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General Discussion

Technical discussions about building integrations on the Zapier platform.

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ariticNew
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Can’t publish my app integration due to Zap’s turning off without error

I need to publish my app and for that I need to run successful trigger/action/search in live zap. For this I am trying to create a zap with my app trigger and google sheet action. After creating a zap, whenever I am turning zap on, it is getting turned off automatically with no error in zap history. Don’t know what to do now. Without this not able to publish my app.

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swas24Beginner
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Missing the "id" property

Hello everybody, i recently tried to create my own Trigger for my Zap.But after Testing i always get the same error. Is there any way how i could map the “id” from Zapier with one of my id’s from my API? As an example map my TicketId with the “id” that Zapier needs.

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KalevBeginner
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Processing dynamic json data in trigger

I am integrating my API with Zapier and I am faced with a trouble. I am sending data from API in this format: { "email": "player@domain.com", "phoneNumber": "+380991234567", "fullName": "John Doe", "termsAccepted": true, "extra": "{\"city\":\"New York\", \"hobby\":\"music\"}", "campaignId": 1, "createdAt": "2021-03-16T12:36:44.595Z", "updatedAt": "2021-06-24T21:18:47.871Z"} Every time API send extra field with different structure. For next request data can be in another format: { "email": "player@domain.com", "phoneNumber": "+380991234567", "fullName": "John Doe", "termsAccepted": true, "extra": "{\"car\":\"Audi\", \"country\":\"USA\"}", "campaignId": 1, "createdAt": "2021-03-16T12:36:44.595Z", "updatedAt": "2021-06-24T21:18:47.871Z"} For the trigger, I added user input data to choose the fields to process from the extra field, but I don't understand how to use fields from json in next steps

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kehersNew
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How to set placeholder of dict input box

Is there a way to set the placeholder of both the “key” and “value” input box of a dict field? (Notice the placeholders “Event key” and “Event Data” below.

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MajaRBNew
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Grouping API input fields

Is there a way to somehow group input fields? My API has a lot of input fields, but only a few are really required, though to some users all might be important and I cannot exclude any of them. However, if I put everything in, the list of fields is really long and very difficult to read. It would be great if I could somehow group fields, or better yet, have an option to dynamically display fields. I know there are children fields, but not sure that this is the intended use-case - there are no line-items here, just a group of fields that fall into the came category. Also, I know there are dynamic fields as well, but I’m looking more of a show-hide option, where the fields have their default setting, and will be sent to the API, but won’t be shown to the user unless they click a button to show advanced options.

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KalpeshOrdexNew
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Google Big Query Tables not load more than 50 tables - Error

i have more than 50 tables so i'm not able to load that all in tables dropdown so can you pls help me how can i load all my big query tables ?

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GBLNew
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How to parse z.request options?

Hello, I developed my first private Zap and I would like to parse the input directly into : 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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blanquerNew
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How is the 'get' key of a resource schema used?

Hello, Looking at the possible keys/functions that one can define in a resource schema (spec here), there is the `get` one (alongside the typical `list`, `create` and `search`...) and when looking at some of the example apps from the platform, I see that function described as: // The get method is used by Zapier to fetch a complete representation of a record. This is helpful when the HTTP// response from a create call only return an ID, or a search that only returns a minimuml representation of the// record. Zapier will follow these up with the get() to retrieve the entire object. In the recipe.js example here This seems to pass validation and all that, but does not show up as a trigger or action, and I am confused as to how that is (or can be) used. Is that something that is called automatically if an element only has 1 attributes? I’m asking because the API I’m integrating with has the ability to dynamically specify which fields to return, so I was thinking that I could build the nor

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Saad AhmadBeginner
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How to cleanly show output fields?

Hi, I’m returning some data from my application api to zapier thru a rest hook. I have defined some output fields for the resource `claim` and then made a trigger for a new claim and provided it with the resource key. I’ll show how I receive data in zapier, how I’ve set up the output fields and how I see them in the next step. I’d really like some help with this. The received data format in zapier: main object {claim: {}, client: {}} omitting client for the sake of size claim: uid: random id reference: some ref claimType: id: random id name: some name description: en: some lorem ipsum here. flow: id: random id name: flow name mainStage: incomplete assignedTo: firstName: first name lastName: last name uid: randomid createdOn: 2021-09-20TO7:39:33.000Z questions Data: This is a dropdown date: Fri Sep 04 2015 20:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) This is a text field: asd Do you agree to terms?: true How would you prefer to communicate with us about your claim(s) moving forward?:

