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Airtable to Webflow Zap getting “Validation Failure” error

  • 10 February 2022
  • 15 replies
  • 651 views
J
Userlevel 1

Hey all, 

 

I’m trying to link an airtable table to Webflow CMS via Zapier and I’ve followed all of the steps that someone previously had done and I’m still getting the “ValidationError: Validation Failure”. 

 

Here is a loom of what’s going on: https://www.loom.com/share/d0156a49e23743af94d7e6d699368867 

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Best answer by joshfifelski 10 February 2022, 04:57

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Troy Tessalone
Userlevel 7
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Hi @joshfifelski 

Troubleshooting suggestion:

GSearch on the issue returns some Webflow Forum topics to look into: https://www.google.com/search?q=webflow+validation+error+validation+failure

 

Troubleshooting suggestion:

Process of elimination.

Remove a data point one at a time to see if you can isolate the field causing the issue, OR vice versa add one field at a time to see if you can isolate the field causing the issue.

⚡ Troy Tessalone - AutomationAce.com | Premier Certified Zapier Expert | #1 Zapier Community Contributor
Troy Tessalone
Userlevel 7
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@joshfifelski 

Observation:

For your linked records, those would send the Airtable Record ID (see examples below).

Unsure if that’s your desired data point to send to Webflow.

If you’re looking to get the friendly name for each linked record, then you’ll need to add Lookup fields in Airtable.

 

⚡ Troy Tessalone - AutomationAce.com | Premier Certified Zapier Expert | #1 Zapier Community Contributor
J
Userlevel 1

Thanks! I hadn’t but just tried and it didn’t fix it. Everything is fresh, nothing has been renamed
 

Troy Tessalone
Userlevel 7
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@joshfifelski 

Check and try the other options I added in the comment above.

⚡ Troy Tessalone - AutomationAce.com | Premier Certified Zapier Expert | #1 Zapier Community Contributor
J
Userlevel 1

I just added those in (had no idea what that was), but even with the new fields, it’s still showing the error. 

 

Troy Tessalone
Userlevel 7
Badge +14

@joshfifelski 

Might be prudent to open a ticket with Zapier Support for possible assistance while you’re at it: https://zapier.com/app/get-help

It’s a know limitation that the error responses from apps are truncated thus causing those to be misleading because they appear to be generic.

⚡ Troy Tessalone - AutomationAce.com | Premier Certified Zapier Expert | #1 Zapier Community Contributor
Troy Tessalone
Userlevel 7
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@joshfifelski

A more advanced possible workaround would be to use the Webflow CMS API to create the Live Collection Item: https://developers.webflow.com/#create-new-live-collection-item

App APIs can be used in Zaps with the Webhook app as an action step: https://zapier.com/apps/webhook/integrations

Testing with the Webflow CMS API will show a more complete error response.

⚡ Troy Tessalone - AutomationAce.com | Premier Certified Zapier Expert | #1 Zapier Community Contributor
Troy Tessalone
Userlevel 7
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@joshfifelski

Not sure if these related topics provides any guidance:

 

⚡ Troy Tessalone - AutomationAce.com | Premier Certified Zapier Expert | #1 Zapier Community Contributor
J
Userlevel 1

@Troy Tessalone - thanks for the help! I’ve been following this youtube video while doing it and it worked just fine for him, but for some reason doesn’t work for me. 

 

I’ve also just submitted a ticket to see if there’s something else going on. 

 

Super appreciate the help on this!

Troy Tessalone
Userlevel 7
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@joshfifelski 

Double check your field types in the Webflow CMS Collection.
Field types that are non-short text may be causing the issue. (e.g. dropdown, multi-reference, etc.)

⚡ Troy Tessalone - AutomationAce.com | Premier Certified Zapier Expert | #1 Zapier Community Contributor
J
Userlevel 1

@Troy Tessalone - I just started another test from scratch and really simplified the data I was sending. It worked! I was able to then isolate the problem and discovered it’s the Multi-reference fields that’s causing the problem. 

Troy Tessalone
Userlevel 7
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@joshfifelski 

Congrats!

Process of elimination for the win!

⚡ Troy Tessalone - AutomationAce.com | Premier Certified Zapier Expert | #1 Zapier Community Contributor
R

Hey @joshfifelski and @Troy Tessalone - I am encountering the problem and would love some help. 

Loom below 

 

 

R

Found the issue! A category on webflow had a lowercase whilst on airtable it was uppercase. Damn that could have taken a lot longer to resolve ! 

christina.d
Userlevel 7
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Thanks @joshfifelski and @Rory-trumpet for looping back around with your solutions! So glad ya’ll were both able to get this sorted. 🎉

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