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Integrate Brilliant Directories with your AI CRM

Brilliant Directories is an all-in-one platform that enables users to create and manage online membership communities and business directories.

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Create Album Photo

Tool to add a new album photo to a user's portfolio in Brilliant Directories. Use when you need to upload or create a photo entry in a user's album. Required fields are user_id (the owner of the album) and title (photo title). Optional fields include description, status, keywords, file paths, and various metadata for organizing and categorizing photos. Supports e-commerce features like price, availability, and product information. The API endpoint expects application/x-www-form-urlencoded data and returns the created photo data with a generated photo_id.

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Create Data Category

Creates a new data category (post type) in the Brilliant Directories website database. Post types are content types like Videos, Articles, Jobs, Events, Coupons, Classifieds, etc. Required fields: data_name (display name), data_filename (identifier), system_name (system identifier), data_type (numeric type), and form_name (associated form fields name). Optional fields include display configuration (h1, h2, icon, caption_length), sorting options (category_order_by, profile_order_by), pagination (per_page, profile_per_page), layout settings (category_sidebar, profile_sidebar, search_results_layout), and many other customization options. Returns success status with the created data category information.

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Create Data Post

Tool to create a new Single Image Post (member post) in the Brilliant Directories database. Use when adding blog posts, articles, or other content types with images to the website. Required fields: post_title, post_content, user_id, data_id, data_type, and post_status. Optional fields include author info, categories, tags, dates, geolocation, and image settings. The API uses application/x-www-form-urlencoded content type for the request body.

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Create Lead

Tool to create a new lead in the Brilliant Directories database. Use when adding new inquiries or contact requests from visitors. Supports automatic geocoding, member matching, and email notifications. Can specify categories, location data, pricing, and custom notes.

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Create Portfolio Group

Creates a new multi-image portfolio post in the Brilliant Directories database. This action allows users to publish content with multiple images, descriptions, and metadata such as categories, tags, and location information. Required fields: user_id (existing user), data_type (use 4 for multi-image posts), data_id (data record identifier), and group_name (post title). Optional fields include: content (group_desc), publication status (group_status), category, location, display order, image URLs with titles and descriptions, tags, geographic data, property details for real estate, and sticky post settings. Use this action when creating portfolio posts, blog articles with galleries, or any content requiring multiple images with rich metadata.

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Create Unsubscribe

Tool to add an unsubscriber to the database and unsubscribe a member from email campaigns. Use when you need to remove a member's email address from the email campaign list. Requires email address, code (source of unsubscribe), type ('unsubscribe'), and website_id. Optional parameters include date (timestamp), definitive flag (permanent unsubscribe), and id.

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Create User

Creates a Brilliant Directories user or member account with email, a password of at least six characters, and a membership plan ID, plus optional personal, contact, address, profile, and status fields. Returns modeled user data including the user ID, token, and plan ID.

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Create Users Click

Tool to add a new user clicked link tracking record to the database. Creates a click tracking entry that records when and where users click on links within the directory. Required fields: click_url, click_name, click_type, user_id, date_clicked (format: YYYYMMDDHHmmss), and click_from (source page where click originated). Optional fields include click tracking details (click_ip, click_token, visitor_token) and post association fields (is_single_post, post_id). Note: The click_url must be a valid HTTP/HTTPS URL. Protocol schemes like tel: or mailto: are not supported by the API. Use this when you need to track user engagement with links in profiles, listings, or other directory pages.

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Create Widget

Tool to create a new widget in the Brilliant Directories website database. Use when you need to add custom HTML/PHP content, CSS styles, or JavaScript to create a reusable widget component.

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Delete Album Photo

Tool to delete an album photo and its related data from the database. Use when you need to permanently remove a photo from a user's portfolio album.

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Delete Data Category

Tool to permanently delete a post type (data category) and all related data from the database. Use when you need to completely remove a post type such as Videos, Articles, Jobs, Events, Coupons, Audios, or Discussions. This is a destructive operation that cannot be undone.

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Delete Lead

Tool to delete a lead and their related data from the database. Use when you need to permanently remove a lead record.

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Delete Portfolio Group

Tool to delete a multi-image post (portfolio group) and its related data from the database. Use when you need to permanently remove a portfolio group/multi-image post.

