Developer Discussion

Technical discussions about building integrations on the Zapier platform.

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maxgalatNew
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The app did not respond in-time

I am getting “The app did not respond in-time.” whenever I test my action on zapier.com. I have tested my api endpoint in postman and it responds immediately. There should not be a time out.  const response = await z.request({method: 'POST',url: `http://url/`,headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json','Accept': '*/*','Connection': 'keep-alive',},body: body}); response.throwForStatus();return response.json;

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8 months ago
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hariomNew
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How to set user authentication for my CLI app?

Hi, I am building a custom App that i wish to put on the zapier App list someday. I am using Zapier CLI way. I need to know how can i build a feature where users can login to my App, when they use our App as a trigger or an action for the first time. I have seen many Apps asks us to lgin, like Typeform, Google Forms. I want the same thing for my App. Currently,  I am following the Docs where I got to know that i can add a Auth file in my development process, which seem like below.:  const authentication = {type: 'basic',test: {url: 'https://api.github.com/user'},connectionLabel: '{{bundle.authData.username}}'};But this is for my test perspective. How can i build something, where user can get to login with multiple options like Basic, Custom,etc.. ? Will that be enabled by Zapier team once App is approved and deployed ? 

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5 months ago
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prestonBeginner
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Recommended path for switching existing polling trigger to REST hooks?

Hi all!We have existing polling triggers that are actively used by some of our customers. We’re concerned about the time it’s taking on our end to respond when our endpoint is hit, so we’ve started looking into what would be required to use REST hooks instead. Since our customers already have several zaps setup using our triggers, we would like to make the switch in a way that they could keep using their existing zaps while also benefiting from our switch to REST hooks.Is there a recommended process for updating triggers from polling to hooks and migrating existing users to the new version? I’m concerned that migrating existing users to the new trigger version with hooks risks missing any events that occur between the last poll of the previous version and the migration to the new version. If that’s a valid concern, is there a way to mitigate the potential for missed events in that window?Thanks!

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6 months ago
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Andreas.KBeginner
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Overwriting sample data for existing integration when new JSON data is inserted

Hello, we are trying to overwrite the sample data in the output of an existing integration.  Whenever we insert new JSON data, after reloading the page the data is overwritten. Where are we going wrong?  RegardsAndreas  

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1 month ago
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ZoBro23Beginner
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Custom authentication error message

How do I show a custom error message when Authentication fails? This is applicable to Triggers and Actions too. I am using API Key Authentication, so the user has to manually enter an API Key. I want to show a message if it is not correct, instead of the default “Application returned code 400”.

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7 months ago
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Barış YıldırımBeginner
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Cannot parse string coming from previous trigger, while I can parse written string

Hello,I’m trying to parse data coming from the previous trigger to new action. I have a function which converts string with given format to numbers.While the function is working as expected with the written strings, It fails at data coming from previous trigger. In this case numberConverter function works perfectly. In this case with the same inputs numberConverter function doesn’t work as expected. Here is the create function which I try to parse bundle.inputDataThis is a critical issue for our workflow. I can provide details if required. I need a help with this situation.

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7 months ago
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Barış YıldırımBeginner
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Unsubscribe hook doesn't work

Although we’re successfully subscribe, when we turn off our zap, hook does not deleted from our database.data returned from subscribehook is:{ message: ‘Hook added’, id: ’60b88dfda8b6dd0017692fd5’ }bundle.subscribeData.id does not give the corresponding id.How can we solve this problem ? (We can manually delete hook with that id) 

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william
10 months ago
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harshit.bBeginner
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Continue button not showing on click of "Skip Test" in "Set Up Action" section

Hi Folks,I created an app on zapier (dummy name) “xyz”.I am a developer of “xyz” app who is integrating the “xyz” plugin into zapier.Continue button not showing on click of "Skip Test" in "Set Up Action"Could anybody please help. Thanks in Advance.

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9 months ago
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vanessaBeginner
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Issue with the client id necessary to embed Zapier on my website

The issue: On March the 31st the Client ID for the app I am developing has been issued. Zapier states it only takes 24h to be generated but we haven't received an answer yet. Is it because the app needs to be published first? Or did something go wrong and I am not aware of it?

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Ryan Powell
1 month ago
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Abhishek EzhavaBeginner
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Internal Server Error On Zapier Promote command

So currently I am trying to promote my app from 1.0.1 to 1.0.2 using the zapier promote 1.0.2 cli command.But throws an Internal Server Error and its breaksLogs :  zapier:promote Error: Promotion failed for the following reasons:  zapier:promote   zapier:promote * Internal Server Error  zapier:promote     at Object.error (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/zapier-platform-cli/node_modules/@oclif/errors/lib/index.js:26:15)  zapier:promote     at PromoteCommand.error (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/zapier-platform-cli/node_modules/@oclif/command/lib/command.js:60:23)  zapier:promote     at PromoteCommand.perform (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/zapier-platform-cli/src/oclif/commands/promote.js:95:16)  zapier:promote     at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:93:5)  zapier:promote     at async Promise.all (index 1)  zapier:promote     at async PromoteCommand._run (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/zapier-platform-cli/node_modules/@oclif/command/lib/command.js:43:20)  zapier:promote    

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8 months ago
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bpocallaghanNew
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Beginner Question: Can you publish your app with only Triggers?

