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Input Fields

Questions about working with input fields when building integrations on the Zapier platform.

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ryan8052717New
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Looking for a way to set dictionary keys from API query

I see that using a `dict: true` input field allows me to set have the value of each dictionary item set based on dynamic data from a previous trigger. What I’d like to do is have the dictionary key field populate from the results of an API call to my database. In my database I can define the custom attributes field types. I’d like to be able to click into the key field and choose from a dynamic dropdown of API results (if any are retrieved) rather than having to type in the value. Is there a way to have the “key” field populate from a trigger or search step? I’ve seen similar questions asked about this and some of the answers suggested using a dynamic inputField instead. Would that allow me to provide a list of Form Field names for the key AND dynamic contact data for the value?Also I can’t add predefined keys as we don’t know what the custom attribute will be or how many there will be.Dictionary input field with value data dynamically supplied from trigger 

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Troy Tessalone
17 days ago
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EyalCallboxNew
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Creating dynamic input fields with line items

Hey guys, first post here and hopefully someone can help me. I have an input field which I am using to make a request to and get a response that looks like so:{ "StatusId": 1, "StatusDescription": "Success", "DetailedDescription": "", "FunctionName": "api/v2/WhatsApp/GetTemplate", "RequestId": ",wWYuJXZ05WauUncvZmbp5CMxkGchNWPl1WYOR3cvhkJyMTQzUSM1E0MlETMrYjMtIDMtQjMwITPw1WY0NVZtlGVmEzNyAzNwETPklkclNXV", "Data": { "TemplateId": 150351, "TemplateName": "תבנית שיווקית בסיסית משופעת כפתורים (5)", "MessageText": "שלום [#1#],\r\nתודה על קנייתך. \r\nאנו בטוחים שתהנה מ[#2#] החדש שלך.\r\nלהלן מידע חיוני לשימוש במוצר.\r\nשמחנו לסייע. ואנו זמינים לכל שאלה.\r\n\r\nבברכה,\r\nKirBi\r\n\r\nלהסרה השב הסר", "TemplateParameters": [ "[#1#]", "[#2#]" ], "ApprovalStatus": 5, "ApprovalStatusDescription": "New", "Category": "UTILITY" }} What I want to do is iterate over Data.TemplateParameters and create inputs accordingly..I thought I was doing this correctly using the code editor and ended up w

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1 month ago
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masterAkayMOEBeginner
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Dict keys as dropdown choices?

I am trying to develop an app using the Zapier CLI.I have two input fields:One is a key-value dictionary where the customer types the “name” of the attribute as key, and its value in the value field. The next input field is a multi-select dropdown where we want the customers to select all the fields that are “object” attributes, so we can parse them and make an API call as an object attribute instead of the default behaviour which is to convert, for example, the above JSON, into string.Here is the code that I am using:// ...if ( bundle.inputData.other_attributes != null && Object.keys(bundle.inputData.other_attributes).length ) { for (const [key, value] of Object.entries( bundle.inputData.other_attributes )) { newBody['attributes'][key] = value; } // loop through values of object_attributes and match keys if (bundle.inputData.object_attributes != null && bundle.inputData.object_attributes.length) { for (i in bun

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2 months ago
JacobWolf
JacobWolfNew
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Allowing for Creation of Multiple Children on Action

Hey all, I’m an engineer that just joined the team at beehiiv, the email newsletter platform. I’ve taken over development for our Zapier app and am working to make some major updates to it in the coming weeks. I’m new to Zapier development, but not new to Javascript in general.  I’m struggling to find a format that allows for the intended use of how a user would input custom fields. We allow for multiple custom fields to be passed on create subscriber and update subscriber requests in our API and they need both the id and the value. To simplify the user experience, I made a Zapier trigger that will fetch the custom fields on a user’s account dynamically and allow them to select by name, rather than needing to know the custom field ID. This works as intended.  Here’s how I’ve done that in code. This is the input field: { key: "custom_fields", children: [ { key: "field_name", label:

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2 months ago
Adam From Chalo
Adam From ChaloBeginner
asked in Input Fields

Brevo Custom Action challenge - Create a new campaign

Hi Zapier Community,I hope you're all doing well. I'm reaching out here because I'm facing a bit of a roadblock while trying to create a Custom Action for Brevo. My goal is to set up an automation that allows me to create a new campaign through Brevo's API https://developers.brevo.com/reference/createemailcampaign-1.I've followed the instructions provided and used the Zapier custom action assistant, but I seem to be encountering an issue. When I create the Input Fields, I can only see one field called "campaignDetails." However, according to Brevo's API documentation, there should be more fields available for input.I'm not very technical, so I apologize if this seems like a basic question. Essentially, what I'm trying to achieve is to have the ability to control all the fields as per Brevo's API documentation directly from Zapier.Could someone kindly guide me through the process or point me in the right direction? Any assistance or insights would be greatly appreciated.Thank you so muc

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Troy Tessalone
2 months ago
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Iryna S.New
asked in Input Fields

Search through folder structure - Zapier CLI

Hello guys,I´m developing a Zapier App and its required to select a parent-folder to create something inside it. Im using the Zapier CLI and a wanted to ask how to generate a field with a folder-structure-view like shown in the image (example from the Google Drive Zapier App):Is there a documentation in Zapier CLI regarding that?I know that could be achieved with key: "directory", but I need a few triggers with folder structure. 

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2 months ago
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asyBeginner
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optional fields that, if present, have required children

hi all,Is there a way to have required children if and only if the parent has been set or to make items required as a group? We’re trying to do something like the following, where (in this example) supplying pets is optional but if someone supplies part of a pet’s information they have to supply all of it.// Doesn't work, ends up effectively making all pets required...inputFields: [ { key: "first_pet", required: false, children: [ { key: "first_pet_name", required: true, type: 'string' }, { key: "first_pet_species", required: true, type: 'string' }, ... ] }, { key: "second_pet", required: false, children: [ { key: "second_pet_name", required: true, type: 'string' }, { key: "second_pet_species", required: true, type: 'string' }, ... ] },...]We can do this with a bunch of custom validation in perform but wondering if there’s a way to do so within the schema.

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2 months ago
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tpacunBeginner
asked in Input Fields

Matching label text in a dynamic dropdown

Hi all, I’ve got a dynamic dropdown that makes a request to retrieve a list of items and corresponding IDs in order to pass the IDs along: This works great but I’m wondering about trying to extend functionality - how would I go about allowing a user to match on the label (e.g., “T Shirt”) of the Merchandise Item? I of course can setup additional dynamic input fields to drive this if need be (such as what’s written here) but is there an easier way that I’m missing?

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3 months ago
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Abdul RahmanNew
asked in Input Fields

Dynamic Input Fields for Actions

Hi,  I am fairly new to Zapier ecosystem and writing a Zapier Action to “Create a new Journey”. Journey here is a Table in my DB.The INPUT FIELDS of my action are not static and depends upon the Type Of “Journey”. There are 3 types of journeys. The most basic type has straightforward input fields. The input fields of other types are nested attributes and are totally dynamic.For the example I am attaching a screenshot. internal_stakeholder_attributes and document_custom_fields are dynamic array of objects which may or may not exist depending upon the type of Journey and its Associations.My questions are : 1) How can I make the input fields dynamic ? 2) How can i nest them ?

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shalgrim
3 months ago
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TavDevBeginner
asked in Input Fields

Fields Duplicating

Having an issue with input fields being duplicated when testing an action. The fields are child fields and appear correctly as seen in the image below.  When I run a test with the data from the screenshot, the two fields are being duplicated in the bundle.inputData json. They show as both in the header as well as the Item obj sublist. Not sure what I set up incorrectly. bundle inputData { recType: 'salesOrder', rate: '9', quantity: '2', item__obj: [ { rate: '9', quantity: '2' } ] } Appreciate any input on how to set them to only appear within the item__obj list.