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Delete Unsubscribe Record

Tool to delete an unsubscribe record and its related data from the database. Use when you need to remove an email from the unsubscribe list.

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Delete User

Deletes a Brilliant Directories user and related data, with an option to delete the member's uploaded image files.

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Delete Users Click

Tool to delete a user clicked link and their related data from the database. Permanently removes a click record identified by click_id.

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Delete Widget

Tool to delete a widget and its related data from the database. Use when you need to permanently remove a widget. This is a destructive operation that cannot be undone.

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Get Album Photo

Retrieves an album image by photo ID, returning supported metadata such as title, description, file paths, timestamps, and status.

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Get Data Categories Fields

This tool retrieves all available custom fields for Data Categories (Post Types) in a Brilliant Directories website. Data categories/post types include content types like Videos, Articles, Jobs, Events, Coupons, Audios, and Discussions. The endpoint returns field metadata including field keys, labels, types, whether they're required, and help text. This information is useful for understanding what fields are available when working with post types.

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Get Data Category

Retrieves configuration data for a single Brilliant Directories post type by data ID, including identifying fields and search configuration.

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Get Data Post

Retrieves a single image or video member post by post ID, returning supported post content, author, category, and associated user information.

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Get Lead

Retrieves a lead by ID from Brilliant Directories, returning supported contact, inquiry, location, category, and other lead details.

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Get Lead Fields

Returns a fixed list of lead field names, types, labels, and required and system-field flags after an API connectivity check. The list is not dynamically retrieved from the website's lead schema.

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Get Portfolio Group

Retrieves a multi-image post by group ID, returning supported post fields such as description, location, tags, image references, and property details when available.

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Get Review

Tool to retrieve complete review data from Brilliant Directories based on review_id. Use when you need to read full review details including content, ratings, reviewer info, and timestamps.

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Get Reviews Fields

Returns a fixed set of review field definitions, including names, types, descriptions, and required flags. It is read-only and makes no API call.

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Get Unsubscribe Record

Tool to retrieve a single unsubscriber record by ID. Use when you need to get details about a specific unsubscribe entry, including the email address, unsubscribe date, and source (admin, email link, or API).

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Get User by ID

Tool to retrieve comprehensive data for a single user by their user_id. Use when you need to fetch complete user profile information including contact details, subscription data, and membership information. This action queries the Brilliant Directories API using the user_id as a path parameter, returning detailed user information including profile data, contact details, subscription information, social media links, and more.

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Get User Clicked Link

Tool to retrieve click tracking data for a single user clicked link based on the click_id. Use when you need to fetch detailed information about a specific click event, including the user who clicked, the click type, source and destination URLs, timestamps, and associated tokens.

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Get User Data

Retrieves comprehensive user data from the Brilliant Directories database by searching for a specific property value. This action queries the users_data table using a property (column name) and value pair, returning detailed user information including profile data, contact details, subscription information, social media links, and more. Commonly used to fetch user records by user_id, email, or any other database column. Use cases: - Look up a user by their ID or email - Retrieve complete user profile information - Access subscription and membership details - Get contact information and social media links

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Get User Transactions

Retrieves payment and transaction history for a member using both user_id and client_id. The response may include transaction details and, when return_schema is enabled, user schema and credit card information.

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Get Widget

Retrieves the data of a single widget based on the widget_id. Use this to fetch widget configuration and settings from the Brilliant Directories website database.

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Match Leads

Tool to match a batch of emails or user IDs to a specific lead record. Use this when you need to associate multiple contacts or users with an existing lead in the Brilliant Directories system. The users_to_match parameter accepts a comma-separated list of either email addresses or user IDs.

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Search Reviews

Search reviews and their related data from the database. Filter reviews by various criteria. Supports filtering by location (address), keyword search (q), overall rating, and pagination (page, limit). Results can be ordered by date (ascending/descending) or randomly. Use output_type to specify response format (html or array). Enable caching with post_type_cache_system for faster subsequent searches. Use search_priority_flag to prioritize results by membership plan settings.

