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HadarRaBeginner
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How to add dynamic dropdown fields into trigger sample data

Hi, I tried to create template in our app and I countered with some issue. I have a several input fields of type dynamic dropdown (hidden=true) and I can’t add to them sample data. Is it possible to add the sample data into hidden trigger which other trigger use his value through dynamic dropdown?

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hapeningBeginner
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My API is returning in invalid format

Newbie here… Trying to do something pretty basic, and can’t deem to get it to work. Here is my code: const options = { url: 'https://happeningout.api.accelo.com/api/v0/contacts/', method: 'GET', headers: { 'Accept': 'application/json', 'Authorization': `Bearer ${bundle.authData.access_token}` }, params: { 'page': bundle.meta.page, 'sort': 'updated', 'per_page': '100' }} 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; }); Here is the error: Invalid API Response: - Results must be an array, got: object, ({"response":[{"surname":"Example","firstname":"Con) - Got a result missing the "id" property ([{"surname":"Example","firstname":"Contact","id":"4","email":"contact@ExampleClient.com","mobile":""},{"id":"5","mobile":"2059011005","email":"darren.loli@loligroup.com","surname":"Loli","firstname":"Orlando"},{"id":"6","mobile":"9542940108","email":

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hapeningBeginner
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Developer Platform: error in Code for POST Action

Hello Support, I am trying to post activity from zapier to accelo using below code, in zapier developer platform const options = { url: 'https://happeningout.api.accelo.com/api/v0/activities/', method: 'POST', headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Accept': 'application/json', 'Authorization': `Bearer ${bundle.authData.access_token}` }, _fields: { 'against' : 'staff', 'against_id' : '3', 'body' : 'Hello World', 'staff' : '3', 'owner_id' : '3', 'medium' : ‘note’ } } 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; }); I am getting this error while trying to test this post activity Error Msg You need to choose a connected account or send something in the authData property. Please help me to resolve this issue. Thanks

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Daniel_FBeginner
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Differences between Integration Versions

Hi, is anybody here working with CLI ( Plugins? Apps? However you call them) and a backend with different versions? So given that the users of our integration are on version 1.x they should see field X,Y on their zap configuration form and users with version 2.x should see X,Y,Z.. Is this even possible out of the box?I couldn’t find anything in the docs except a way to share a specific app version with friends,co-workers etc.. https://platform.zapier.com/cli_docs/docs#sharing-an-app-version But I guess that’s exactly what I’m needing for my case, but being done automatically by Zapier based on some version returned by the authentication probably?Also how would we or the users of the zap re-trigger the authentication check once they upgraded to 2.x ?

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sqzrNew
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How does my web-app now trigger my integrations zaps?

I’m new to coding Zapier integrations so I am asking a very elementary question: how does my web-app initiate my rest-hook trigger? If that doesn’t make sense I’ll explain below the simple project I’ve setup and how my question fits into it. I’ve created an integration, it consists of one (rest-hook) trigger, its an exact copy of Zapiers demo project here: https://github.com/zapier/zapier-platform/tree/master/example-apps/rest-hooks I’ve deployed the integration to my account I’ve setup some API endpoints in my live web-app, ie, performSubscribe, performUnsubscribe, perform. For example; https://mywebapp.com/subscribe, https://mywebapp.com/unubscribe, https://mywebapp.com/perform I then created a test zap - the zap’s trigger is my integration, the zap’s action creates a spreadsheet row in Google Sheets. My API subscribe endpoint (https://mywebapp.com/subscribe) never received anything. I thought that when someone creates a zap, the endpoint https://mywebapp.com/subscribe is called and

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rafaelsanchezrdBeginner
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Sending data from the authentication form is not received in the API endpoint

