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Making calls to external API: Error message "No query string was present"

  • 1 February 2021
  • 11 replies
  • 1193 views
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Not sure what I’m doing wrong but I keep getting a return error when posting to this api. I’ve attached a screenshot of the docs. I’m currently using webhooks and posting the data to the api url. What should the raw data look like?

 

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Troy Tessalone
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Hi @ahoffman1994 

What app API are you using?

Can you provide screenshots of how your Zap webhooks steps is configured?

⚡ Troy Tessalone - AutomationAce.com | Premier Certified Zapier Expert | #1 Zapier Community Contributor
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I’m actually using code by zapier. Not really sure what app API means (not incredibly tech savy) but the api interface is in graphql. 

Here is the code:

 

query = {"query":"mutation ( $input: AcceptDeliveryInput!) { acceptDelivery(input: $input) { clientMutationId, delivery }}",
        "variables":{
         "input":{
           "deliveryId":"123",
           "padding":"15",
           "clientMutationId":"test",
        }
       }
      }

requests.post("insert url",
                  headers={"Content-Type": "application/json",
                           "Authorization": "insert token"
                  },
                  data=query
              )

 

 

 

A

@Troy Tessalone Please see above messages. Also, If I were doing it through the webhooks app then It would look like this - still getting the same error message “no query string was present”.

 

 

 

thanks for the help

Troy Tessalone
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@ahoffman1994

Every API request needs to include a URL to know where to send data and for what endpoint of the API.

 

⚡ Troy Tessalone - AutomationAce.com | Premier Certified Zapier Expert | #1 Zapier Community Contributor
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@Troy Tessalone I hid the URL and authorization token for security reasons. 

Troy Tessalone
Userlevel 7
Badge +14

Hi @ahoffman1994 

Since it’s still unknown what API you are using, try doing a GSearch for that app API and “no query string was present” to see if there are any help articles or documentation that may help you resolve the issue.

⚡ Troy Tessalone - AutomationAce.com | Premier Certified Zapier Expert | #1 Zapier Community Contributor
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@Troy Tessalone the API is from ezCater. I’m happy to send over the documentation if that would help as well.

 

Thank you

Troy Tessalone
Userlevel 7
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@ahoffman1994 

ezCater API docs: https://catering.ezcater.com/help/querying-the-public-api

Questions? Contact api_support@ezcater.com

⚡ Troy Tessalone - AutomationAce.com | Premier Certified Zapier Expert | #1 Zapier Community Contributor
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@Troy Tessalone I’m using a different API of there’s.

Troy Tessalone
Userlevel 7
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@ahoffman1994 

Might be best to reach out to the ezCater email address for additional support for their API.

Questions? Contact api_support@ezcater.com

⚡ Troy Tessalone - AutomationAce.com | Premier Certified Zapier Expert | #1 Zapier Community Contributor
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@ahoffman1994 

Can you share a link to the api docs? That would be helpful to check for the syntax ezCater is looking for

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