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Have you never wanted to be informed thanks to your agenda of the various geopolitical summits, of meetings between heads of state, of next major referendums? Have you never wanted to be informed of the main news you missed during the night? Have you never wanted to follow from day to day the issues that make up the world of tomorrow?


The key here is to understand how Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) work. Those interfaces enable us to link different software together: Google Calendar and The New York Times in our case. We will use Zapier an automation tool that makes really easy to connect different services with a very simple interface.

The steps to follow to create your API

1. Log In or Sign Up on Zapier

2. Click on "Make a Zap"
3. In the "Choose app & event" part, select "New York Times"
4. In "Trigger event" choose "New Article"
5. Then, click on "Continue"
6. Click on "Test Trigger"
7. Finally, click on "Continue"

1. Select "Filter" in the "Action" part

2. In "Choose field", select "Title"
3. In "Choose condition", select "(Text) Contains"
4. In "Enter or select value...", enter "World"
5. Click on "+Or" to add new filters
6. In "Enter or select value...", enter "Geopolitical"
7. You can add new filter such as "elctions, China, France, Russia, Brexit, Europe..." according to the field you want to new more about
8. Finally, click on "Continue"

1. Click on "+" to add a new action
2. In the "Choose app & event" part, select "Google Calendar"
3. In "Action event" choose "Create detailed event"
4. Click on "Continue"
5. Log In to your Google account and then "Continue"
6. In "Summary", select "Title"
7. In "Start Date & Time", select " Created Date"
8. In "End Date & Time", select " Published Date"
9. In "Description", select "URL"
10. Leave other settings as default and click on "Continue"
11. Click on "Test & Continue" and "Turn on Zap"
12. Finally, activate your Zap