I need the current date and the date for 7 days ago in the first step of a webhook to insert into my call (no time, just formatted MM/DD/YYYY). I figured that I could do create a first step and use the formatter in the first step based on {{zap_meta_human_now}}, but Zapier wont let me create a first step with the formatter. What’s the best way to handle this?
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22 June 2022
Try these Zap steps…
- Trigger: Schedule - Daily
- Action: Formatter > Date / Time > Format
- Action: Webhook - GET Request
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- Action: Webhook - POST Request
I am attempting to setup a test, but since this method uses a “Webook - Get”, instead of a “Retrieve Poll”, I do not see a way to choose a “Deduplication Key”. Without deduplication, wouldn’t STEP 4 fire for every record in the GET request, every time it is run? I only want to send new records.
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- Zapier Staff
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17 June 2022
Hiya
I wanted to double check if Troy’s latest recommended steps helped? Keep us posted! 🙂
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13 June 2022
Try these Zap steps…
- Trigger: Schedule - Daily
- Action: Formatter > Date / Time > Format
- Action: Webhook - GET Request
- CAKE
- Action: Webhook - POST Request
- Beginner
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13 June 2022
I am pulling transactions from one system’s reporting API (using Cake Marketing) via a webhook, and I am posting that data to another reporting system. Within the webhook, there are required fields “start_date” and “end date”. The start date should be yesterday’s date or the day before, and the end date today or possibly tomorrow. I would use the formatter, but it doesn’t seem like you can create a step 1 with formatter that would go before the step 2 with a webhook.
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13 June 2022
Can you further describe the workflow you are trying to automate?
What apps are involved?
- Beginner
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13 June 2022
Thank you. After going back and forth with support, we it was determined that it is not possible to manipulate a date to be used in a webhook call unless it is custom coded, primarily, since the formatter cannot be used as a first step preceding a webhook. A feature request has been made, because it would only make sense, since maybe your web hook needs a custom formatted date.
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11 June 2022
Hey there,
I wonder if this similar question might be helpful:
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