I’m building a Zapier integration and running into an issue. I have a working action that handles individual contact creation events, but now I need to retrieve all existing contacts from the platform to sync them with my database.
I’ve set up a trigger using the UI platform to fetch the contact list, but it only returns the first item instead of the complete array. How can I modify my trigger to return all contacts in the array?
yup, looks like zapier’s just pulling new stuff instead of the whole list. maybe try using a different action like an api call? that should help get all of your contacts.
Had the exact same problem when I first used Zapier. The issue is that Zapier triggers are built for single entities - that’s why you’re only getting the first contact. Try using an API call for your trigger to grab the whole list, or set up paging if possible. What worked for me was creating a dedicated endpoint that handles bulk data. You can either slice the array into smaller chunks or use a custom Zapier action to process everything at once. Just remember - the default trigger wasn’t made for large datasets.
This looks like a pagination issue, not a trigger problem. Most APIs (including Zapier) limit how many records they’ll return in one request to avoid timeouts. I ran into the same thing syncing contacts - had to set up batch processing with multiple API calls using offset parameters or cursor pagination. Check your platform’s API docs for a limit parameter or page_size setting. You’ll probably need to loop through multiple requests, bumping up the offset each time until you grab all contacts. Also check if there’s a bulk export endpoint instead of using the regular contact fetch trigger.