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ProdPad

The ProdPad modules allow you to watch, create, update, list, retrieve, and delete the feedbacks, ideas, and user stories in your ProdPad account.

Prerequisites

  • A ProdPad account

In order to use ProdPad with Make, it is necessary to have a ProdPad account. If you do not have one, you can sign in using your Google, Slack, or create a ProdPad account at app.prodpad.com/signup.

To connect your ProdPad account to Make you need to obtain the API Key from your ProdPad account and insert it in the Create a connection dialog in the Make module.

1. Log in to your ProdPad account.

2. Click Your Profile Icon > Profile Settings > API Keys. Copy the generated API Key.

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3. Go to Make and open your ProdPad module's Create a connection dialog.

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4. In the Connection name field, enter a name for the connection.

5. In the API Key field, enter the API Key copied in step 2 and click Continue.

The connection has been established.

Creates new feedback in ProdPad.

Connection

Establish a connection to your ProdPad account.

Contact ID

Select the Contact ID for whom you are reporting the feedback.

Feedback

Enter the feedback you want to provide.

Name

Enter the name of the customer who is providing feedback.

Email

Enter the email address of the contact to whom the feedback is being provided. If the contacts exist, the feedback will be added to the contact or a new contact will be created.

About

Enter the details of the contact.

Ideas

Add the ideas related to the feedback. The ideas must be created in your ProdPad account.

Tags

Add the tags appropriate for the idea.

Personas

Add the personas associated with the feedback.

Type

Select the option to choose a method to add the persons:

  • Name

  • Person ID

Product

Add the products related to the feedback.

Source

Select the source from where the feedback was gathered. For example, Social Media.

External Links

Add any external links associated with the feedback.

Fetches individual feedback.

Connection

Establish a connection to your ProdPad account.

Feedback ID

Select the Feedback ID whose details you want to retrieve.

Updates existing feedback in ProdPad.

Connection

Establish a connection to your ProdPad account.

Feedback ID

Select the Feedback ID whose details you want to update.

Feedback

Enter the feedback you want to provide.

State

Select the Feedback state:

  • Archived

  • Active

External Links

Add any external links associated with the feedback.

Fetches a list of feedback associated with the account.

Connection

Establish a connection to your ProdPad account.

Limit

Set the maximum number of feedbacks Make should return during one scenario execution cycle.

Triggers when new feedback is added to your ProdPad account.

Connection

Establish a connection to your ProdPad account.

Group By

Enter the value to group the feedbacks with the specified value. For example, customer.

State

Select the state of the feedback you want to list:

  • All

  • Active

  • Archived

  • Unsorted

Limit

Set the maximum number of feedbacks Make should return during one scenario execution cycle.

Creates a new idea in ProdPad.

Connection

Establish a connection to your ProdPad account.

Type of Naming

Select an option for naming the idea:

  • Description

  • Name

Description

Enter the details of the idea.

Title

Enter a name for the idea.

Creator

Select the creator who is creating the idea.

Problem

Enter the problem details for which you are creating the idea.

Value

Enter the problem value.

Functional

Enter the functional specifications for the idea.

Notes

Enter any additional information about the idea you would like to mention.

User Stories

Add the user stories for the idea:

Story

Enter the story's name and details.

Acceptance Criteria

Enter the acceptance criteria details for the story.

Comments

Add comments for the idea:

Comment

Enter the comment about the idea.

User ID

Select the User ID for whom you are giving the comment.

Products

Add the products for which you are creating the idea.

Personas

Add the persons associated with the idea.

Tags

Add the tags for the idea.

External Links

Add the external links:

External ID

Enter the External ID for the idea.

Title

Enter a name for the external ID.

URL

Enter the link to the URL address.

Status ID

Select the status of the idea. For example, reviewing, In Progress.

State

Select the idea's state:

  • Active

  • Active Public

  • Archived

Fetches an individual idea,

Connection

Establish a connection to your ProdPad account.

Idea ID

Select the Idea ID whose details you want to retrieve.

Updates an existing idea in ProdPad.

Connection

Establish a connection to your ProdPad account.

Idea ID

Select the Idea ID whose details you want to update.

Description

Enter the details of the idea.

Title

Enter a name for the idea.

Problem

Enter the problem details for which you are creating the idea.

Value

Enter the problem value.

Functional

Enter the functional specifications for the idea.

Notes

Enter any additional information about the idea which you would like to mention.

State

Select the idea's state:

  • Active

  • Active Public

  • Archived

Fetches a list of ideas associated with an account.

Connection

Establish a connection to your ProdPad account.

Tags

Add the tags for ideas you want to list.

Product

Select the product whose ideas you want to list.

Persona

Select the persons whose associated ideas you want to list.

Status

Select the status of the ideas you want to list.

By Project ID

Select the checkbox to retrieve the data using the project ID instead of the unique ID. The project ID is the one seen in the UI.

State

Select the state of the idea you want to list.

Limit

Set the maximum number of ideas Make should return during one scenario execution cycle.

Triggers when a new idea is added to your ProdPad account.

Connection

Establish a connection to your ProdPad account.

Limit

Set the maximum number of ideas Make should return during one scenario execution cycle.

Triggers when an idea in your ProdPad account is pushed to development.

Webhook Name

Enter a name for the webhook.

Connection

Establish a connection to your ProdPad account.

See the Connecting to ProdPad Webhook Using Make to add a webhook in your ProdPad account.

Triggers when a user story in your ProdPad account is pushed to development.

Webhook Name

Enter a name for the webhook.

Connection

Establish a connection to your ProdPad account.

See the Connecting to ProdPad Webhook Using Make to add a webhook in your ProdPad account.

Triggers when a new user story is added to your ProdPad account.

Connection

Establish a connection to your ProdPad account.

Limit

Set the maximum number of new user stories Make should return during one scenario execution cycle.

Other

Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.

Connection

Establish a connection to your ProdPad account.

URL

Enter a path relative to https://api.prodpad.com/. For example: /v1/ideas

For the list of available endpoints, refer to the ProdPad AP-I Documentation.

Method

Select the HTTP method you want to use:

GETto retrieve information for an entry.

POSTto create a new entry.

PUTto update/replace an existing entry.

PATCHto make a partial entry update.

DELETEto delete an entry.

Headers

Enter the desired request headers. You don't have to add authorization headers; we already did that for you.

Query String

Enter the request query string.

Body

Enter the body content for your API call.

The following API call returns all the ideas from your ProdPad account:

URL:/v1/ideas

Method:GET

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Matches of the search can be found in the module's Output under Bundle > Body > ideas. In our example, 3 ideas were returned:

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Connecting to ProdPad Webhook Using Make

1. Open any Watch Module, enter the details as mentioned in the respective module descriptions, click Save, and copy address to your clipboard.61f277bf6b623.gif

2. Log in to your ProdPad account. Click Your Profile Icon > Integrations > Create Webhook Integration. Enter a name for the webhook, the URL address copied in step 1, and click Create.

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The webhook is successfully created.