How to get started with Amazon SNS on Zapier

Amazon SNS and Zapier connect to automate notifications. You can trigger workflows when new messages arrive and create messages or topics automatically.

Available on plans:

Free

Pro

Team

Enterprise

Prerequisites

To use the Amazon SNS app on Zapier, you must have:

  • A paid Zapier account. Amazon SNS is a premium app on Zapier.
  • An active AWS account with access to Amazon SNS service. 
  • An Amazon SNS topic created in your AWS account.
  • A dedicated IAM user for Zapier in AWS with SNS permissions. Zapier recommends the Amazon SNS Full Access managed policy or custom policy including the following minimim permissions:
    • sns:Subscribe
    • sns:Unsubscribe
    • sns:ListTopics
    • sns:ListSubscriptionsByTopic
    • sns:ConfirmSubscription
    • (Optionally) sns:Publish and sns:CreateTopic

Connect Amazon SNS to Zapier

To create an app connection to Amazon SNS on Zapier:

  • Go to the Apps page.
  • Click + Add connection.
  • A new dialog box will appear. Search for and select Amazon SNS.
  • Click Add connection.
  • A Connect an Account page will open in a browser tab or window.
  • Complete the following fields:
    • Access Key ID: Enter your AWS Access Key ID.
    • Secret Access Key: Enter your AWS Secret Access Key.
    • Region: Enter your AWS region (e.g., us-east-1).
  • Click Yes, Continue to Amazon SNS.

Your Amazon SNS account is now successfully connected to Zapier.

About Amazon SNS's app

Triggers, searches, and actions

Triggers
  • New JSON Message (Instant) - Triggers when a new JSON message is sent on a topic and parses the message body as JSON. Automatically manages the subscription.
  • New Message (Instant) - Triggers when a new message is sent on a topic. Automatically manages the subscription.
  • New Topic (Polling) - Triggers when you add a new topic.
Searches
  • No search actions available for Amazon SNS.
Actions
  • Create Message - Create a new message.
  • Create JSON Message - Create a new JSON message using data from the source trigger.
  • Create Topic - Create a new topic.

Limitations

Templates

View all of Amazon SNS's templates.

Use cases

Additional Amazon SNS resources

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