Automating data extraction with Parseur is a crucial step in streamlining your workflow. To unlock its full potential, you’ll also need to automate how documents reach Parseur. This article explores the various strategies you can use to automate sending your documents to Parseur.
For Emails and Attachments
Unique Parseur Email Addresses
Parseur generates a unique email address for every mailbox you create allowing you to receive emails and their attachments.
Direct Email Routing
If the email system or platform sending the emails you want to extract data from lets you add custom email addresses, set it to send emails directly to the relevant Parseur mailbox. This way, you won’t need to rely on manual forwarding.
Email Forwarding Rules
Alternatively, set up automatic forwarding rules from your existing personal or business email accounts to Parseur. As soon as an email lands in your inbox, it gets forwarded to your Parseur mailbox.
We have detailed guides to help you set up forwarding rules for popular email providers. Start here.
For Other Documents (PDFs, Images, etc.)
Using an automation platform like Zapier or Make
Platforms like Zapier and Make enable you to automate uploads to Parseur. These tools can connect to thousands of third-party apps with Parseur, sending documents automatically when certain triggers occur.
In Zapier you can use the "Create Document" action for text based documents and emails and "Create Document from File" action for PDFs, images etc.
In Make you can use the "Upload a Document" action
Monitoring Cloud Folders
A popular use case is to watch a cloud storage folder (e.g., Google Drive) for new files. When a new document appears, the automation tool uploads it to Parseur instantly.
This use case can be set up in a few clicks in Make or Zapier using the actions described above. Check out this example describing the process using Google drive and Zapier.
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For Developers: Using the Parseur API
Parseur provides two API endpoints to facilitate seamless document uploads:
/emailEndpointUse this endpoint to send emails and other text-based documents to Parseur programmatically.
/uploadEndpointThis endpoint supports uploading a wide range of file types, including PDFs and images. It’s perfect for automating the delivery of documents from custom systems.
Read More: Send documents to Parseur using the API