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Search Users

Search for users/members in the Brilliant Directories database with advanced filtering options. Allows searching and filtering members by keywords, location, categories, and other criteria. Supports pagination, multiple sort orders, and dynamic category filtering for complex queries. Returns comprehensive user data including profile information, contact details, subscription status, and related metadata.

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Update Album Photo

Updates an existing album photo record in the Brilliant Directories database. Modifies photo metadata such as title, description, keywords, and status. The photo_id is required to identify which photo to update. All other fields are optional and only the provided fields will be updated. Use when you need to modify photo information, update visibility status, change organization (order, group), or edit photo metadata.

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Update Data Category

Tool to update an existing post type (data category) record in Brilliant Directories. Use when you need to modify post type settings such as name, display options, layout templates, pagination settings, or other configuration parameters. Requires the data_id parameter to identify which post type to update. All other parameters are optional and only the provided fields will be updated.

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Update Data Post

Updates a single image post and related data by post ID, including content, status, and metadata. The API requires data ID and data type as well as post ID; other supplied fields specify the changes.

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Update Lead

Updates an existing lead record in the Brilliant Directories website database. The lead_id field is required to identify which lead to update. All other fields are optional - only provide the fields you want to update. This action modifies lead information including contact details (name, email, phone), inquiry details (message, notes, price), location data (coordinates, boundaries, location type), categorization (category IDs and names), and matching settings (auto-match, email notifications, direct member matching).

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Update Portfolio Group

Tool to update a multi-image post (portfolio group) record in the Brilliant Directories database. Use when you need to modify existing portfolio content, change post details, update images, or modify property information for real estate listings.

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Update Unsubscribe

Updates an existing unsubscribe list record in the Brilliant Directories database. Use this to modify unsubscribe settings for email campaigns.

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Update User

Updates an existing user record in the Brilliant Directories website database. Modifies user profile information, contact details, social media links, account status, membership plan, and other user-related data. Only user_id is required; all other fields are optional and will only update the specified fields.

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Update User Click Record

Updates a user clicked link record and their related data from the database. Modifies click tracking data for existing click records. This action is used to update click tracking information such as click names, URLs, timestamps, user associations, and other metadata for existing click records. The click_id is required to identify which record to update, and all other fields are optional - only provided fields will be updated. Use when you need to correct or update click tracking data, modify click metadata, or update user associations for click records.

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Update Widget

Tool to update an existing widget record in the Brilliant Directories database. Modifies widget settings including name, HTML/PHP content, CSS styles, and JavaScript code.

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How the Brilliant Directories integration works

The Brilliant Directories integration connects your Dench AI CRM directly to Brilliant Directories, so agents can read and act on your Brilliant Directories data as part of everyday work — answering questions in chat, keeping your CRM in sync, and running automations without anyone copying data between tools.

44 actions are available for agents to invoke on your behalf. Every call runs through Brilliant Directories's own authorization, scoped to the account you connect.

Set up Brilliant Directories in Dench

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    Sign in to your Dench workspace and open Integrations.

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    Find Brilliant Directories and click Connect — you'll authorize access through Brilliant Directories's own sign-in flow. No API keys or code required.

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    Ask an agent to use Brilliant Directories in chat, or call it from an automation.

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    Manage or disconnect the connection any time from workspace settings.

Frequently asked questions

How does the Brilliant Directories integration work with Dench?

The Dench Brilliant Directories integration connects your AI CRM to Brilliant Directories, so AI agents can work with your Brilliant Directories data as part of chats, automations, and CRM workflows. You connect your account once, and every agent in your workspace can use it — governed by your workspace permissions.

What actions can AI agents perform with Brilliant Directories via Dench?

The Brilliant Directories integration currently exposes 44 actions, including Create Album Photo, Create Data Category, Create Data Post, Create Lead, Create Portfolio Group, and Create Unsubscribe. Agents invoke them on your behalf from chat or from automations.

Do I need to write code to connect Brilliant Directories to Dench?

No. You connect Brilliant Directories from your Dench workspace using Brilliant Directories's own sign-in and authorization flow — no API keys to copy, no glue code to maintain.

Is the Brilliant Directories integration secure?

Connections are authorized through Brilliant Directories's own authentication flow, and Dench stores only the authorization needed to act on your behalf. You can review and disconnect the Brilliant Directories connection from your workspace settings at any time.

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