing the app from the make integration page click the install button and follow the on screen instructions to complete the setup connect buttondown and {{product name}} to get started, you must first create a connection between buttondown and {{product name}} , allowing the two services to communicate you can connect using the following method api keys api keys instructions you need to retrieve your api key login to your buttondown account using your credentials navigate to the api requests page locate your api key at the top of the api requests page some community developers require an additional specific api key retrieve the required api key from the community developer's dashboard, generally found under settings/api for more info, please https //f make com/r/reachout?app name=buttondown\&app slug=buttondown community\&app unique id=button down jdq2n7 create the connection in {{product name}} log in in your make account , add the buttondown module to your {{scenario singular lowercase}} , and click create a connection if you add a module with an instant tag, click create a webhook , then create a connection optional in the connection name field, enter a name for the connection enter the authentication credentials you copied from your buttondown or follow the on screen instructions to create the connection you must also enter any required third party api keys obtained earlier for detailed information on connecting an application, see connect an application buttondown modules after connecting to the buttondown app, you can choose from a list of available modules to build your {{scenario plural lowercase}} create a bulk action allows you to carry out actions on several items at once—for example, you can delete multiple emails or remove several subscribers in a single step create a confirmation reminder sends a friendly reminder email to a subscriber who hasn’t confirmed their subscription yet, encouraging them to complete the sign up process create a draft email creates and sends a draft email to selected subscribers or recipients, allowing you to prepare your message before sending it out create a finalized email generates a ready to send email tailored for a particular subscriber create a newsletter creates and sends a brand new newsletter using the buttondown api, allowing you to easily share updates or content with your subscribers create a note creates a note and links it directly to a specific email or subscriber, helping you keep important information organized and easily accessible create a subscriber adds a new subscriber to the selected service, allowing you to automatically register users or contacts in your chosen platform create a survey creates a brand new survey where you can add a question and set up multiple choice answers you can also include notes for extra information, let respondents give their own freeform answers, and choose how often subscribers can respond to the survey create a tag creates a brand new tag in buttondown, allowing you to specify its name, choose a color, and optionally add a description please note this feature is available only for users on the basic plan or higher create an attachment this module lets you upload a new file—like a pdf, docx, or image—directly to your buttondown account you can also give your attachment a custom name if you’d like after uploading, you’ll receive details such as the attachment’s id, name, upload date, and a link to the file please note this feature is available only for users with a standard (paid) buttondown subscription create an email allows you to send an email by entering the recipient’s address, along with your chosen subject line and message content create an export generates an export file containing data from various collections, like your subscribers, emails, and more please note that this feature is only accessible on paid plans create an external feed creates a new external rss feed that automatically sends email updates whenever new content is published create an image uploads an image file directly to buttondown, where the api saves it and provides you with a hosted image url you can then easily insert this url into your newsletters to display the uploaded image delete a newsletter removes a specific newsletter from your account using its unique id this action is available exclusively to users on paid plans delete a note removes a specific note from your account using its unique id, ensuring that the selected note is permanently deleted delete a subscriber permanently removes a specific subscriber from your list using their unique id delete a survey permanently removes a specific survey from your account using its unique id delete a tag permanently removes a specific tag from your account using its unique id delete a webhook removes a specific webhook from your buttondown account using its unique id this action is available exclusively to users on paid plans delete an attachment removes a specific attachment from your buttondown account using its unique id please note that this action is available only on paid plans delete an external feed removes a selected external rss feed from your buttondown account, helping you manage and organize your connected feeds more easily delete an image removes a specific image that you’ve previously uploaded to buttondown, using its unique id to identify and delete the correct file get email analytics retrieves detailed analytics for a specific email, such as the number of deliveries, opens, clicks, failures, unsubscriptions, and other important engagement metrics get email historical body fetches the content of a specific email from your email history by using both the email id and the history entry id this lets you view the exact body of a particular message from a specific point in your email’s history get email history retrieves the complete history of a specific email, showing when it was created, any updates made over time, and the details of those changes get export this module checks the current status of an export you’ve created earlier and provides you with its download url get a bulk action fetches detailed information and the current status of a particular bulk action using its unique id, helping you track the progress and results of that specific operation get a comment fetches a specific comment from your account using its unique id, allowing you to view all the details of that particular comment get a subscriber this module allows you to find and retrieve detailed information about a specific subscriber using their unique id get a tag retrieves comprehensive information about a particular tag using its unique id this includes details such as the tag’s name, color, description, and the date it was created get an account fetches detailed information about a user, specifically their username and email address get an email or draft fetches a specific email message from your account using its unique id, allowing you to view the full details of that particular email list attachments fetches a complete list of all files you've uploaded as attachments to your buttondown account please note, this feature is available only to users with a paid subscription list comments fetches a list of comments related to emails or subscribers, allowing you to filter the results by comment type, specific email, or subscriber for more targeted information list coupons retrieves and displays a complete list of all coupons available in your connected stripe account, making it easy to view and manage your existing discount offers list emails fetches a list of emails from your buttondown account, allowing you to apply filters to narrow down the results based on specific criteria list events fetches a detailed list of email events—including opens, clicks, deliveries, and bounces—allowing you to filter results and navigate through pages to find exactly the information you need list external feeds fetches and lists all the external rss feeds that you’ve set up in your buttondown account, allowing you to see which feeds are currently connected list images fetches a complete list of all images that have been uploaded to your buttondown account, allowing you to view and manage your stored images list newsletters fetches and displays a detailed list of all newsletters from your buttondown account using the buttondown api list notes fetches and displays a list of all the notes currently saved in your buttondown account, allowing you to view your existing notes list subscribers fetches a list of subscribers from your buttondown account, displaying the results in pages so you can easily browse through all your subscribers list survey responses this module lets you fetch survey responses and makes it easy to narrow down the results by filtering based on email address, subscriber, specific surveys, or a chosen date range list surveys retrieves a detailed list of all the surveys currently available in your buttondown account, making it easy to view and manage your existing surveys through the api list tags fetches a list of tags from your buttondown account, allowing you to view and manage the tags you’ve created please note that this feature is available only on basic plans or above make an api call allows you to make a custom api request to the connected service, enabling you to access features or data not covered by the standard modules update a newsletter updates the details of an existing newsletter, such as its content or settings please note that this feature is available exclusively to users on paid plans and isn’t accessible with the free plan update a subscriber this module lets you update the details of an existing subscriber by using their id or email address you can change their email, add or edit notes, update metadata, manage tags, set their subscription type, specify a referrer url, or provide a reason for their unsubscription update a survey updates the details of a specific survey in your button down account using its unique id, allowing you to modify existing survey information as needed update a tag allows you to update the details of an existing tag, such as changing its name, color, description, or secondary id to keep your tags organized and up to date update an email or a draft updates a specific email identified by its id, allowing you to change only the details you include in your request—everything else remains the same update an external feed this module allows you to update an existing external rss feed linked to your buttondown account it’s perfect for keeping your rss to email automation up to date please note rss to email automation is available only on the basic plan or higher if your account doesn’t have the required plan, any api requests will result in a 403 forbidden error watch events monitors and detects specific events as they happen, allowing you to trigger actions whenever those events occur templates you can look for more templates in make's template gallery , where you'll find thousands of pre created {{scenario plural lowercase}} buttondown resources you can have access to more resources related to this app on the following links buttondown website buttondown documentation buttondown api documentation buttondown page on make