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newhouse_anvilNew
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Visual label for an Input Field with children uses `key` and not `label`

When creating an Input Field that will have `children`, the children are displayed inside a little container/box under the parent. This is great. The parent field still requires a `key` value, which I believe ends up being irrelevant / not used in the resulting `bundle.inputData`. This makes sense since the data gets mapped to the `key`s of each of the `children`. However, the value that gets displayed for the surrounding box appears to come from the parent’s `key` and not the `label` property. Which seems unintuitive and less flexible to me. Psuedo-code example: { // This gets converted to Capital Case (or something) and used for display "key": "snake_case_key", // This does not get used at all...why not? "label": "Why don't you use me?", "children": [ { "key": "child_one", "label": "I'm Child One", "type": "string" } ]} A screenshot that shows what I mean (not from that psuedo-code obviously):

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asharmaBeginner
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Does Zapier support rest hook subscription verification tokens?

Hi I am following implementation guideline at resthooks.org. As part of the guideline, it suggests to validate the new subscription by sending a verification token to the hook URL. Does Zapier trigger have the ability to support this verification.

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ASCNew
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Got a result missing the "id" property

- Got a result missing the "id" property ({"account_number":"#####","resource":"954###9425","message_id":11531576,"content":"","from":"Anonymous","first_name":"","last_name":"","created_at":"Oct 25","utc_created_at":"2021-10-25T18:5 How do I fix this error? We currently do not use the id property we use message_id. const options = { url: '##', method: 'GET', headers: { 'X-API-EMAIL': bundle.authData.api_email, 'X-API-TOKEN': bundle.authData.api_key }, params: { 'api_email': bundle.authData.api_email, 'api_key': bundle.authData.api_key } } 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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Saad AhmadBeginner
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I get an array of objects from an api, but the data is not right

I’m using the Zapier Platform CLI to develop a zapier app integration. I have rest hook that gets triggered when a document in my database changes, and returns that document. It contains objects, and array of objects. Instead of getting it in some sort of an array format, I get all the ones of the same key in the same option field. for example, Clayton and Perry are 2 first names from 2 separate objects from an array. How can I make it so I get them separately, and hopefully some sort of identification of which item belongs to which index of the array? I’m very new to zapier still, any help would be much appreciated.

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makeitrainaNew
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How to auto refresh OAuth refresh_token?

I’ve setup the authentication steps for my zapier integration successfully using an Oauth flow and have a working setup where I can: Request an access token, refresh token, id token Make API calls using the access token Refresh the access token using the refresh_token. The issue Im having trouble working around is how to deal with the refresh_token itself expiring. My understanding is that to get a new refresh_token a user would have to re-authenticate and break the existing zapier integration. How have others setup their zapier integration using Oauth to work around this issue?

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AliRazaNew
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Failed to create a trigger - "Cannot read property 'id' of null"

Hi there, I am trying to create a trigger in my test application. The auth is working fine and returning a valid token. When I use that token to send a get request to my API I get the following error. Cannot read property 'id' of null What happened (You are seeing this because you are an admin): Executing triggers.test_trigger.operation.perform with bundle Cannot read property 'id' of null Console logs: Stack trace: TypeError: Cannot read property 'id' of null at /var/task/node_modules/zapier-platform-core/src/checks/trigger-has-unique-ids.js:17:37 at /var/task/node_modules/lodash/lodash.js:4905:15 at baseForOwn (/var/task/node_modules/lodash/lodash.js:2990:24) at /var/task/node_modules/lodash/lodash.js:4874:18 at Function.forEach (/var/task/node_modules/lodash/lodash.js:9342:14) at Object.run (/var/task/node_modules/zapier-platform-core/src/checks/trigger-has-unique-ids.js:16:7) at /var/task/node_modules/zapier-platform-core/src/app-middlewares/after/checks.js:34:12 at Array.map (<ano

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vish213Beginner
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Do I need to duplicate Zaps for my clients or users?

Hi All. I’m trying to understand something about Zaps. I set up an integration with my company’s application that connects Zapier with customers data. I have a Zap set up so that when a new customer is added to our app, that customer is duplicated in QuickBooks Online. I also have a Zap set up so that the same thing happens in our CRM. Do I need to duplicate that Zap for each person who uses our application, or does having it set up work for all of our users? Right now, Zapier should poll our API and see any new customers every 2 minutes. If any are found, they get duplicated in QBO and the CRM. And, to take it one step further - we use our application in-house, but also license it to other companies for their own use. When they log in, they connect to their own tables in our database to maintain their data. Do I need to set up Zaps for them, or do the Zaps that work with our company’s customers also apply to theirs, since its all the same API and same endpoints? Thanks in advance!

