Triggering the API with imports or API posts

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I'm using Knack as my backend/ headless CMS and I use Zapier to push new and updated records to the Webflow CMS which I'm using as a Frontend.

I have a large database already (in spreadsheet/CSV format) to start with and I have another external service that I want to use to add/update records in Knack. The problem is that imports or any other API-related things don't seem to be able to trigger any Zapier actions: those only seem to be triggered by (manual) actions done in the live Knack app.

So the question is: how do I get Knack to trigger Zapier on imports and API changes to the Knack database?

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The knack triggers in Zapier are executed in live app,

If you want to use triggers when a record is created with an import or API Changes, I recommend that you use Integromat and the scenario trigger must be a search for records in a knack object. The new records created by Imports or API changes, must be marked them with a special value, and once the scenario has been executed, delete that value so that you don't re-run the scenario on those records.