Hi there, I am new to Zapier and wanted to know. Is it possible to publish your app with only Triggers? The reason is that I only want to push information from my website to Zapier and then other web apps added in the Zap. I do not want to receive any new information (New Customer, etc) from other web apps yet.Unless I totally misunderstood what an Action is for. Because I understand it as.Triggers - push information to Zapier to be used by another web app (push new customer information)Action - receive information from Zapier that was pushed by the Triggered App (my app in this case to do something with that data - create a new row in google sheet with the customer) Sorry if I missed the information in the documentation. It seems that I do need an Action (to push data to my API to store the information) but I am not sure. Thanks in advance.

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1 year ago
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rocketlanedevNew
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"Load More" in performList

When setting up.a zap trigger,  if user clicks “load more” in the trigger sample data , the `bundle.meta.page` gotten in performList is always 0. It doesnt increment. So additional records are never fetched. What is the purpose of the “load more” button? And how do I load additional records in sample data? 

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3 months ago
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chinbatisBeginner
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App approval process by Zapier: Test vs Prod environment

Hello, I’m planning to submit my app for review. I have developed integration using test environment, we have production environment as well. Can we submit our app working on the test system and after review process, deploy integration into prod, can we change the connection parameters after? My policy is we cannot allow users to use zapier unless we get our app approved on zapier. Is it possible? and I want to know the right way of handling this kind of setup being reviewed.

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1 year ago
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SrinivasanBeginner
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unable to add a input Field (Allows Multiples)  inside Line Item Group.

Hello Zapier Community,I am unable to add a input Field (Allows Multiples)  inside Line Item Group. Zapier allows me to add input Field (Allows Multiples) only outside Line Item Group. Can anyone give me the idea how to achieve it.?

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Danvers
Community Manager
4 days ago
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fsprohnleNew
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Problems with Post request in nodejs (step Action Run Javascript)

I have tried in many ways to be able to send the parameters via querystring using the Run JavaScript action, if I test it outside of Zapier it works fine for me, and even through Postman ... at the other end of this request, there is a page php that you get for get 2 parameters ... please, if someone has already gone through this, I ask for your guidance, thank you. This is my zapier code:const http = require('http');const querystring = require('querystring');const parameters = {    url: inputData.varurl,    fn: inputData.varfn};const post_data =  querystring.stringify(parameters);const options = {    host: "XXXXXXXX.cl",    port: "80",    path: "/test.php",    method: "POST",  headers: {    'Content-Type': 'text/html; charset=UTF-8',    'Connection': 'keep-alive'  }}const request = http.request(options, (response) => {    // console.log(response.statusCode);});request.write(post_data);request.end();  output = {request: request};

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3 months ago
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AbbyDevBeginner
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Integration logo invalid error

Hello, I’m in the process of submitting my new Integration to be published but I am having trouble uploading our logo. The images I’m using are 256px x 256px .PNG files. No matter which image I select, wether it’s our official logo or a random 256 x 256 logo from the internet, I get the same error message: Please upload a valid image. The uploaded image was either in the incorrect format or corrupted. Any suggestions? Can I submit an app logo at a later date, I really would prefer to just start the publishing process without this

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7 months ago
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sub150Beginner
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How to add additional output fields using z-deduper

Hello, I’m using z-deduper in a trigger check for updates on my API endpoint. My API returns an array of objects that contains property. I can select a property with a dropdown button to only check for update on this property in each object. In order to do that, I have pretty much the same code as the example provided by the author of the z-deduper package. The only difference is that the object returned only cointains the property and it’s value ( instead of all the properties ).  My problem is that I need some other properties of the objects as output data to use them in my action ( for example the “id” property or the “label” property of my object ). How can I add those other properties to my outputFields ? I can’t put them into my object because otherwise z-deduper will also detect changes on those properties.  Thanks :) ps: My app is on CLI. Informations about z-deduper : https://github.com/ikbelkirasan/z-deduper

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1 year ago
asharma
asharmaBeginner
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Use zapier schema as typescript interface type

Is there a simple way to use Zapier schema as typescript interface type? Consider trigger definition from typescript zapier template.import { Bundle, ZObject } from 'zapier-platform-core';const perform = async (z: ZObject, bundle: Bundle) => { const response = await z.request( 'https://auth-json-server.zapier-staging.com/movies' ); return response.data;};const triggerOp = { perform, sample: { id: '1', title: 'example', },};export default { key: 'movie', noun: 'Movie', display: { label: 'New Movie', description: 'Triggers when a new movie is created.', }, operation: triggerOp,};Is there a way to assign type to object “triggerOp” likeconst triggerOp: BasicHookOperationSchema = { /*rest hook operation properties */ }ORconst triggerOp:BasicPollingOperationSchema = { /*polling operation properties */} 

