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Developer Discussion

Technical discussions about building integrations on the Zapier platform.

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Carlos AsensioBeginner
asked in Developer Discussion

Fields in zaps

Hi,We are developing an integration for Zapier. It's a CRM. We are implementing the 'add contact' action.A contact in our CRM has, by default, four fields: contact_id, contact_first_name, contact_last_name and contact_email.None are required, so we're adding all four in the form editor.Our clients can customize contacts with new fields specific to their companies.We cannot know them at this time. Will our customers be able to add new fields when using this integration in a Zap?For example, our client has added the 'country' field to their contact. Will our client be able to add the country field when creating a zap even though it is not defined in our integration?Thank you

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1 month ago
charlotte_anne
charlotte_anneBeginner
asked in Developer Discussion

New validation error after upgrading to zapier-platform-core 15.0.1

Hi, I’m experiencing a new validation error after upgrading to "zapier-platform-core": "15.0.1". Every search I have is getting the same validation error: additionalProperty “important” exists in instance when not allowed. I’ve tried going to the link to documentation displayed in this error message, but it give me a 404 not found. I’ve also tried throwing out the build files and regenerating them, but this doesn’t work either.Has anyone else run into this? Thanks,

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4 months ago
Zelphie
ZelphieNew
asked in Developer Discussion

How to set up a polling trigger with API parameter changedSince

Hi,I’m creating a Zapier integration with a REST API that offers a possibility to poll new/changed data with an api parameter changedSince. The changedSince parameter accepts a datetime value. The endpoint being for example get ‘{baseUrl}/projects?changedSince=YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ’I would like to create a trigger which polls this api endpoint but how could I set the changedSince to be the datetime of the previous zap run?Zapier deduper instructions assume that the api returns everything like get ‘{baseUrl}/projects’ and then the data is sorted to display newest on top, but this API does not offer a possibility to sort the data.Does anyone have any good / helpful ideas on how to create a trigger with this endpoint where changedSince value would be the datetime of the previous zap run? Can I catch the previous run timestamp somehow?

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Zelphie
9 months ago
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integrationAnywhereBeginner
asked in Developer Discussion

Publishing app in zapier platform

Its related to this ticket -  We are going to release one more app into Zapier but as mentioned as earlier - now we registered these two mailId’s in our internal products to share the test credentials ```contact@zapier.com``` and partners@zapier.com . Can I get any Id other than these two. 

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1 year ago
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brianjBeginner
asked in Developer Discussion

Is it possible to include a flag to indicate the data sent for an Action is just test/sample data?

When setting up a Zap, the Action must be tested which involves sending test/sample data to the destination. During zap setup this may be test, fake, or sample data. As far as I know, the destination has no way know to ignore this data. Is it possible to configure an extra piece of data or value, to include in the Action payload during Zap setup tests, to indicate that this is a test so that it would be possible for the destination system to tell that this is sample data and can be ignored?

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2 years ago
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kxzapBeginner
asked in Developer Discussion

What does it mean when I get a response 'key'?

I’m trying to implement dynamic fields into my action with responses from a trigger. So the flow is like the following:field A → trigger loads field B → trigger loads dynamic fields.However, when I test the action, I only get ‘key’ as a single response and I am unaware of where to begin debugging this. I saw only one previous post seemingly with the same error However there also doesn’t appear to be any resolution in that post.I’d love any help from here. Also, what’s the best way to inspect what is Zapier trying to send to my server, this also does not seem very clear.Thank you.

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10 months ago
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wasuk087
asked in Developer Discussion

Trigger in REST mode, using subscribe operation in code mode fails with api is undefined

Trigger in REST mode, using subscribe operation in code mode fails with api is undefined my account and it is help me with the kids and I are going to the

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andywingrave
3 years ago
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mynameisram
asked in Developer Discussion

developer.zapier.com is down ?

Dev console errorHello! Am getting the below error when I try to load developer.zapier.com to go into my hosted app. The error is same when I try to access  the app page directly https://developer.zapier.com/app/102057/. Anyone facing the same issues ?

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Danvers
2 years ago
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deepaliBeginner
asked in Developer Discussion

is zapier send any third party app information/name to integrated app with zapier.

Hey…want to confirm that is zapier send any third party information also?ex. My app is integrated with Zapier on UI interface and i am creating a zap in which i am connecting my app to any third party like google sheet, Facebook etc  and performing a action to save data from third party.Now i want that zapier also return that third party (like google sheet,facebook etc) information or name to my app.Is zapier currently support this feature? if yes then where can i see that information?

