Zapier script returning output_missing error - need to define output or return early

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I’m having trouble with my Zapier code step. It keeps giving me an error saying the output is missing and I need to define output or return early. The weird thing is that this code works fine when I have multiple arguments, but when there’s just one argument it fails.

Here’s what I’m trying to do:

try:
    file_data = {}
    if "Choose supporting files for your application" in form_input['selected_items']:
        file_data['document']="https://example-storage.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/files/sample-document.pdf"
        return file_data
except:
    return {'no_data': True}

I’m trying to check if a specific checkbox option was selected in a form, and if it was, I want to return a dictionary with a document URL. If something goes wrong, I return an empty flag. What am I missing here? Any help would be great!

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Your code’s failing because it doesn’t handle cases where the checkbox isn’t selected. When “Choose supporting files for your application” isn’t in form_input['selected_items'], the if block never runs and there’s no return statement before the except block kicks in. Add an else clause that returns a message when nothing’s selected - every code path in Zapier needs to return something or it’ll break.

3

Had this exact problem! Zapier needs every path to return something. Right now when the checkbox isn’t checked, your code just stops without returning anything. Add return {'status': 'no_files_selected'} after your if block but before the except - that’ll fix the output_missing error.

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Your code’s breaking because when the checkbox isn’t selected, there’s no return statement. Zapier hits that missing return and throws the output_missing error. To fix this, add a return statement after your if block to ensure something is always returned, even if it’s just an empty dictionary. This way, you can avoid the output_missing error.