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Notion New Item in Database trigger doesn't include content of the page

  • May 18, 2022
  • 92 replies
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Let’s say I want to write my tweets in a notion database and publish them to twitter automatically.

If I write the text of my tweet inside my notion page content, there is no way to retrieve it in zapier. I have an 1. Object Page as show in @Danvers screenshot, in this post but I’ve not the text content of that page which is what I need.

In the end the only thing that can be accessed are the database properties and not the page content, so I ended up creating a property called “text” and then added my tweet text in it, but it’s not really beautiful.

It would be cool to have the possibility to access the text that is inside a page and not having to add a property.  

Best answer by SamB

Hi all,

Just circling back in here with a belated update to share that the feature request has been implemented! 🎉

In case you missed the email notification that was sent out, here’s the key information from it:

We have enhanced the integration to pull the top level of block data from the items that are returned and format it as Markdown, which should cover many cases. This data is presented in all the triggers, actions, and searches that deal with pages and database items.

In some cases, data is nested within deeper blocks. In these instances, we return the data in a list called "Unsupported Blocks" and these can be used within the "Retreive Block Children" search to find deeper nested content. This happens in the case of items like sub-pages and tables, which are not presented to us within the first API call. Because this block data can be arbitrarily nested, we only make one call to get the first level.


If you run into any issues with these changes please let us know in the Community or reach out to our Support team directly and we’ll be happy to assist.

In the meantime, happy Zapping! ⚡

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Danvers
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  • Zapier Staff
  • May 18, 2022

Hi @pikapika, thanks for describing how this issue is affecting your Zaps and what you’d like to see in the Notion Zapier integration. I can see now that there is a feature request for the addition of the body/content field in the New Database item trigger. 

I’ve added you as interested user for this feature request. This lets the  team know how many people would like to see this addition and we’ll send you an email when we have an update. Thanks!


Please also add me to the list of interested users @Danvers!


JammerS
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  • Zapier Staff
  • July 21, 2022

Hi @brittwalker 

 

I’ve added your vote for this feature request, We’ll update you via email once available. Thanks!


  • September 8, 2022

Hi team - can I also please get notified. This is hugely import for us! 

Thank you


JammerS
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  • Zapier Staff
  • September 9, 2022

Hi @l0wry 

 

I’ve added your vote for this feature request, and we’ll  notify you via email once an update is readily available. Thanks.


  • New
  • December 23, 2022

I would also like to be notified or know if this has been fixed. This is fundamental for me.


Could you please add me as well to the list?
And is there a ETA on this?


JammerS
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  • Zapier Staff
  • December 28, 2022

Hi @loalmeida and @boris.drogja 

I’ve added both your votes for this feature request, and we’ll  notify you via email once an update is readily available. Thanks.


  • New
  • January 26, 2023

Wait a minute, you have the option to Create and Update database items, but you can’t add content to the body of the item…?? That’s like having the ability to send someone an e-mail, but you can’t put in any text in it.

Hopefully this get added soon.

Thnx


JammerS
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  • Zapier Staff
  • January 27, 2023

Hi @WillemVG 

I’ve added your vote for this feature request, and we’ll  notify you via email once an update is readily available. Thanks.


Hi, 

I’m interested by this feature too. 

Thanks!


JammerS
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  • Zapier Staff
  • February 3, 2023

Hi @Stim Account 

I’ve added your vote for this feature request, and we’ll  notify you via email once an update is readily available. Thanks.


sammy
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  • February 20, 2023

Hi,

I am also interested and would like to receive updates related to this feature. Thanks!

 

 


JammerS
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  • Zapier Staff
  • February 20, 2023

Hi @sammy 

I’ve added your vote for this feature request, and we’ll  notify you via email once an update is readily available. Thanks.


itos
  • Beginner
  • March 3, 2023

Please also add me to the list of interested users


JammerS
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  • Zapier Staff
  • March 6, 2023

Hi @itos 

I’ve added your vote for this feature request, and we’ll  notify you via email once an update is readily available. Thanks.


mtl1819
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  • April 12, 2023

Please add my vote to this one and notify me too. 👍


forbyus
  • Beginner
  • April 27, 2023

Please add my vote to this one too and notify me too. 

As someone else said in this thread, the Notion Zapier integration is pretty useless without the ability to pass along the content of a page 😑

 

Any updates @jammer.solijon on this?


Etk823
  • Beginner
  • May 7, 2023

Please add me to this. Thanks! I’m running into the same issue. You can’t return the content of the page or even you use the content to append content (it just replaces the content). 


bradnoble
  • New
  • May 16, 2023

Please include me on this. I want to be able to send the contents of a database page to be enriched with tools like ChatGPT but can’t.


Ken Ramirez

What’s the latest ETA for this feature? Looks like it’s been more than 1 year since this feature was requested. These types of features, and much more are available on competing products to Zapier. Can we finally get the Notion Integration fully working so we can perform the type of work we’re looking to achieve with the Zapier integration?


Juno
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  • June 5, 2023

Hey Team, this is a essential data to pull using Notion database because we have the body content that Airtable and other database tools don’t have. I think Zapier should prioritize it for sure. 


chr7stos
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  • June 27, 2023

Hi everybody - is there any update on this?


digidockaurora

Hey @jammer.solijon please also update me! :) thanks


Majd
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  • July 11, 2023

hey @jammer.solijon, add me please :)

I’m trying to send the rows in a notion table to google sheet but any column of type -Page- on notion appears as an empty cell on google sheet :(