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1 year ago
bilal malik
bilal malikBeginner
asked in Developer Discussion

want to access the trigger of my api from postman

i have successfully integrated the app with Zapier and implemented OAuth 2.0 and triggers. The trigger is effectively fetching my API data which is deployed somewhere in aws. Now, I would like to know the process of accessing my API via Postman. Specifically, I want to access my API, which is integrated within Zapier, using Postman.

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5 months ago
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Niroj PoudelNew
asked in Developer Discussion

API Documentation

Hi, we are trying to publish our app in Zapier Marketplace and the API documentation link caught our attention. Since we have no any public apis, what other link can we provide here ?

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24 days ago
kwame
kwameBeginner
asked in Developer Discussion

Access Zaps via API

I would like to build a service that can access Zapier integrations programatically. The service would basically be replicating the process of creating Zaps, but will use our custom interface. I would like to approach it this way, so my clients wouldn’t require individual Zapier accounts. Is this something that is possible with Zapier? If so, how would I go about it? Thanks.

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Jass
2 months ago
RobDob
RobDobNew
asked in Developer Discussion

How do I integrate Zapier with company private internal custom built CMS

Hi,I am the developer of a custom CMS which we use. I would like to be able to have some of the zapier components talk with our private company CMS in order to perform simple functions i.e query out CMS to see if a facebook lead from zapier already exists within our CMS prior to performing other functions on the zapier side with it., etc. From the research which I’ve done I have come up with other questions which I’m hoping can be answered: -1- webhooks and/or an API can be created on my side, the easiest is the webhook but my understanding is that webhooks cannot return data to zapier, i.e. if I was wanted to return a true or false value for if a lead already existed I would not be able to get this answer using a webhook and would then need to to create a API instead, is this correct?-2- no static ip or ip ranges are used on the zapier side when calling to an api, or webhook, therefore it would be impossible for me to limit connections to my API or Webhook to just one or several ip ra

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Troy Tessalone
7 months ago
mauriblint
mauriblintNew
asked in Developer Discussion

Polling Trigger: Return only the new items?

Hello folks, I’m new to Zapier, I’m working on the integration with my web app. The documentation is not entirely clear (at least what I have read). So I have a few questions: Zapier will include a parameter like last_fetch or last_id or something in order to my endpoint just return only new items since the last one? Os this is something I need to handle on my end? Also, Zapier will detect duplicate/same items using and “id” attr if is included on each item? Thanks for your help,Mauricio

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5 months ago
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JmburkeBeginner
asked in Developer Discussion

API Key “authentication failed: Error parsing response” error

I’m doing a VERY simple API key authentication where I’m looking to return some text in the response. Below is my nodeJs endpoint coderouter.get('/', (req, res) => { var authenticated = (integrationKeys.get(req.query.key) == req.query.client); if(authenticated){ res.status(200).send("Successful authentication"); } else { res.status(401).send("invalid API key or client"); } }); Zapier is barfing on the ad hoc textauthentication failed: Error parsing response. We got: "Successful authentication"What happened (You are seeing this because you are an admin): Starting GET request to https://b5df-68-67-666-666.ngrok.io/api/integration Received 200 code from https://b5df-68-67-666-666.ngrok.io/api/integration?key=abc&client=myAbc after 88ms Received content "Successful authentication" Error parsing response. We got: "Successful authentication"Console logs:Stack trace: SyntaxError: Error parsing response. We got: "Successful authentication" at O

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shamimbdpro
1 year ago
jeffernst
jeffernstBeginner
asked in Developer Discussion

Search Action code to return a matching record versus an array of records

I’ve had good luck getting code tips from the brilliant people in this community so here goes.I’m building a Search Action for an app which has an API with only two GET endpoints, one that gets all records for an object and one that gets a record by ID. I want this Action to find and return the record that matches a field in the my trigger, and if not found, create a new record.Here’s my current API request, which returns all records for the object in an array.Rather than returning all the records, I’d like it to parse the results to find the record in which the field “fruit” matches an input field “fruit” that will contain value “banana” that will come from the trigger, and return only that record (or even just the id of that record since that is all I need in subsequent steps). If no matching record is found with banana as the fruit, I want it to return whatever result will then allow it to use the Create Action that I will have paired with this Search Action.

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jeffernst
1 year ago
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nikunjNew
asked in Developer Discussion

What is Primary & Secondary color in Zapier app while publishing?