Hello guru developers, after doing some research and my homework I get here to ask (beg) for help from you, maybe this could be simple but I'm not able to receive in my API the data submitted by the authentication form in my API endpoint. Maybe I don't understand well the data flow but as far as I could understand Zapier will post the fields I specify in the authentication form to the token exchange URL and I will be able to get the POST information and work with that to generate the token zapier will exchange. (I hope to be clear at this point) I'm doing exactly so, posting but the posted fields seem not to be going to the endpoint. this is my form: This is the endpoint configuration, what could be missing here? I tried filling headers, request body but no luck in my API code, I validate if a post was received. if ($this->request->getMethod() === 'post') { $pUsername=$this->request->getPost('pUsername'); $pPassword=$this->request->getPost('pPassword'); $pCompany=$this->request->getPos

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alex.gBeginner
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Static sample, based on input fields

Hi Everyone, I have a trigger with a dynamic input dropdown. Based on the selected value of the dropdown the output of the trigger will change. performList perfectly returns sample data based on the selected input value, but I’m having trouble figuring out how to provide static samples. I tried to use a function with a static map, but as far as I can tell sample needs to be an object not a function: const sample = async (z, bundle) => { let samples = { "dropdown_value_1": {...}, "dropdown_value_2": {...} } return samples[bundle.inputData.selectedDropdownID];}; This is the validation error I’m getting when I use a function: App.triggers.activity_occurred.operation.sample │ is not of a type(s) object Your integration is structurally invalid. Address concerns and run this command again. I was wondering how the trigger needs to provide static samples? Many Thanks Alex

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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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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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jojobarBeginner
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Trigger returns 403 error when testing even though response contains data

I’m just testing a trigger using polling. It returns a 403 error. However, in the http tab, I can see all my data came in the response content. So, clearly something else is going on… Any pointers will be appreciated.

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clarrowBeginner
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Zap Turned OFF after Token Expiry

Hello, I’m experiencing problems with a Zap, that I’ve created to test our integration. We are integrating our solutions in Zapier so that our users can make their own zaps. We’re using Oauth2 flows, and everything seems to be fine, the zaps are working after the user connects their account. The issues I’m facing is the following: After some time (10 hours in our case), the refresh token expires for real, like it can’t request new access token based on the refresh token and our identity provider is replying with a 400 Bad Request, since the refresh token is not good anymore. That triggers consecvent 400s which in the end, trigger the zap to be turned off. Since this is my first integration I might not understood exactly how things work, but isn’t this something expected with Oauth2? I feel like it’s normal, based on the configs of the auth server, to have the tokens expired after a while. I was expecting the user to receive a “Please reconnect your account” pop-up/email/notification, b

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akta3dBeginner
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Is it possible to load data from database during test a new zap integration

I am developing a new zap integration.During the tests executed via “zapier test” is it possible to manipulate a MongoDB database to create new entities (user, oAuthClient, items, ...) allowing me to test authentication, triggers and actions on real datas. Thanks in advance

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dinesh_sharmaBeginner
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Clarification on authentication.

In session-auth, is it mandatory for backend to return a User object/ JSON when you test for successfull exchange of session-key or authenticationToken for username and password. I mean exchnage of authenticationToken is happening while reaching /login endpoint while username and password are passed. Now witht the valid authenticationToken I can test any protected endpoint which this user is authorized to reach.

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CsabaBeginner
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Is the engine config in package.json matter?

Hi all, The package.json "engines" settings are considered on deployment? Most of the examples have it. For example, the "OAuth1" Twitter I just realised we have it too, and it is pretty old.

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dinesh_sharmaBeginner
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Problem in polling/ reaching a protected "trigger" API endpoint, while using session-auth as authentication system.

I have developed a simple Zapier integration (dredditz 1.0.0) currently having authentication module build with session-auth system and a protected endpoint API trigger. The trigger is looking for new posts while this endpoint expects the request’s Auth Header to have valid JWT. Which I am doing via building the request JavaScript object with url, and headers properties.My integration is working fine locally passing all the tests viz. (following are the 4 tests I am doing in application.test.js)1) calling the getAuthenticationToken() method from authentication.js, authenticating the user with username, password, returning a AuthResponse object consisting of authentication token and refresh token, which I am catching in bundle.authData.xxx computed fields for later on usage / susequent API calls for refreshing token or polling trigger.2) subsequently if I again call the getAuthenticationToken() method from authentication.js module, it is correctly refreshing the old authToken using the

