Hi, I am trying an API action in Salesforce but it keeps returning 400 error:{"message":"A query string has to be specified","errorCode":"MALFORMED_QUERY"} When I issue a plain curl query it returns the right values:curl https://MyDomainName.develop.my.salesforce.com/services/data/v57.0/query/?q=SELECT+name+from+Account -H "Authorization: Bearer xxxxxxxxx" So I am unsure how to setup parameters in Zapier to get the results:

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API Query action returns "query string has to be specified"

Hi, I am trying an API action in Salesforce but it keeps returning 400 error:

When I issue a plain curl query it returns the right values:

curl https://MyDomainName.develop.my.salesforce.com/services/data/v57.0/query/?q=SELECT+name+from+Account -H "Authorization: Bearer xxxxxxxxx"

So I am unsure how to setup parameters in Zapier to get the results:

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Yes correct, I am using MyDomainName to hide my actual domain

I tried it like you said and it worked - thanks! I did not realise that you don’t need to encode the query.

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Im guessing you are actually replacing the MyDomainName in the URL but just have it here like this so you can share it?

Also, on the left hand side of the query string, just put q not “QueryString” and no need to encode them

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Yes correct, I am using MyDomainName to hide my actual domain

I tried it like you said and it worked - thanks! I did not realise that you don’t need to encode the query.