Missing POST Data in Zapier Basic Auth Process

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Zapier’s Basic Authentication fails to send POST data while GET works. For instance:

def verify_credentials(uid, secret):
    return {"valid": uid == "sample" and secret == "key123"}

Anyone know how to resolve this?

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In my experience, the issue was not really in the Basic Auth itself but rather in the way data is handled on the server when receiving POST requests from Zapier. I discovered that enhancing the logging on the server side helped me identify that some middleware was not passing the POST body properly. After that, I modified my server configuration to ensure that all incoming data was parsed correctly regardless of HTTP verb. This approach allowed me to catch and process the POST data seamlessly, resolving the issue.

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I encountered a similar problem where Zapier wouldn’t send POST data as expected. I found that the issue stemmed from the way the payload was being constructed on the Zapier side, which did not align with my API’s expectations. Adjusting the request configuration to explicitly specify the correct content type resolved the problem. Additionally, revising the server’s method for parsing incoming JSON data proved crucial. Although GET requests passed without issue, ensuring that device endpoints are configured to handle different HTTP methods made all the difference.

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hey, i’ve seen similar issues where the api wasn’t correctly parsing the post body. i fixed mine by double checking my parser and the content-type in the req header. maybe its a similar config problem on your end?

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I encountered a similar issue while setting up authentication with Zapier a while back. In my case, I found that the missing POST data was caused by how the headers and body were structured within the request builder. Adjusting the content type header to explicitly declare the expected format for the incoming data helped resolve the issue. Additionally, verifying that my zap trigger was configured to trigger on the correct HTTP method further ensured that the POST data was properly captured. I recommend testing the setup with a separate tool to pinpoint the misconfiguration.