Dynamic Samples Support about zapier-platform HOT 3 OPEN

We just got our connector into public beta on Zapier. We had no idea this is a blocker for us to create templates.

We have a highly meta-data driven API. Without samples being dynamic we can't create templates 👎. We would have to create dozens of triggers and actions 👎

In order for us to bring back relevant stock structure (read: not going back to the server, just from static JSON stored), we need a dynamic sample data structure, that calls a function and is able to get at the input data.

I am trying to keep the use case simple here. Essentially assume you have a trigger (or action) and you have a list of fields to fill out. This will decide what "record type" will come back with. When you are allowed to call the server it all works. But when you have to use a static sample object, I can't do anything.

Without this, it prevents us from adding templates because there is no server, to fall-back on, and template building only uses samples.

I understand you want a reliable fall-back that does not require a server call. In my situation that's what I want to do. We have stock schema we can add into our CLI connector. Maybe you can prevent async await but still allow a function call in samples (with access to inputs)?

I don't suppose there is a work-around for this?

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That's a cool idea!

Right now, samples are usually used when the user's data can't actually be reached, so I'm not sure how much use users would get out of this.

I'll leave it as an FR for now and other users can 👍it as needed.

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There's not currently a workaround for this, but you've provided some very valuable context! No promises, but I'll mention it to the relevant team and see what they think.

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