# Start actions using trigger from outside

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/start-actions-using-trigger-from-outside/67100>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Tags:** api, actions\
**Created:** [October 19, 2023, 6:17am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/start-actions-using-trigger-from-outside/67100 "2023-10-19T06:17:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b5a626/32.png) [@Rev](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rev)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 7:10am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/start-actions-using-trigger-from-outside/67100/2 "2023-10-19T07:10:18Z")

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There’s already a vote for his. I agree though, hopefully this functionality will be added soon.

> [@Automations / triggering actions without user interaction](https://community.glideapps.com/t/automations-triggering-actions-without-user-interaction/65127):
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> It appears you can only trigger an action from a user interaction, like the click of a button - but you can’t trigger actions as a result of some data changing, or from an API call outside the app. Example: A form on a company website is filled in which adds a record to a table → send push notification to relevant user OR A record’s status is updated by one user → send email to another user Even using Make and Zapier, I’m unable to set up any external automations involving Glide that don’t …

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