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Technical discussions about building integrations on the Zapier platform.

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Acefast JayBeginner
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HMRC Oauth2 API

I am intergrating with the HMRC API (UK taxation office) and was looking to use Zapier for some of the calls but the oauth2 API won’t work on the dev login. A list of issues, I am getting something wrong in the fundimental setup for it to look that bad. Any experts in oauth or perhaps someone who has experience working with that API.

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Brilliant16
Brilliant16Beginner
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Developer Integration - Can I know the source of Action API which calling Trigger API Inside Action?

I've a situation where I'm using a "trigger" inside “An Action” (In my Integration). So, I want to know the source (which action is using this Trigger.)e.g: I've one common trigger which I want to give result bases on Action.If Action Create Customer Calling [Trigger A] then return X, Y.Else if, Action "Create Invoice" Calling [Trigger A] then return W, X. so I can detect in Trigger A that this time source is “Create Customer” or "Create Invoice".

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Brilliant16
2 years ago
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venkateshBeginner
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Handling deduplication on restarting a Zap after a month?

Scenario : I have a Zap which I ran for a whole month and switched it off. Consider there are 10000 ids in Deduplication table.Now Exactly after a month I restarted the zap. There are 10000 new records in the source system and the starting poll now returns 10000 new records. How the Zap is going to handle this 10000 new records considering the constraints we have on zap execution i,e. 30 seconds and the zap considers only the top 100 records.

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jeff-thetrackappNew
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How to use API Key Authentication in my custom app?

Hi, everyone.I’m going to integrate my custom app with Zapier using Webhooks api URL.My idea is:I will create api-key from my custom-app. I will register this api-key into Zapier account, and with this api-key I’m going to access Zapier account to get webhooks api URL. Once I get the webhooks api URL from zapier account with this api-key, I will call the webhook api from my custom-app so it will excute proper action (create Notion database) in Zapier account.This is my idea. Is it possible?If it’s possible, then where I will register my api-key generated from my custom-app in Zapier account?Thank you.Jeff

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JenkinsYNSNew
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Managing multiple social media accounts of different clients

Hello! We offer a lead generation service to thousands of clients. They can manage them through our lead management system. However, many have asked us to also manage - using the our admin panel - the leads they generate thanks to their social media accounts/campaigns.I know I can connect my admin with FB/IG/TW etc using my Zapier account. What I was wondering is if Zapier has a way I can use the integration power to offer my clients to connect their SM accounts with my admin so they view all those leads in one place (they don’t need nor want their own Zapier accounts).

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venkateshBeginner
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How to override and configure environment variables?

Can we override an environment variable value from the zap execution code so that I can use it for subsequent zap execution? Are the environment variable scope is across the plugin or can we configure the env variables only for a specific Trigger / Action and more specific to a zap. 

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Mark FriedmanBeginner
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How to get the time of the last trigger poll?

Similar to another post from about a year ago (here), I’m wondering if there is a way, in a trigger function, to find out when the last poll for this trigger was done?  Without that, it’s not clear how to ensure that my API request returns all the latest data.  I can get an arbitrary amount of new data or get all the data from the beginning of time, but neither of those seems completely satisfying.Thanks in advance.-Mark

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AshwinnnBeginner
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Sending my access token from OAuth 2 authentication to api call in subsequent zap step

Hi, I am building a zap to get data from my Quickbooks Online account when an estimate is updated, and since it uses oauth 2 authentication, I created an integration, now I do not have any issue with getting the authentication to work and the test api at the end of authentication also returns a response successfully. My issue is with making subsequent api calls after I add the integration as a trigger to my zap, I am trying to make an api call to quickbooks but require the access_token to be sent in the header. I do not know how to access the value of access_token.I have tried using {{bundle.authData.access_token}} but it shows “no data”, also tried {{bundle}}, the bundle object itself is shown as “no data”. Requesting some help with this.Thank you for your time!

