# Automate ngram with Zapier

Source: https://www.ngram.com/docs/zapier
Published: 2026-07-07T00:00:00Z
Updated: 2026-10-21T00:00:00Z

Connect ngram to Zapier to create videos and react to renders across thousands of apps — no code. Set up the connection, use the actions and triggers, and build your first Zap.

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Connect ngram to thousands of apps without writing code. Trigger a render when a row is added, a form is submitted or a deal closes — then send the finished video wherever your team already works.

[Open ngram](https://www.ngram.com/app) [All docs](https://www.ngram.com/docs)

## Read before this

Read these direct prerequisites in order. Each guide lists any earlier context it assumes.

1. [1 Integration access Understand current connection surfaces, authentication paths, and coming-soon states.](https://www.ngram.com/docs/integrations-and-automation)
2. [2 API keys Create, copy, rotate, and revoke a self-service API key in Settings.](https://www.ngram.com/docs/api/public-api-v1)

## Before you start

Video creation with an API key requires Basic or a higher paid plan and enough credits. Creating a key is self-service, but a key alone does not make a Free account eligible to generate videos through the API. Sign in to ngram, create an API key in Settings, and make sure you can create a connection in Zapier. Start with non-sensitive test data, keep the key in Zapier's connection store, and confirm the account that should own generated projects before enabling a live Zap.

## Overview

The ngram Zapier app turns an event in your stack into a video. Zaps run on ngram's public API under the hood, using the bearer credential you create in Settings and the same three-concurrent-job limit.

## Connect your account

1. Open the ngram app on Zapier at [zapier.com/apps/ngram](https://zapier.com/apps/ngram/integrations?utm_source=www.ngram.com)  and add a ngram step to a Zap.
2. When Zapier asks to connect, paste an API key created from [Settings → API Keys](https://www.ngram.com/app/settings/api-keys) . Keys start with ` ngs_ `.
3. Zapier stores the key as the connection and sends it as a bearer token on every action and trigger.

## Actions and triggers

| Type | Name | What it does |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Action | Create Video | Start a render from a prompt, with optional website, voice, style, aspect ratio and duration. |
| Action | Get Status | Fetch a video's status and finished MP4 URL by id. |
| Trigger | Video Ready | Fires when a render finishes, on the video.completed event. |
| Trigger | Video Failed | Fires when a render fails, on the video.failed event. |

## Example Zap

A common pattern turns a spreadsheet into a batch of videos and posts each one back to your team:

1. Trigger: New row in a Google Sheet.
2. Action: Create Video in ngram, using the row's prompt and aspect ratio.
3. Trigger: Video Ready fires when the render finishes.
4. Action: Send the MP4 URL to a Slack channel.

## Auth and limits

Every action and trigger uses the bearer key you connected. Because Zaps run on the public API, the same limit of three concurrent video jobs applies — if you queue a large batch, space the Create Video steps out or add a delay so renders clear before the next one starts.

## Zapier FAQ

### How do I connect ngram to Zapier?

Add a ngram step to a Zap, then paste a key created in ngram under Settings → API Keys. Zapier stores that connection and reuses it for every ngram step.

### What actions and triggers are available?

Two actions — Create Video and Get Status — and two triggers — Video Ready and Video Failed — which fire on the video.completed and video.failed events.

### Do I need to write any code?

No. Zapier maps each action's fields to a form, so you configure the prompt and options visually. Create the required ngram credential yourself under Settings → API Keys.

### How is the connection authenticated?

With the ngram API key you create in Settings, sent as a bearer token on every request. Rotate or revoke the key from API Keys, then reconnect the Zap without rebuilding its steps.

### What happens if I hit the job limit?

ngram allows three video jobs processing per account at once. If a Create Video step exceeds that, add a delay or stagger the Zap so earlier renders finish before the next begins.

## Keep going

[Getting started Learn the create → poll → webhook lifecycle after creating your self-service API key.](https://www.ngram.com/docs/getting-started) [Zapier integration overview The product story behind the ngram Zapier app.](https://www.ngram.com/integrations/zapier) [n8n Build self-hosted workflows around the ngram render API.](https://www.ngram.com/docs/n8n)

## Continue in ngram

Open the workspace and put this guide into practice with your own project.

[Open ngram](https://www.ngram.com/app)