PubNub is a real-time communication platform for publish/subscribe messaging, presence, message persistence, push notifications, and app context metadata.
Paperform connects to PubNub directly through Stepper workflows, and through Zapier if you already use it.
How PubNub connects to Paperform
Direct methods run inside your Paperform account. Zapier and Make are there too if your team already uses them.
Run a Stepper workflow when someone submits your form: 13 PubNub actions and 2 triggers, included in your Paperform account.
- Open Stepper from your Paperform account and create a workflow.
- Start it with the Paperform “New Submission” trigger and choose your form.
- Add a PubNub step, connect your account and map the submission’s answers to its fields.
PubNub actions in Stepper
- Publish Message
- Send Signal
- Get Message History
- Get Message Count
- Add Message Action
- Here Now
- Get User Metadata
- Set User Metadata
- Set Channel Metadata
- Add Channels to Channel Group
- +3 more
PubNub events that can start a workflow
- New Message on Channel
- New or Updated User
Connect your form to PubNub with a Zap. Zapier needs its own account and plan.
- In the form editor, go to After Submission → Integrations & Webhooks and choose Zapier.
- Create a Zap with Paperform’s “New Submission” trigger and a PubNub action.
What your form sends to PubNub
For example, with a Stepper workflow the “Send Signal” action takes these fields. Map each one to a question
on your form, and every submission fills them in.
| PubNub field | Question on your form | Required |
|---|
| Channel | Short answer | Yes |
| Message | Long answer | Yes |
Start from a template
Pick a template, then connect it to PubNub. There are 30,000+ in the
templates directory.
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