Setup and support

Connect LazyListen to Zapier

Turn a public article, newsletter, RSS item, or pasted text into a private podcast episode from any Zap. This guide covers connecting your account, building the workflow, and fixing common errors.

Before you start

A LazyListen account and a Zapier account are required.
LazyListen for Zapier is currently a private beta. Accept the private integration invite first.
Sign in to LazyListen in the same browser before connecting it in Zapier.

Connect your account

1Accept the integration

Open the private invite link above and add LazyListen to your Zapier account.

2Add a LazyListen connection

In Zapier, open App connections, search for LazyListen, and choose Add connection.

3Approve access

LazyListen displays a consent screen describing the zapier:episodes permission. Approve it to let Zapier create and read only episodes owned by your connected account.

Build an end-to-end Zap

Create Private Episode Job

Add LazyListen as an action. Provide exactly one of these:

URL: a public HTTP or HTTPS article, newsletter, or RSS-item link.
Text: content to narrate, up to 12,000 characters.

The step returns a job ID and its initial status. Keep the job ID for the later steps.

Get Episode Job

After a delay, use the job ID to check whether generation is pending, processing, ready, or failed. Longer sources can take several minutes.

Get Ready Private Episode

Once the status is ready, use the same job ID to retrieve the episode title, transcript excerpt, private episode page, and authenticated audio URL.

Keep private links private. Episode data is scoped to the connected owner. Do not send authenticated audio links into public feeds, pages, or messages unless that is intentional.

Troubleshooting

“Please reconnect LazyListen” or 401

Remove the old LazyListen connection in Zapier, then add it again and approve access on the LazyListen consent screen.

Input rejected or 400

Supply either URL or text, not both. URLs must be publicly reachable; local, private-network, and credential-bearing URLs are blocked.

Not found or not ready

Confirm the job ID came from the same connected LazyListen account. Run Get Episode Job first and wait until the status is ready.

Too many requests or 429

Wait before retrying. Creation is rate-limited to protect episode generation capacity.

Disconnect LazyListen

Open Zapier’s App connections, choose the LazyListen connection, and disconnect it. To request deletion of stored integration data or server-side token revocation, email support@lazylisten.com.

Privacy and technical details

Read the privacy policy, terms, or LazyListen Zapier API reference. For support, contact support@lazylisten.com.