Purpose
1.2. Streamline clerical workflows, speed up onboarding, minimize errors, and standardize animal presentation for shelter teams and external adopters.
1.3. Ensure rapid update and retrieval of animal identities for operations, reports, and public adoption requests.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Receipt of animal photographs via email, web portal, or connected mobile app.
2.3. Scheduled or manual batch profile update required for shelter listing/export.
Platform Variants
3.1. Salesforce
• API: Create Record—configure with Animal__c object, populate fields from intake source; trigger via Flow or Apex.
3.2. HubSpot CRM
• Custom Object API—create/update "Pet" object, attach photo URL; integrate with forms or webhooks.
3.3. Airtable
• REST API: Create Record—pet profile table, file attachment field for photo; configure view syncs.
3.4. Google Sheets
• App Script trigger—auto-add new row for each intake, Google Drive API for photo link mapping.
3.5. Google Drive
• Files API—create folder per animal, upload/organize images, return links for sheet/CRM.
3.6. Dropbox
• Upload API—intake automation saves photo; metadata API links to pet profile CSV or CRM.
3.7. Microsoft Power Automate
• Template flow: Form submission triggers pet profile in SharePoint list; OneDrive action uploads photos.
3.8. Zoho Creator
• Form Submission Trigger—autocreate Pet record, invoke image upload via API.
3.9. Monday.com
• Board API—item per animal, file column for images; webhook for intake app to auto-create item.
3.10. Trello
• Cards API—list per species, card for each animal, attachment endpoint for photo.
3.11. Notion
• Database API—create page per intake, image block added for pet photo.
3.12. Smartsheet
• Row API—insert new animal row on intake, image attachment via row update endpoint.
3.13. Intercom
• Conversation or Contact API—auto-profile pet based on chat intake form, upload pet photo.
3.14. Slack
• Workflow builder: Form intake → file upload → DM result to adoption team.
3.15. Mailchimp
• List API—profile as contact, image in profile merge field for newsletters/updates.
3.16. Petfinder API
• POST /pet—auto-list new animal from intake DB, upload photo using provided endpoint.
3.17. RescueGroups API
• Animal Add method—push new pet entry and photos from intake system.
3.18. AWS S3
• SDK PutObject—store pet images, trigger Lambda for metadata DB update.
3.19. Azure Blob Storage
• BlobServiceClient.upload—save photos, trigger Logic App for profile creation in DB.
3.20. Adobe Creative Cloud
• Library API—intake photo auto-uploaded, processed with preset for web, link exported to CRM.
Benefits
4.2. Reduces manual data/photo entry tasks for staff, minimizing error risk.
4.3. Provides standardized, multi-platform pet listings for broad adoption visibility.
4.4. Enables batch synchronization between shelter databases and public adoption portals.
4.5. Ensures up-to-date animal profiles for reporting, compliance, and operations.