Hi @dina 

The mapped variable value may need to be encoded for line breaks and special characters.

Tool to check the JSON: https://jsonlint.com/

Used Jsonlint to validate this, and it says 

JSON is valid!

unflatten
yes
method
POST
url
https://api.perplexity.ai/chat/completions
data
{
    "model": "llama-3.1-sonar-large-128k-online",
    "messages":  
        {
            "role": "system",
         "content": "You're an intelligent pet adoption history analyzer. 1. Using the information provided from the pet owner, determine and list all animal shelters they adopted from. 2. Research each animal shelter INDIVIDUALLY and provide detailed information, identifying their main focus, what services they offer, what types of animals they cater to, annual adoption rates (actual or estimated, depending on available data), their size, and if they receive any major funding or grants. For some smaller shelters, you may need to search extensively for any available information. ##MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE SOURCES FOR YOUR INFORMATION AFTER EACH PARAGRAPH IN YOUR ANALYSIS REPORT ##At the conclusion of your detailed report, be sure to connect it back to the pet owner in a summary."
},
{
           "role": "user",
        "content": "Provide a comprehensive report on the animal shelters the following pet owner has adopted from: Alex Rodriguez
Data

Location of adoption
Year of adoption
Home Location:
Country: Not Provided
State: Not Provided
City: Not Provided"
}

 "
        }
    ]
}
headers
headers
accept
accept
application/json
content-type
content-type
application/json
Authorization
Authorization
Bearer pplx-000000000000000000000000000000000000

But I still get an error. Above is full code exactly as it would be in the webhook zap.

Failed to create a request in Webhooks by Zapier
>"At body -> 1018: JSON decode error"] (HTTP Status Code: 400)
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To clarify, I’ve swapped out the data in the above post of the JSON because it’s sensitive data, but claude has messed it up, so it will have errors.

Rest assured, my JSON is correct.

So, the JSON is correct but it’s still giving the same error code.

I don’t why this is marked as solved. It hasn’t been solved.

@dina 

We would need to see updated screenshots with how your Zap step is configured along with the encountered error.

For the JSON in your example it is still invalid due to line break not being encoded properly.

Here you go. 
 

@dina 

Likely same issue with the mapped variable causing the JSON structure to break.

The Full Response variable likely needs to be properly encoded to handle line breaks.

Either instruct ChatGPT to convert line breaks to be encoded for use in a JSON body structure.

Or use a Formatter > Text > Replace step to replace line breaks :newline:] with: \n

Thank you, Troy. 
I LOVE YOU, MAN!

YOU SOLVED IT!

That detail you provided in this step was EXACTLY what I needed.
It’s finally working.


<alexa, play the halo theme song>

Realistically, the real issue with my understanding is I’m no programmer, so parsing and line breaks, even though I loosely know what they mean, don’t mean much. 

I loosely know what decoding is because I’m familiar in gpu video decoding terms, for instance.
This was a good learning point; I’ll pay closer attention to the notes by the boxes of the zap nodes.
And hopefully the better language models get released faster than you have to deal with script kiddies like myself deploying more complex code than they can handle.

Hey @dina,

It’s fantastic that Troy managed to guide you on the right track and solve your issue with your Zap. If you have further questions or inquiries, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Thank you.