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3 months ago
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open_letterNew
asked in Input Fields

How to pass custom field in zapier trigger

Hi, I am new to zapier integration. I have created a trigger in which  have added “User input Fields” like following screenshot. Now I want to add/pass the static variable ---> "mergeVariables": {} in above zapier trigger. How can I pass this, as I cannot see anywhere an option where I could add this static variable. Please help me with this. Thank you. 

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3 months ago
billfugina
billfuginaNew
asked in Input Fields

Invalid date formatted to Today

My CLI application/integration has several actions each with one or more datetime input fields. My QA team has reported that when they send an invalid date string, e.g. `2023-02-31`, it is converted to today’s date and time.I have put some console logging into the action perform function and confirmed that when the rawInput value is an invalid date, the input value is today’s date.I have been asked to treat invalid dates as an error and to halt execution.I have considered adding code that checks the input value and if it is today’s date, then inspects the rawInput to determine if the original input was an invalid date. I think this sounds much easier said than done.Is there an easier way to do this? Is there some way to get the formatter to not convert invalid dates to today?

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4 months ago
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Grid DevNew
asked in Input Fields

How can I use dynamic fields when they are nested within an object

Hello, I am in the process of integrating my app with Zapier. I have successfully created triggers for my app. However, I am encountering difficulties in understanding how to utilize dynamic fields in the actions I have created, especially when they are nested within an object (please refer to the attached screenshot). I would greatly appreciate any assistance you can provide. Thank you in advance!

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6 months ago
Tytila
TytilaBeginner
asked in Input Fields

_zap_static_hook_code

I’m using the CLI to create a trigger that accepts dynamic fields.It works fine, except that I’m finding bundle.inputData contains an extra field called “_zap_static_hook_code”.  If I send bundle.inputData to my API in the body, as I’ve done with actions that use dynamic fields, it causes my API to error because it’s not expecting that field.Can anyone tell me where this field comes from, or why it seems to appear in the inputData for a trigger but not an action?I have a workaround, using JavaScript decomposition to create a copy of bundle.inputData with that field removed.  But I’d be more confident about the reliability of my workaround if I understood why it was happening in the first place.  If this is some internal Zapier variable that’s getting exposed, then the name of the variable might change in the future and then my workaround would stop working.

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Tytila
9 months ago
ado2000
ado2000Beginner
asked in Input Fields

passing inputdata to an action formatting the output

Hi all, i have this api request for my action const options = {  url: 'my-ap-urli',  method: 'POST',  headers: {    'Accept': 'application/json',    'Cookie': `JSESSIONID=${bundle.authData.sessionKey}`  },  params: {  },  body:{    "items": [{          "properties": {          "Contact.name": bundle.inputData.contactName,          "Contact.surname": bundle.inputData.contactLastName,          "Contact.email": bundle.inputData.contactEmail          }        }]  }} what I need is to add the dynamic fields that are present in the bundle input data.How can I add the input data in my properties formatted in this way?"Contact.key": valueThanks 

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1 year ago
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boulderobertNew
asked in Input Fields

Zap works perfectly except not delivering dynamic field data to server when testing action

 This post has been edited by a moderator to remove personal information. Please remember that this is a public forum and to remove any sensitive information prior to posting.Going crazy here because my Zap appears to be working perfectly, right up to the point where some of the data fields are not being delivered to the server.I am using a webhook as the trigger, and test data is being delivered correctly to the trigger test.My action captures that data, all fields are mapped properly, as you can see in the attached picture. But then when I test the action and look at the data delivered to the server, some of the fields are missing.The missing data comes from dynamic fields, so I assume that's my problem, but the action shows all of the expected key/value fields properly. How can it display all of that properly, but then not deliver the data to the server?Any help appreciated, but please don’t bother pointing me to the documentation for dynamic fields. I have read all that and still d

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1 year ago
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