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Error Handling

Questions about setting up error handling in integrations on the Zapier platform.

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deepaliBeginner
asked in Error Handling
How to handle app return error from API side in Zapier?

How can i handle api return error in user friendly mode, currently i am getting api’s return error like this screenshot which is mentioned belowBut want to return some user friendly formatted data with response code. here i receive validation error “one of the url is invalid” 

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2 years ago
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masterAkayMOEBeginner
asked in Error Handling
At least one field required

Hey, I want to create an Action in which at least 1 out of 2 (either one or both) fields should be required. How do I set it up? I have searched the forum but am not finding any way to achieve this combination. Truth table: Field 1 Field 2 Validation Empty Empty Failed Filled Empty Passed Empty Filed Passed Filled Filled Passed  

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shalgrim
2 years ago
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sociabble_devBeginner
asked in Error Handling
Show custom error message in case of 400 error code

Hello,I'm trying to display a custom error message to the user when a service call returns a 400 error.Indeed, our services return a 400 error code with a specific message.Example:{"errors":{"":["There should have only one occurrence of each language: fr 2 occurrences","There should have only one default language in Contents"]},"type":"https:/ /tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-6.5.1","title":"One or more validation errors occurred.","status":400,"traceId":"00-367e5cbb1a26ddb093fc31b10d23115c-53881c67df805217-00 "} In case of error, the user sees only the title content. (only Admin can see the entire content result on the monitoring interface)How can i do to show him the errors content? Thanks a lot for your answer.

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christina.d
2 years ago
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HoralandBeginner
asked in Error Handling
Adding After afterResponse error handing breaks authentication

I’ve added the following error handling to the middleware using the ‘afterResponse’ property. This seemed to work for the validation of the action responses but it breaks the authentication which dies with the error below. If I take the ‘afterResponse’ property out authentication works. What am I missing here?const handleErrors = (response, z) => {  // Prevent `throwForStatus` from throwing for a certain status. if (response.status === 400) { response.skipThrowForStatus = true; throw new z.errors.Error(response.json.error.message, response.json.error.code, response.status); } else if (response.status === 404) { response.skipThrowForStatus = true; throw new z.errors.Error(response.json.error.message, response.json.error.code, response.status); }};authentication failed: Middleware should return an object. What happened (You are seeing this because you are an admin): Starting GET request to http://30dd3db01e47.ngrok.io/api/v2/integrations/zapier/m

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3 years ago
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HoralandBeginner
asked in Error Handling
How should data validation errors be returned?

Within my API, validation errors are returned with a HTTP error 400 and a message.When I test the API as an action in Zapier and hit a validation error, zapier flags the zap as failed, emails me to tell me there is an issue but all I get is the first word of the error message as Zapier truncates the messageWhat happened (You are seeing this because you are an admin):Stack trace: ResponseError: {"status":400,"headers":{"content-type":"application/json"},"content":"{\"success\":false,\"message\":\"AnHow should I be returning validation errors from my API so that Zapier will handle them in a more friendly error. I can’t see any documentation that covers this.

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3 years ago
carlosatconnex
carlosatconnexZapier Expert
asked in Error Handling
Handle 403 Error as 401 (auto refresh acess token) [Oauth 2 , Platform UI ]

Im doing a GoToWebinar integration to get some data that´s not included in the native app and i need.My auth is working for the first token but is not refreshing so i get promted to re-auth after 60 mins and my zaps get turned off, i noticed im getting a “403” error instead of a “401” so i guess i need to handle it manually??Q: does anybody has some snippet/example to handle a 403 error as 401 in zapier´s platform UI ?**The objective is to trigger the Refresh Token request  when i get a 403 error (instead of a 401)

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carlosatconnex
3 years ago
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brianjBeginner
asked in Error Handling
How to process Action errors in a meaningful way

What is the proper way of handling or processing errors when defining an Action for an integration. Right now if the Action web-service call fails during Zap setup/creation there is only a cryptic message with an HTTP status code displayed. The nicely worded error message that is returned is not displayed to the user. I assume that I am doing something wrong in my API Request code. I would like to know how retrieve or extract the error message and where/how return it.  const options = { url: 'https://www.website.org/doaction', method: 'POST', headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Authorization': `api_key=${bundle.authData.api_key}` }, params: { }, body: create_update_data}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 return results;});   

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3 years ago
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IC_maxBeginner
posted in Error Handling
Basic Authentication issue

I am using Basic Authentication for my app. And I need to display login errors if they provide wrong credentials.. So how can i achieve this? Now what is happening, simply the login window gets disappeared after submit.Thank you

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4 years ago
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Ian StewartBeginner
asked in Error Handling
Invalid credentials expected behaviour

Hello, Sorry if this is a noob question. I am trying to authenticate using Session Auth, and I am testing different scenarios. What is the expected behaviour when the user enters an incorrect password?  I got this output from a mock endpoint that returns 401. Is this what the end user will see?    Thanks, Ian 

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Danvers
4 years ago
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