What is Primary & Secondary color in zappier app while publishing?

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1 year ago
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phu.dangNew
asked in Developer Discussion

How can i see the difference between important: true/false settings for triggers/actions?

I am developing my application using CLI. I have set display.important = true for 3 of my triggers. Can you tell me how they are highlighted?. Initially I thought it would be prioritized to sort in the dropdown menu, but I don't see any difference after changing.Please help! 

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shalgrim
11 months ago
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lh-aetonsiNew
posted in Developer Discussion

[feature request] Add last polling time and/or last pulled id in Trigger of type polling

Hello.I’d like to suggest a new feature, i don’t know if this is the right channel to do so; if not, please point me to it.# WhatThe feature is pretty simple, yet it could be extremely useful for developers.It consists in making the last polling datetime (and/or the last id pulled) available in the trigger->”configure your api request” environment.This could be extremely useful for api developers, as if one could pass this information to his backend, the backend could alter the resulting array of objects in order to return only the new elements. By “new” i mean only the elements created since the last polling datetime or the elements with an id greater than the last pulled id.# WhyAs your community suggested in the following topics:    … At the moment, the “official” correct way to setup a polling trigger is to return the elements created in the past 30m to 2h, since the polling occurs every 15m (or less).But this solution is not perfect, as downtimes can occur both on Zapier’

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1 year ago
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Budhitha PereraBeginner
asked in Developer Discussion

Use same trigger response for two dynamic input filelds

Hi,I want to know is there any possibility to use the same trigger response for two dynamic input fields? Basically, I want to achieve in one API call get the whole result, and use it in different places.Example :- Trigger API response  - [ { "Wid": 130, "name": "prompt()", "templates": [ { "Tid": 555, "name": "A_WITH_PROD" }, { "Tid": 554, "name": "ADOCKA_TEM" }, { "Tid": 5551, "name": "B_NO_PROD" } ] }, { "Wid": 1307, "name": "a2345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890", "templates": [ { "Tid": 521, "name": "V2 Template" } ] }, { "Wid": 106, "name": "another collection", "templates": [ { "Tid": 522, "name": "Ada template" },

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GetUWired
1 year ago
Brilliant16
Brilliant16Beginner
asked in Developer Discussion

Launch a new Integration If first one still in Beta

Can I Launch a new Integration If first version of APP is still in Beta?

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Brilliant16
1 year ago
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dconner
asked in Developer Discussion

PerformList returns an array but still complains that it's not an array. Why?

Good day.  I’m trying to setup a REST hook and when testing my trigger I’m getting a weird error:With the applicatin/json response text from the API::[{"id":"1738"},{"id":"1739"}] Clearly the result is an array.  Any ideas would be much appreciated.  I’m sure I’m missing something simple somewhere (I’m using all of the defaults provided by Zapier).   

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2 years ago
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spencercNew
asked in Developer Discussion

logging errors in Visual Builder?

When you click “Switch to Code Mode” in the Visual Builder what’s the correct way to log information in the code? Using console logs gets me no results and using alerts gets me an error message.  Is there a way to log extra info to be able to see what I’m doing more clearly? Thanks,

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2 years ago
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GBLNew
asked in Developer Discussion

How to parse z.request options?

Hello,I developed my first private Zap and I would like to parse the input directlyinto :return z.request(options)  .then((response) => {    response.throwForStatus();    const results = response.json;    // You can do any parsing you need for results here before returning them      results.phone=results.phone.replace("+","00");     return results;  }); The line of code :results.phone=results.phone.replace("+","00");does not work because  the phone field still contains the plus sign. Any glue?Thank You

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2 years ago
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dinesh_sharmaBeginner
posted in Developer Discussion

Can we show different actions and triggers to different users, based on what they are actually authorized to do in my app?

I mean I don't want some users to see the triggers or actions in my app’s zapier integration, which they are actually unauthorized to do in my app. The permissive nature of zapier is making everyone to see what can be done with the app and even setup zaps, only to be surprised later in the app, that they actually cannot even do those things in the actual app for which zaps are created. This situation is coming to surface, because in our case we have users or our app who have different level of functional access (fairly common case), for example only few users are allowed to access financial data and events, now I don’t want to show gotPayment trigger in Zapier integration to all users but may be to select few. Similar problem can be with the “actions” as not all users seeing action items while building a zap, can be authorized to actually create in our app.  

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