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SamB
Community Manager
2 years ago
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slowraarNew
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Testing a Trigger Successful, but no Triggering Happpens

Greetings,I am developing the Zapier integration for my business. Right now we are testing the Zap with some clients, but the Trigger that should start the Action does not trigger. It works fine when Testing it. But after the Zap is turned on, nothing happens, and the trigger doesn’t trigger (and no Zapier History logs).Flow: My App => My Trigger => My Action => Save in Google SheetsAll works fine when testing it before turning it on.How can I make my trigger, trigger, or find what’s wrong with it?PS. This is a shared app that is not yet published.Best regards, Ras

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intONew
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How to allow mixed authentication types?

I’m working for a company that supports both types of authentication methods to users: Basic Auth and SSO. Is there a guide to create an integration that the authenciation can support both? Basically having the auth completed done on our website including the forms, so Zapier doesn't collect any username and password or api keys from the user on the start.I see this is done on some of the Zapier apps, such as the Salesforce premium.  Is there a guide for this?

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JmburkeBeginner
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Triggering on a clients Postgres events

I have a product which writes to a Postgres database and should trigger zaps upon row updates and inserts Can my customers give to my Zapier account read & execute rights on their zaps so that my zaps can trigger their zaps upon certain Postgres events?

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SamB
Community Manager
2 years ago
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OhMyMiBeginner
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Trying to send request from children input fields

Hello guys, i’m trying to make POST request. I want post array of object data but i don’t know how to work with it. Input Fieldsparameterrequest example:request example 

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Ryan Han
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How can add dynamic dropdown in dynamic fields

Hello,In our CRM app, users can add contacts with custom fields which users created in our app.We could support contacts creating Zapier action with dynamic fields,and the dynamic fields generate only text type input fields(by calling our app’s api).This action has been working well.However, we added new types(number, dropdown, dropdown with multiple selection, date time) for custom fields in our app,so we need those types of input fields generated by dynamic fields.I think number type and datetime type can be handled by text fields,but dropdown and dropdown with multiple selection are the problem to be solved.How can we set them up?

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SamB
Community Manager
2 years ago
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cdeBeginner
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Send logs to Microsoft App Insights (applicationinsights-web)

I am trying to send diagnostic data from within the integration to Azure Application Insights. The package is installed and setup correctly (tested in a standalone web app).NPM package: "@microsoft/applicationinsights-web": "^2.7.3"It isn’t sending and seems to hang when trying to send the request: appInsights.trackTrace( { message: "test" });Any advice on integrating with app insights is greatly appreciated. 

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CathalmoranBeginner
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Formatting a request in Code mode for a custom Action

I’m a novice so hoping someone smarter than me can lend a helping hand here.I’m testing out a custom app for Outreach.io. I’m hoping to build a simple action to POST a prospect.I have successfully authenticated with my app and performed a test GET so all good there.When trying to POST the prospect I think I need to reformat my request using code mode.When I open code mode the default is populated very differently to what what is in the example POST on the Outreach API documentation. "data": { "type": "prospect", "attributes": { "firstName": "John" }Vconst options = { url: 'https://api.outreach.io/api/v2/prospects', method: 'POST', headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Accept': 'application/json', 'Authorization': `Bearer ${bundle.authData.access_token}` }, params: { }, body: { 'firstName': bundle.inputData.firstName }}return z.request(options) .then((response) => { response.throwForStatus(); const results = response.json; // You

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SamB
Community Manager
2 years ago
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ArmeniaXBeginner
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How to Publish an app and make it public.

So far i love Zapier, how easy, smooth and logical it is to create an App.I am ready to go public with my App, but what I am missing is 1 thingS001 - 3 Users with a live ZapNow since my app is private, I can’t find a way for other users to see my integration so I can finally go public. I read that there is a way to create an invite, but I couldn’t find it anywhere.Any help would be appreciated.