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asharma
5 months ago
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adilalichBuilder
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Referencing a field in test API call through computed fields in trigger url

Hi,I want to reference a value available in response of Test Api call in my trigger url. I understand this can be done via computed field, and in the past I have used computed fields. I have created a computed field CurrentDivision in the Oauth2.0 “configure your Fields” section. In the Api test call, I added a field for my computed field because If you define computed fields in your integration, Zapier will check to make sure those fields exist when it runs the authentication test API call... but I get an error Zapier Error messagePlease let me know what I am doing wrong.Test API Call: Test API callResponse for this call: I have also followed the approach suggested here but it didn’t work for me. Got the following error:  

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7 months ago
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DavideBeginner
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create static dropdown with web UI builder

I built my app with a ‘Create Document’ action.In this I added an action field ‘Natura’ that I want to set up as a dropdown list.The list is something like this: { choices: [ { label: 'escluse ex art. 15', sample: 'N1', value: 'N1' }, { label: 'non soggette ad IVA ai sensi degli artt. da 7 a 7-septies del DPR 633/72', sample: 'N2.1', value: 'N2.1' }, { label: 'non soggette - altri casi', sample: 'N2.2', value: 'N2.2' }, { label: 'non imponibili - esportazioni', sample: 'N3.1', value: 'N3.1' }, { label: 'non imponibili - cessioni intracomunitarie', sample: 'N3.2', value: 'N3.2' }, { label: 'non imponibili - cessioni verso San Marino', sample: 'N3.3', value: 'N3.3' }, { label: 'non imponibili - operazioni assimilate alle cessioni all\'esportazione', sample: 'N3.4', value: 'N3.4' }, { label: 'non imponibili - a seguito di dichiarazioni d\'intento', sample: 'N3.5', value: 'N3.

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ikbelkirasan
Moderator & Certified Expert
1 year ago
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syncwithconnexNew
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Input designer object

Hi,My software syncs orders from one database to another. Here is our object:Order NumberOrder Details  SKU  Quantity An order can have multiple details. How do I set up order details in the input designer? Do I use dictionary as the object type? How do users map SKU and quantity from Zapier?

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8 months ago
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Daniel_FBeginner
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Find Or Create Records Logic

Hi, we’re developing a custom integration for Zapier which implements a Find or Create User action with few fields ( name, email, field1 ).Depending on the used fields, our REST API endpoint will return one or more results, but it seems that Zapier will always take only the first item from the result set. I wasn’t able to find more information about this, is it meant to be always only one result or is there a way to iterate over all results?For example if I search by field=”test” I’ll get 10 Members and now I thought that I could use these 10 members for my next action, but it’s using always only the first item.

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1 year ago
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simonmsgboxxNew
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Invalid or malformed JWT using Auth0

I am in the process of creating some triggers for Zapier based off our existing API which is secured using JWT tokens and Auth0.com authentication. I have created my authentication and set it to OAuth2 flow, and entered my client id, secret, scopes, audience, along with setting the correct endpoints for authorization and access token request urls. I then enter the url of my API and attempt to try it. I then login using my credentials and the auth flow looks like it succeeds but the end result in a HTTP401 access denied from my API. I put some additional logging into the PAI to log out the Bearer token that is being submitted to it. The Bearer token ends up looking like this Bearer cPb_iBCYAIti3lZwR7Rl1RusafVV-ReA which is clearly not a Bearer token as its not three parts delimited by a period.In the call to our test api it has the Authorization header being set to the default of Bearer {{bundle.authData.access_token}} which looks like it should work as the call to the access token endp

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7 months ago
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sanaNew
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How to send data to static webhook URL?

I have created a trigger whenever a user status changes, I used REST HOOK instead of polling, and it's working fine whenever the user status changes trigger runs and get the data but when I test it in zap editor every time it's giving a new Webhook URL. Can you please help me how I can use zaiper Static webhook URL?

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1 month ago
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Champ CambaNew
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Error: Could not find the method to call: searches.

Hi Everyone,I cannot find a forum topic that’s related to my issue.When creating a new Zap Action, I always get the following when running the Test.Unhandled error: Error: Error: Could not find the method to call: searches.um_delete_user.operation.performWhat happened: Executing searches.um_delete_user.operation.perform with bundleWhen I check the Advanced > View Source, the method exists: "searches": { "um_delete_user": { "operation": { "perform": { "params": { "user_email": "{{bundle.inputData.user_email}}" } }, "inputFields": [ { "key": "user_email", "label": "Email Address", "type": "string", "required": true, "list": false, "altersDynamicFields": false } ] }, "key": "um_delete_user", "noun": "User", "display": { "label": "Delete User", "description": "Finds a User account and then delete it",

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2 months ago
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