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Folk integration with PandaDoc

Updated over a week ago

Availability: Business and Enterprise plans

This guide will walk you through setting up and using the Folk integration to create documents with dynamically populated content from your CRM data.

Get your API key in Folk

  1. In your Folk account, navigate to Settings and locate your API key

  2. Copy the API key

Connect Folk Integration

  1. Navigate to Settings > API and Integrations in PandaDoc

  2. Locate and select Folk from the available integrations

  3. Click Connect to begin the integration setup

  4. Paste the API key into the connection field and select Authorize

That's it! Your Folk integration is now connected and ready to use.

Link integration to your template

  1. Create a new template or open an existing one

  2. Select +Add step and select Pull data from integration step

  3. Select Folk

  4. Select the object you'll be pulling the data from. You can select People or Companies.

Add dynamic variables

  1. Select Go to editor on the Variables button to add variables to the template.

  2. Hover over a variable (data field from the selected object in Folk) and select Copy. Then paste it in a text block in your template.

  3. You can also add a variable directly within a text block. Click inside the block, type an open square bracket, choose the object you want to pull the variable from, then select the specific variable. It will be inserted at your cursor, highlighted in yellow.

  4. Add all the variables you need and click Save changes at the top right.


Configure merge fields

You can pass data from Folk into PandaDoc fields similarly to how variables operate. Unlike with variables, however, you must not include square brackets — you can simply select the field you need from the Merge field data.

  1. Select a field or add a new one

  2. In Properties on the right, the Merge field data source should list the 'Folk' object

  3. You can search and select the needed Folk field to pre-populate them for the recipients


Generate a document

  1. Select Use this template to start document generation.

  2. Choose the specific company or contact record you want to use

  3. Add document recipients.

  4. Select Edit document at the top right and preview the document to verify all variables are populated correctly. Add missing details if needed

  5. Select Continue to editor to review the generated document to ensure all information is accurate

  6. Select Review and send at the top right to review document settings, add an email message, and send the document

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