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jeffernst
jeffernstBeginner
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Make sample data dependent on an input field

I have an Action for looking up a record in my app, in which I have an Input Field with a static Dropdown that allows the zap builder to pick the object. (It works just like the Find Record action in the Salesforce integration)Since this one Action can be used for 10 different objects, I have limited the Sample Data to the only field that every object will have, which is the ID.Now when creating a Zap Template that uses this Action, it is giving me errors because I don’t have Sample Data for the object I’m using in the Template. For example:I want to filter on whether the record has a Salesforce Opportunity ID, but the filter gives an error if I don’t specify a Sample Data field. I want map fields in subsequent steps but can’t do it without Sample Data.Is there a way to make my Sample Data dynamic so it changes depending on which object is selected in the Object Input Field?Are there any other ways to make Templates with Actions for generic objects? Or do I have to create a Find Record

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Dadou351New
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Communication between a Wordpress contact form and an unlisted ERP (CRM)

Hello,I would like to create a bridge between a contact form that will be on Wordpress (via WPform) and an ERP (CRM) not listed among the applications on the Zapier site. I have all the elements coming from the ERP : Apikey, url in Postn the API code...Is it possible to create a "custom" integration and use it on the future website to retrieve data to my ERP?Kind regards.

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Troy Tessalone
2 years ago
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sly433Beginner
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Trying to send a webhook upon an RSS feed update

Good evening, I am trying to send a message to Discord via webhook when the RSS feed updates with new content but I keep getting invalid JSON content.I simply just want to post a subject from the RSS feed and the body. Anyone had any issues doing this?

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Troy Tessalone
2 years ago
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LiyorjaNew
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Can’t edit version - “You can’t edit this version” error

My version show me this message when I tried edit “ You can’t edit this version, Since this version of your integration has more than 5 active users, you have to create a new editable version by cloning your integration.” But I have only 4 admin users. Then How can I Upddate? How can I fix it?

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GetUWired
2 years ago
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SlimbyNew
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Will releasing a new version of an integration break existing zaps?

If an integration is in production, and the need to add fields or functionality arises because the feature set of the source or destination apps increase, will releasing a newer version of the integration cause existing zaps to fail? Or, will the current users of the zap just not have the additional functionality until they make edits to their zaps?

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GetUWired
2 years ago
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sajjadNew
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How to add the Acceess token in the http header?

I add bearer token in Http Header to get user data api show 401 errorPlease check below image 1 . I have use api login detail its working and  give accessTokenBut When I user trigger for read data I got error 401 I have add Bearer Token in Http Header Show Image 2 Below  

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nlemmaBeginner
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Can you refresh fields based on dynamic field selection?

Hello,I am building an action and I have two dynamic fields and the second one depends on the value selected in the first dynamic field to make the api call, i.e., the first field contains the teams available in the app and the second field should populate the team members for the the team selected in the first dynamic field. Is there a way to refresh the fields once a value for the first dynamic field has been selected?

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jeffernst
jeffernstBeginner
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Posting Custom Fields to an API that expects key/value pairs

I have an Action that posts data to my API for my SaaS app. We’ve recently added a Custom Fields feature to our app, in which our users can define the key and field label.I obviously can’t put the key into the integration because my integration needs to work for all client instances. So looking for advice on the best approach to handle this.Should I create a Dynamic Field? Seems like I would need a new API endpoint to look up the custom field keys.Or is their an easier way to do this where my users can map data from the Trigger to custom fields in the zap?

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nlemmaBeginner
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How to get additional rows in a dynamic field that calls an odata query API?

Hello,I am building an action and I have a dynamic field that is calling an odata api. The api sends back a limited set of data, i.e., gets all the persons in the app in batches. Since this is understandably a huge dataset, the api only returns a subset of persons data at a time.Is there a way to continue querying the odata api for the next batch as the user scrolls down the dynamic field until all the persons are retrieved or the user stops scrolling?

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GetUWired
2 years ago
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