Parsed email in Zapier and Make

Set it up

1. 1

   Create a hook

   In Zapier, start a Zap with Webhooks by Zapier and its Catch Hook trigger. In Make, add a Webhooks module with a custom webhook. Copy the URL it gives you.

2. 2

   Add it as a destination

   In the endpoint's Settings, under Forwarding, add Your server with that URL. Under What it gets, leave only Emails ticked, so each email goes as signed JSON.

3. 3

   Send a sample

   Send test delivery posts the newest email, or a sample, once, so Zapier or Make learns its fields.

4. 4

   Map the fields and turn it on

   Each email arrives as email.received JSON with the email under data: data.subject, data.from.address, data.fields and, on an endpoint with layouts, data.parsed.

Every setting, in full: The Zapier and Make docs

What the apps offer

Both connect with an API key. The trigger is a REST hook: turning a Zap or scenario on adds a JSON destination for emails to the endpoint you pick, and turning it off removes it.

What a Zap or scenario receives

One POST per email, the same signed JSON any destination gets. On an endpoint with layouts, data.parsed holds the fields and line items:

{
  "type": "email.received",
  "timestamp": "2026-10-29T17:33:26.882Z",
  "data": {
    "id": "3f2a9c1e-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
    "endpoint": { "slug": "orders-acme", "name": "Orders" },
    "address": "orders-acme@mailhooks.cc",
    "subject": "Order #1001 confirmed",
    "from": { "name": "Acme Store", "address": "orders@acme.example" },
    "parsed": {
      "status": "matched",
      "layout": { "id": "orders", "name": "Acme orders" },
      "fields": { "order": "1001", "total": "37.50" },
      "lineItems": [
        { "sku": "ACME-TEE-M", "qty": "2", "price": "12.50" },
        { "sku": "ACME-MUG", "qty": "1", "price": "12.50" }
      ]
    },
    "...": "..."
  }
}

Shortened. The full JSON also carries the recipients, the text and HTML, the attachments (as signed links by default), the sender checks and the headers; see Signed JSON.

What to know

• Every plan, Free included
• The same signed email.received JSON as any destination
• A URL that answers 410 Gone turns its destination off
• Up to 10 destinations per endpoint
• Apps: an instant New email trigger, two actions, a search
• Apps connect with an API key (whcc_...)
• Search: 60 per 10 minutes per account
• No extra quota: each email counted once when it arrived

Plans, prices and limits: Pricing

Questions