Notion integration

If you’re new to integrations in Rewst, read through our introductory integration documentation here.

Notion's documentation for how to create Notion integrations may also be helpful, and can be found here and here.

What does the Notion integration do?

Our Notion integration enables teams to automate document creation, database management, and collaboration workflows directly within Rewst. By connecting to Notion, users can programmatically create and update pages, manage content blocks, and interact with databases as part of larger automated processes. This makes it easy to centralize information, keep documentation in sync, and enhance team communication without manual work.

Why use the Notion integration?

• Turn emails into formatted Notion pages with attachments

• Log form submissions, such as customer feedback, directly into databases

• Generate daily standups from calendar events and enable team comments

• Monitor databases for high-priority items and trigger alerts

• Auto-generate client onboarding docs from templates

• Sync task statuses between Notion and other project tools

• Capture meeting minutes and distribute them automatically

• Manage a blog content calendar as writers submit drafts

• Use Notion databases as structured storage within broader automation flows

Set up the Notion integration

Set up steps in Notion

1. Log in to your Notion account.

2. Navigate to the Notion integration settings page
3. Click New Integration.

   
4. Select a workspace to install the integration to from the Associated Workspace drop-down selector.

5. Keep the Type set to internal.

6. Click Save.

7. Click into your new integration in the integrations list.

8. Click into the Configuration tab.

   
9. Copy the Internal Integration Secret.

10. Set settings for the Capabilities menu as follows:

    1. Check off all check boxes

    2. Set User Capabilities to Read user information including email addresses.

       
11. Click Save.

Set up steps in Rewst

1. Navigate to Configuration > Integrations in the left side menu of your Rewst platform.

2. In the integrations page, search for Notion.

3. Click on the integration tile to launch the configuration setup page.

4. Enter the key copied from Notion into the Internal Integration Secret field.

5. Click Save Configuration.

Test the integration

Saving your configuration during integration setup automatically triggers a test API call to verify that your setup is correct. If something is wrong with your credentials and the integration fails, you'll receive an error message in the Rewst platform.

How to use the Notion integration

Notion grants access for the integration on a page-by-page basis. Add each desired page as a connection within Notion by completing the following steps.

1. Navigate to your desired page in Notion. Alternatively, create a new page for your intended purpose.

2. Click ... to open the actions menu.

3. Click + Add Connections.

4. Search for the Rewst integration and select it.

5. Confirm that the integration can access the page and all of its child pages.

The view of the actions menu and all related submenus, once the page has been set up to use the integration

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Notion actions and endpoints

For more on how actions work in Rewst, check out our introductory actions documentation here.

Notion's complete API documentation can be found here.

Category	Action	Description
Blocks	List Child Content Blocks	Returns an array of child block objects contained in the block using the ID specified. You may also supply a page ID to retrieve the children blocks of a page.
Blocks	Add Child Content Blocks	Creates and appends new children blocks to the parent block_id specified. Blocks can be parented by other blocks, pages, or databases.
Blocks	Get Content Block	Gets the content block with the specified ID. If the block has children blocks, the List Child Content Blocks action should be used to retrieve them.
Blocks	Delete Content Block	Moves a content block to the "Trash" in Notion.
Blocks	Update Content Block	Updates the content for the specified block based on the block type. Supported fields based on the block object type.
Comments	List Comments	Returns a list of un-resolved comments from a page or block.
Comments	Create Comment	Creates a comment in a page or existing discussion thread.
Databases	Query Database	Get a list of pages and/or databases contained in the database.
Databases	Get Database	Retrieves a database object which contains information about the structure and columns of the database.
Databases	Create Database	Creates a database as a subpage in the specified parent page, with the specified properties schema.
Databases	Update Database	Updates the title, description or properties of a database.
Generic Request	Notion API Request	Generic action for making authenticated requests against the Notion API
Pages	Get Page Properties	Returns page properties for the page with the specified ID. To fetch page content the List Child Content Blocks action should be used.
Pages	Get Page Property Item	Returns a page property item for the page with the specified ID.
Pages	Create Page	Creates a new page that is a child of an existing page or database.
Pages	Update Page Properties	Updates the properties of a page.
Search	Search Pages	Searches all parent or child pages that have been shared with the Rewst integration.
Search	Search Databases	Searches all databases that have been shared with the Rewst integration.
Users	List Users	Retrieve a list of users in the workspace, guests are not included.
Users	Get User	Retrieves a user for a given ID. The user can be a person or a bot.
Users	Get Bot User	Retrieve the bot user information associated with the provided integration secret.