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ARTester403Beginner
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How are Zapier automations implemented on the backend?

I just wanted to know how Zapier automations were implemented on the backend. Do you spin up docker containers and run each user’s automation code inside the container depending on the zap they’ve created? So e.g if a user with ID “USER123” creates a zap that integrates Gmail with Facebook by capturing a lead, how does that automation run on the backend? What kind of code was written to run this kind of automation and does that code continuously run forever? I’m not sure if this is confidential information regarding the platform but I really think Zapier has an amazing solution and wanted to know how they had implemented running automations on the backend as I’m trying to run automations myself in my own app. I would really appreciate any help and guidance on how automations like Zapier could be run on the backend. Thank you in advance.

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SamB
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JainamNew
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Searching in dynamic dropdown using search-bar and search action

Hi everyone,We are creating an integration in zapier, in the integration we want to fetch data from our application and populate that data as dropdown.for that we used two approaches. use dynamic dropdown with trigger and search action use a dynamic field to populate another field with choices.(this doesn't support pagination so we need to get the data at once and that is being done when zap is loading, so if we are fetching large amount of data then our user need to wait until that data is being fetched.) The first approach fits better in our requirement since we have a long list to populate in integration and we don't want to pull the whole data at once, so that we are using the pagination property provided by zapier (bundle.meta.page) and it's working fine but the problem is the search functionality. First: the search bar in the dropdown only search from the loaded data, we want to fetch the data from our app based on what user has searched in the that search bar. so how can we get

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PatrishaBeginner
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Funraisin connection via Webhook and Platform UI setup

I am struggling to get a Webhook for Funraisin to work how I need it in Zaps so I am trying to setup a Platform UI but I’m struggling to get any sort of connection to work. Just feels like I need to be a master in coding! Can anyone help with this? Anyone used Funraisin with this before?

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prestonBeginner
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Recommended path for switching existing polling trigger to REST hooks?

Hi all! We have existing polling triggers that are actively used by some of our customers. We’re concerned about the time it’s taking on our end to respond when our endpoint is hit, so we’ve started looking into what would be required to use REST hooks instead. Since our customers already have several zaps setup using our triggers, we would like to make the switch in a way that they could keep using their existing zaps while also benefiting from our switch to REST hooks. Is there a recommended process for updating triggers from polling to hooks and migrating existing users to the new version? I’m concerned that migrating existing users to the new trigger version with hooks risks missing any events that occur between the last poll of the previous version and the migration to the new version. If that’s a valid concern, is there a way to mitigate the potential for missed events in that window? Thanks!

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wCriadoBeginner
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Get PDF from Gmail and sent over my API

How could I work with a Drive file? For example, in my workflow I need to send a PDF file to my API, currently I have developed almost the entire process in ZAPP, but I am missing how I can tell you which Drive file I want to send.I will start the flow from Drive and from there it will call my applicationThanks.

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Brilliant16Beginner
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Improvement: Document link redirecting to 404 page

hi, just helping to organize. In this page, link is redirecting to wrong url (https://platform.zapier.com/docs/api) instead of (https://platform.zapier.com/docs/apikey) Red highlight is referring to wrong url while Blue highlight is correct.

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SamB
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Anonymous
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How can I login with OAuth2 for local testing (Zapier CLI)

I am making a Zapier CLI integration for an app that uses OAuth2 authentication. How can I authenticate to run my tests locally? In other words, is there a means of running the existing OAuth2 code workflow using configuration in index.js so I can inject it into my test bundle.authData?

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tomachinzBeginner
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Is it possible to set and access some preset global constants (my email and mobile) in my Zaps?

So I just setup two Zaps, and it was fun and easy: send me a txt when an customer event happens in CRM via Webhook send me a txt when an customer event happens in WordPress via Webhook I filled in my mobile number each time. I thought about clicking “Share” but stopped when I remembered my number is in the Zap. And I thought to myself, and maybe this question should be re-titled as: “Can I access my email and mobile number in a Zap when it wasn’t in any of the source trigger? I supposed I want a global constant variable. Available to all my Zaps. Is that what a named variable is?

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ArmstrongBeginner
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Zapier OAuth redirect URL

Hello, I’m integrating Zapier to my application which is also the OAuth provider to zapier. Upon login after authorization, I’m not redirected back to zapier dashboard. The Zapier Redirect Url I copied from my oauth integration from my developer account, how’ll I apply it to my integrated app so it will redirect to Zapier?

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SamB
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