Zapier provides a means to create on-the-fly data connections between applications which may not have open API's. Zapier works with a wide range of popular applications - a list of current ones is available at: https://zapier.com/zapbook/apps/.

The creation of Zaps (specific trigger -action definitions) is done using a simply graphical interface and can perform and wide variety of tasks. Examples include: receive a tweet and add it to a row in a google spreadsheet; add a card to trello from an email; post to Facebook from an RSS feed.