Hi! I'm new to Zapier but very excited about the possibilities!
I'm doing a Zap where I'm taking data from a Google form and using it to write data to Firebase. Everything works fine with just one problem -- Zapier is writing by boolean value as a string. I want false instead of "false".
Is there a way to tell Zapier to create a bool instead of a string?
Many thanks for your help.
Best answer by DanversBest answer by Danvers
Thanks for the heads up
I dug into this and I can see that there's currently a feature request open for this issue (converting all text to strings).
I've added your email address as another vote for this addition. I don't have an ETA of when or if this will happen, but we will definitely email you if it does become a reality.
I'm grabbing 3 fields from the form, and that works just fine. I also need to populate a field called "activated". It always starts out false. I'm hoping that there is some syntax to let Zapier know that I intend to send a bool instead of a string.
Thanks for any assistance!
+10Can you change 'false' to '0' and give it another try.
In computer notation 0 represents false and 1 represents true, and this might be what Firebase is looking for.
Thanks for the idea, but sending 0 to Firebase just records a value of 0 as an integer. Firebase doesn't have defined fields. It's all JSON. What I need is the ability to write false to the database but without the quotes. Zapier is writing "false". I need just false.
+10I'm out of ideas here
Sit tight, and someone will contact you.
+12Thanks for the heads up
I dug into this and I can see that there's currently a feature request open for this issue (converting all text to strings).
I've added your email address as another vote for this addition. I don't have an ETA of when or if this will happen, but we will definitely email you if it does become a reality.
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