Zapier

Upload files to SFTP from any Zapier trigger in 4 steps.

Create a Zap

Choose your trigger — "New Email in Gmail", "New File in Google Drive", "New Row in Google Sheets", or any other app.

Add "Webhooks by Zapier" as an action

Search for Webhooks by Zapier and select Custom Request.

Configure the request

MethodPOST

URLhttps://pushftp.com/api/upload/YOUR_CONNECTION_ID

Data{"url":"(file URL from trigger)","path":"/uploads/"}

HeadersAuthorization: Bearer pftp_your_api_key

Content-Typeapplication/json

Tip: Use the url field — Zapier passes file URLs from Gmail, Drive, OneDrive, etc. PushFTP fetches and uploads them automatically. No need for extra file conversion steps.

Test and turn on

Click "Test step". If you see "success": true, your file was uploaded. Check your SFTP server to confirm, then turn on the Zap.

Popular Zapier workflows

Gmail→PushFTP→SFTPUpload email attachments to SFTP automatically

Google Drive→PushFTP→SFTPSync new Drive files to your SFTP server

Google Sheets→PushFTP→SFTPExport rows as CSV files to SFTP

Jotform→PushFTP→SFTPUpload form submissions to SFTP

OneDrive→PushFTP→SFTPSend SharePoint files to SFTP or FTP

Webhooks→PushFTP→SFTPForward any webhook payload as a file to SFTP

Optional: Advanced fields

Add these to the JSON body for more control:

{
  "url": "{{file_url}}",
  "path": "/invoices/",
  "filename": "custom-name.csv",
  "filename_template": "{name}-{date}{ext}",
  "overwrite": false
}

filename — override the filename
filename_template — rename with tokens like {date}, {timestamp}. See all tokens →
overwrite — set to false to skip if file already exists