File and Document Management
Placid
9 min
placid is an automation platform that helps generate on brand images, videos, and pdfs automatically at scale from dynamic design templates with the placid app in {{product name}} , you can manage videos, images, and pdf files in your placid account requirements to use the placid app in {{product name}} , you must have a paid placid account you can also start with a free trial for subscription information, refer to the placid pricing page connect placid and {{product name}} to get started, you must first create a connection between placid and {{product name}} , allowing the two services to communicate to create the connection, you need to placid /#obtain your private token in placid placid /#create the connection in obtain your private token in placid before you create the connection in {{product name}} , you should first obtain a private token in your placid account to obtain the private token log in to your placid account in the left sidebar, click api tokens copy the private token value and store it in a safe place you'll use this value in the api token connection field in {{product name}} create the connection in {{product name}} once you have your placid private token , you're ready to create the connection in {{product name}} to create the connection log in to your {{product name}} account, add a placid 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 in the api token field, enter the private token you copied from your placid account click save if prompted, authenticate your account and confirm access you've successfully created the connection and can now use the placid app in your {{scenario plural lowercase}} if you want to make changes to your connection in the future, follow the steps here https //help make com/connect an application#tn2pj set up a placid webhook the placid app has instant modules — webhooks that watch for certain changes in placid and immediately start your {{scenario singular lowercase}} when those changes happen to use these modules, you must set up the webhook in your placid account to set up the webhook add a placid instant module to your {{scenario singular lowercase}} and click create a webhook optional enter a name for the webhook in the webhook name field i n the connection field, select a connection for the webhook if you haven't created a placid connection yet, refer to the placid /#connect placid and section above click save you don't have to set up this webhook in your placid account, as it is attached automatically and requires no additional actions when the event occurs in placid , {{product name}} will immediately be notified and start your {{scenario singular lowercase}} placid modules after connecting to the placid app, you can use the following types of modules to build your {{scenario plural lowercase}} images create image watch image pdfs create pdf watch pdf videos create video watch video other upload media placid resources placid api documentation