Hi @Lilo 

Good question.

Try sending the value as formatted HTML (reference)

Otherwise, you may need to format as JSON.

Notion API reference: https://developers.notion.com/reference/rich-text#text

I tried to do HTML formatting, but whenever I try the 'Create Database Item in Notion' action it creates a text element in the notion

Hi @Lilo ,

In that screenshot it looks like the link still isn’t HTML formatted.

Can you try, as a test, in that step above entering:

<p>API: <a href=”https://github.com/everything_else”>https://github.com/everything_else</a></p>

And then just test the step and see if it shows up in Notion the way you’d like?

Hi @shalgrim, I already tested it, I dont know if Im doing something wrong

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Lilo,

Can you send a screenshot of all of your field setting on the Create Database Item step? Please make sure to redact and personal information.

I’ll be happy to take a closer look at that!

@Lilo 

You can try this…

Add a TEMP Zap step to find an existing database item that has the URL formatted properly.

The results may help you understand how the URL needs to be formatted.

@shalgrim here

Thank you @Troy Tessalone  I already tried, but only shows this 

even if I try to update the notion with the results of the Find action, it gets rewritten as plain text

Hi @Lilo ,

I’m playing around with this myself, and when I enter a hyperlink in a text field from the web interface it appears as plain text and not a link. Is it the same for you?

I was able to get it to work by adding hyperlinks to the Content field

Scott

Hi @shalgrim  I tried copying and pasting a text on the web, here is a video of how it works for me

So it works when you copy/paste, but not when you type it in directly, right? Because I’m seeing the same behavior as you with a copy/paste, but when I type it in it does not get converted into a link in the text

yes, you're right, it doesn't work if you type it in directly

Hi @Lilo!

I’ve been testing this on my end as well and I can’t get it to render the links correctly either. I tried changing the field I was testing with, in Notion, to use the URL property type and that was then able to create the link, but it only works for a single link, not multiple links.

I did some further digging and couldn’t find any existing bug reports for this but this feels like a bug to me. So I’d recommend reaching out to our Support team here: https://zapier.com/app/get-help. They’ll be able to investigate further and open up a bug report on your behalf.

As a workaround, perhaps you could try using the API Request (Beta) action for Notion to see if that allows you add the links into that Pull Request(s) field correctly? It’s a bit more advanced but if it’s something you’d be interested in exploring you can find out more here: Set up an API request action

Hope that helps. If you manage to find an alternative solution in the meantime please let us know!

I think Sam’s right that the API Request action is the best you’ll be able to do here.

I did some work to get a manual POST request set just right and I was able to do it by setting up my property like:

		"PropertyName": {
			"type": "rich_text",
			"rich_text": t
				{
					"type": "text",
					"text": {
						"content": "https://www.example.com",
						"link": {
							"url": "https://www.example.com"
						}
					},
					"annotations": {
						"bold": false,
						"italic": false,
						"strikethrough": false,
						"underline": false,
						"code": false,
						"color": "default"
					},
					"plain_text": "https://www.example.com",
					"href": "https://www.example.com"
				}
			]
		}

I haven’t tried this in Zapier using the API Request action myself, but I think the fact that the manual request worked shows promise for getting the API Request action to work. Let us know if you have any questions