Bubble.io and FutureLearn integration: Step-by-Step Guide 2024

In this step-by-step guide, we will be integrating Bubble.io with FutureLearn using Zapier a third-party service which bridges the gap between different platforms. In this case, Bubble.io will be the "Trigger" and FutureLearn the "Action". Unfortunately, direct integration between FutureLearn and Bubble.io is not feasibly possible because of the unavailability of a public API from FutureLearn.

However, we can still connect these platforms by using customized emails and integrations with actions on Bubble.io. Make sure you have accounts for all 3 platforms: Bubble.io, FutureLearn, and Zapier.

Let’s dive in.

Step 1: Get started on Zapier

Login to your Zapier account. If you don't have an account yet, sign up for one. Once you've signed in to your account, click on the 'Make a Zap' button which you can find at the top left corner of your homepage.

Step 2: Set up the 'Trigger'

The first thing you'll need to set up is a 'Trigger'. This is an event in one app that starts your Zap. Since we're planning on linking Bubble.io and FutureLearn, the trigger application will be Bubble.io.

• Select 'Bubble.io' as your trigger app and choose 'New Thing' as the trigger event. Click on 'Continue'.
• Connect your Bubble.io account by providing the required details and authenticate it. Click on 'Continue'.
• Set up a 'Trigger Thing' by selecting the required thing from the drop-down menu of your Bubble.io account. It can be anything that is representative in your Bubble.io app database like users or courses. Click on 'Continue'.

Now your Bubble.io trigger is all set.

Step 3: Test Trigger

To ensure that your trigger is working, Zapier will fetch in some recent data. Click on 'Test Trigger'. If your setup is correct, it will pull in a recent 'Thing' from Bubble.io and show it in your Zap. Click on 'Continue'.

Step 4: Set up the 'Action'

The 'Action' part is the event that your Zap performs after the trigger event has occurred. In this case, the action app will be FutureLearn.

Regrettably, since FutureLearn does not have an API that can be used for such integrations, allowing you to directly create an event or something similar in FutureLearn is not possible currently. But to overcome this, you could use a more roundabout method involving an intermediary platform that both FutureLearn and Bubble.io can connect to, like Gmail.

• Create an action step in Zapier wherein you instruct it to send an email to a specific email address whenever a trigger event occurs in Bubble.io.
• In that email, you might include a link to a specific course for instance in a specific format that you can recognize later.

This email can then serve as the trigger in FutureLearn which upon receipt, can then perform a specific action that you have set up beforehand.

Step 5: Set and Test Action

• After that, set up your 'Action'.
• Once you have successfully done that, test your action by clicking on 'Test & Continue'. If the setup is correct, your action will run, and you will see a success message.

This completes the workflow process.

Step 6: Turn on the Zap

• Last but not least, turn your Zap on by clicking 'Turn on Zap'.
• From now on, Zapier will automate the task, and you don't have to worry about it.

Please keep in mind, as FutureLearn doesn't currently have a public API or a direct integration method, you would most probably require a more intermediary approach for this integration process as delineated in the above steps. Hope this guide helps you to set up your Bubble.io - FutureLearn integration.