Hi @podcastpartnership, 400 errors are often due to the server not understanding the request. Here I’d say the format of the link. Take a look at the examples below the File URL portion of the Zap for reference. Though I have not set up a Zap similar to this in the past, my first step would be to try and get the URL to match the examples. I noticed the links above don’t end with “.mp3”, perhaps start there and let me know the results? Happy to bring someone else in to help troubleshoot or redirect you to Support if needed 

I am having the same issue, and the answer isn’t really enough to do anything useful, one of the suggested urls is googleapis.com and dropboxapis.com, tried both and neither were working and giving the same error as above mentioned. Is there anyone who has actually made this zap work is my question? If so, could we see an example of a working zap similar to this one?

Hi @podcastpartnership and @hunteratopt 

Try this workaround instead.

Use the Share Link.

Add a Formatter > Text > Replace Zap step to change the end from dl=0 to dl=1.

This will give you the direct download link for the file to send.

used the formatter work around as suggested and this is what resulted.

Hi @podcastpartnership and @hunteratopt 

Try this workaround instead.

Use the Share Link.

Add a Formatter > Text > Replace Zap step to change the end from dl=0 to dl=1.

This will give you the direct download link for the file to send.

 

 

Forgot to quote you, but I tried what you said as shown above and still wasn’t working. I double checked my privacy settings on the files as well and that is all fine, any other suggestions?

@hunteratopt

I tried testing as well and was able to replicate the error.

Might be a bug with the Descript Zap app integration.

I suggest opening a ticket with Zapier Support: https://zapier.com/app/get-help

Might be because the domain is not accepted.

Yes, this is listed on both the Descript site and in Zapier as an integration, but I also cannot get it to work. The URLs returned by Dropbox do not seem to work with Descript. I opened a ticket this morning and will report back.

@fieldnoise 

Best to open a ticket with Zapier Support as this may be a bug: https://zapier.com/app/get-help

Hi @hunteratopt and @chanelle,

I sent a ticket on this to Descript and we were able to work through it today, but it is NOT intuitive. Before I launch into the steps, this article does a nice job summing it up: https://www.makerpad.co/posts/automated-transcription

First of all, if you have a current Zap that you are trying to troubleshoot, DELETE it and start over. I tried several times to refresh a Zap I had to get the correct fields to show up, and it never worked. But here is what did work for me.

1. Start over using this template: https://zapier.com/apps/descript/integrations/dropbox/28774/create-descript-transcript-from-dropbox-files
2. In the Dropbox → Trigger section, make sure “Include File Contents” is set to “Yes”

   

    

3. In the Descript → Action section, the File URL field should simply be set to “File (exists but not shown)”. This is NOT how the template loads by default, so you will have to make a change here. If it says anything else, like “File: (no data)”, then you probably need to delete this Zap and start over. That’s what I was seeing when I was trying to troubleshoot this.

   

   From there, everything passes the tests. However, I have NOT seen any transcripts actually show up in Descript yet. I’ll let this sit overnight and then try to work more on it tomorrow. Would love to hear if anyone else has success.
   
   I will also post an update if I hear anything additional from the Zapier support ticket that I opened.

Further update based on some tests—from what I can tell:

1. The files must be 16 bit depth
2. The files must be less than 100MB
3. The projects that the files are sent to must be Descript “Classic” projects, NOT the new Storyboard ones

Hey friends, thanks for raising this here in community! I wanted to swing by and share something that was mentioned in the support ticket that may be worth trying:

I took a look at your Descript step, and it appears that the current URL should work. That being said, from our notes I see that despite the field saying it is looking for a URL that it will accept file objects as well, and I think that is worth a try here:
 

@fieldnoise, appreciate you testing that and sharing some of your feedback! That’s super helpful to know. I know you mentioned you’d opened a ticket, I’d actually recommend opening a Feature Request for the last bit, specifically.

Taking a look at their API it doesn’t appear Storyboards are supported. That said, the Descript app is owned and maintained by their team. Opening a Feature Request at least allows them to know there’s interest though!

Thanks again for sharing this with community!

@christina.d — is the Descript API publicly viewable somewhere?

Hi @fieldnoise! Yes, here’s a link to the Descript API

To sum up this thread for folks that are running into a similar issue:

When you set up the Dropbox trigger, set it to include the file contents:

In the Descript action, use the File object from Dropbox:

And thanks for your extra information on files/projects that work with the action @fieldnoise 

Further update based on some tests—from what I can tell:

1. The files must be 16 bit depth
2. The files must be less than 100MB
3. The projects that the files are sent to must be Descript “Classic” projects, NOT the new Storyboard ones

Thanks!

@Danvers 

Yes, here’s a link to the Descript API

That is just a link to their Overdub API; it doesn’t show any of the endpoints that must exist for these Zapier integrations.

I also want to add that the Google Drive integration for the same workflow does not have the 100MB file size limit imposed by the Dropbox “File Contents” step.

Hi @fieldnoise! Yes, here’s a link to the Descript API

To sum up this thread for folks that are running into a similar issue:

When you set up the Dropbox trigger, set it to include the file contents:

In the Descript action, use the File object from Dropbox:

 

And thanks for your extra information on files/projects that work with the action @fieldnoise 

Further update based on some tests—from what I can tell:

1. The files must be 16 bit depth
2. The files must be less than 100MB
3. The projects that the files are sent to must be Descript “Classic” projects, NOT the new Storyboard ones

 

Thanks!

Hello,

Just wanted to point out that this solution still does not seem to be working for me. Please see screenshots, as per the discussion in this thread seems like it should be working. Let me know what I might do to get this working. 

Hey there, @podcastpartnership - thanks for sharing those screenshots and sorry to hear you’re running into this.

Do you mind trying something - are you able to select a Project and see if that works?

It sounds like you’re running into something similar as this thread:

but before I add you to the bug report I just want to test it first.

Thanks and let us know!