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mustafajamalBeginner
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Populate a drop down from a service call

Hi, I have a scenario that in my input form there is a form with fields Application ID, Entity Name and Entity Type: Here App ID and Entity Name are static field BUT Entity Type is a dynamic field(or Entity Type Dropdown). Entity Type will get Entity Types from a service. For service there is requirement to have AppId in header to get entity types of specific application so here I am trying to use: 'appId': '{{bundle.inputData.app_id}}'. // Configure a request to an endpoint of your api that// returns custom field meta data for the authenticated// user. Don't forget to congigure authentication! const options = { url: 'https://myserver.com:91/api/db/GetAllEntitiesOfDb', method: 'GET', headers: { 'Accept': 'application/json', 'appId': '{{bundle.inputData.app_id}}' }, params: { }} return z.request(options) .then((response) => { response.throwForStatus(); const results = response.json; var entities = []; for(const en in results.data){ entities.push(en.Entity); } let result = { key: 'entity

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ShaneLaunchBeginner
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Unable to change Zapier version

Hello, I’m trying to make changes to version 1.1 of my Zapier integration. However, recently a popup has been preventing me from doing so. I’ve tried doing this on both Firefox and Chrome. I’m trying to click on the version, so I can change it to my 1.1 version. But this pop up keeps popping up whenever I hover my mouse over the version so I can change it.

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spencercNew
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getting response headers for auth in code mode

I need to be able to get the response headers in Step 2 “Configure Token Exchange Request” of session auth because the session info I need to save is in the headers, not the main body of the response. I’ve tried the following: z.response.headers.get() response.headers.get() response.headers Everything I try either causes it to fail to completely or just doesn’t return any information. Is there a correct syntax in Zapier to get response headers here? For example: return z.request(options) .then((response) => { response.throwForStatus(); var session = Here’s where I need to grab session info from the headers. return { 'sessionKey': session }; }); Thanks,

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spencercNew
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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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outgrowBeginner
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Enter a URL where Zapier can fetch custom field names for this trigger.

I was trying to pull sample data dynamically in my test trigger,but some how I am not able to do so, I am using this optional api setting call “Custom Trigger Result Fields URL” but data those are available in this api end point not showing in zapier test lead, can any one help me here.

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atorrenoBeginner
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How can I add my app's terms of service into Zapier?

I am interested in adding an integration into Zapier’s marketplace. I also want to make sure we’re covered from a legal perspective. We want to add a disclaimer, or links to our terms of service, so it’s clear that by using Zapier, our customer is responsible for the transfer of data in either direction. Is there a way to customize the authentication popup window? Or an existing configuration that lets me add something to the footer? Clicking around and Googling hasn’t yielded anything yet.

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clarrowBeginner
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Oauth2 Access Token Expiring Instantly

Hello, I have an issue with an integration I’ve created recently. I first used a public client to authenticate/authorise and it worked without any issues. I have changed that to a confidential client, and now I’m having issues with the access token. I used Zapier CLI to create this, and after I successfully connect the account, after 3-4 seconds I get this message: “This account is expired.Please reconnect it here.” Everything else seems to be fine, the client_id and client_secret should be ok, since I don’t get any errors when authenticating, but the token expires way too soon and I don’t understand why. If I’m reproducing the actual flow to get the token using the same client, on Postman for example, I get a lifespan that has nothing to do with 3-4 seconds, so the configurations on my auth server can’t be the problem. Thank you in advance!

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rafaelsanchezrdBeginner
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Creating new Integration authentication error (Session)

I'm creating a new integration and the Call to the API works in Postman, when trying to get the information form API with Zapier I recieve the error above. Please Help.

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NicolasA
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Issue with Oauth2 Access Token Request

Hi, I am trying to create an integration with Oauth v2,however I am unable to add my app Access Token Request URL as shown in the documentation as the field does not appear on the configuration screen. Which raises an error "Error: Could not find the method to call: authentication.oauth2Config.getAccessToken" after testing my authentication configuration. Am i missing something ? Can you help me ? Thanks, Nicolas.

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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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