Using 'Post in Webhooks by Zapier'

[700newtons]

Hello ,

I trying to set up an arrangement so that if someone joins a Club, they automatically follow its content.

I have successfully set up the trigger on zapier which recognises when someone joins a club. However, after an afternoon of trying, I can't get POST to create follow the update.

I'm trying to use the API post function with  core/members/{id}/follows

Here are the text boxes on zapier.

URL: https://{my_URL_here}/api/core/members/{member_id}/follows/?key={my key here}

Payload: json

Data

followApp
core

followArea
club

followId
{id number of club here}

Wrap Request in array: no

File: {left blank}

Unflatten: yes

Basic Auth: {left blank}

Headers: {left blank ?}

 

I have tried all sorts of combinations, but no joy.

Any advice?

Thanks in advance.

Simon

 

[700newtons]

Ah, fixed it by posting with python code in zapier. Probably a weird way to do it but it works...

import requests
api_url_follow = '{my_URL}/api/core/members/'+input_data['member_id']+'/follows/?key={the_API_key}'
todo_follow = {
        "followApp":"core",
        "followArea":"club",
        "followId":int(input_data['club_id']),
        "followNotify":1,
        "followAnon":0,
        "followType":"daily"
}
response = requests.post(api_url_follow, data = todo_follow)

[Jim M]

Seeing if you're passing the same information over the two mediums, it really would like be an issue with the variables which are created and passed. I would just verify the variables being passed in Zapier.

[700newtons]

Yes - thanks - I just couldn't make it work that way. No idea why.