Hey @ChrisNC were you able to get this figured out? I know you mentioned you watched the videos but this one specifically seemed to show the integration with Zapier so maybe that one could help? Pixelgeek and Aron Korenbilt - How to automate your Webflow forms and CMS with Airtable - YouTube
Thanks @johnematias
That was yet another solid video on this topic.
Unfortunately, my zap seems to be set up exactly how they instructed but itâs still giving me the Validation 400 error. Iâve tried several different variations to see if I had any spacing off of the body, but no luck. Appreciate the video share though.
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Iâm going through the same issue, FYI.
Have created new Collection fields, new Collections entirely and new Zaps. Nothing has worked.
About to test out the integromat option. Will let you know how it works.
Edit: Didnât need to test integromat. I watched the video @johnematias recommended and it worked. My issue was that I was not referencing the CMS ID of the rollup items, I was referencing the CMS name. I changed to referencing the ID and it worked.
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After many many different attempts, I got this working today! I think my issues were all related to random errors on my end (webflow, airtable and zapier were all set up properly).
- I think I was initially using a deleted CMS Item ID (I accidentally deleted several items in webflow, but not in airtable)
- I had also created a duplicate Multi-Reference Field with a similar name (ârequestedâ and ârequestâ). Additionally, at some point, either myself or Zapier duplicated ârequestâ as ârequest-2â.
My solution
- Created a new multi-reference field labeled ânewâ, as it appeared the name ârequestâ was causing problems.
- Ensured I had active item IDâs to pull through
So pretty simple solutions in my situation. Thanks to everyone who contributed to making the video tutorials. They are definitely very clear and helpful.
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Glad you got this working @ChrisNC! Congrats!
Hi all,
What is the format Webflow expects for multi-image fields?
Could you share the successful output from your zap step?
Instead of using a zap step to get the output, I will write an Airtable formula and post it here if it works.
P.S. This link is not working for me:
https://zapier.com/shared/011f6378270f247dd89687915277562a1c28e9ea
Oh sorry, I expired the link because it had my token and ids 
here is a new one:
https://zapier.com/shared/7916178cdcfc37de711515d2262321775c04d324
@vanpaio Thanks Ian! At first glance, Iâd say replicating this in Airtable is probably not worth the effort.
But perhaps you could also share the output you get when you run the 7th and final step of your zap?
Iâm looking for the exact format that Webflow requires to parse images into their multi-image fields.
7th Step (note the quotation marks intentioanally missing at the beginning and end):
5eca3a4ce450090c5a2f29f5","5eca44fbcb61809843a18dc8","5ecb28c9e67268914fdb31e7","5ecdd821bc3dcf5f2f92cf70","5ecdda0b0541e9373d22d505","5ece1d652e041e1f140b29a0","5ed13c5a712c312558e330be","5efd1cc3dc7857834d4aa183","6040460a4b01b1d2dcd99b84
Last Step:
Method
PATCH
URL
https://api.webflow.com/collections/xxxxxxxxxxxxx/items/xxxxxxxxxxxxx?live=true
Data Pass-Through?
Data
{
"fields": {
"pints": [
"5eca3a4ce450090c5a2f29f5","5eca44fbcb61809843a18dc8","5ecb28c9e67268914fdb31e7","5ecdd821bc3dcf5f2f92cf70","5ecdda0b0541e9373d22d505","5ece1d652e041e1f140b29a0","5ed13c5a712c312558e330be","5efd1cc3dc7857834d4aa183","6040460a4b01b1d2dcd99b84","5eca42efbd9d23932fa773a6"
]
}
}
Unflatten
yes
Basic Auth
Headers
accept-version
1.0.0
Authorization
Bearer xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Content-Type
application/json
ps this was an old response, I must have changed something in the CMS (reference to missing item or something) because now I got an error back.
yeay, thank you man! this is what im looking for
Iâve since started using Integromat and I think itâs a much better tool for this kind of operation.
@johnematias your trick to remove the comma is very clever! Have you tried Integromatâs JSON (Transform to JSON)? It might be able to simplify and properly quoted and concatenated and get rid of the formula.
Hey, not sure if youâre still looking for a solution here, but we actually just launched support for multi-reference fields in Whalesync.
You basically just hook up a linked record field in Airtable to a multi-reference field in Webflow and youâre done.
Anyway, if you think that might help lmk matthew@whalesync.com
Hello I am currently dealing with this same issue. Question? How did you figure that u were using a âusing a deleted CMS Item IDâ âduplicate Multi-Reference Fieldâ did u use a software to run this test? Your answer would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
I was getting this same validation error some of you have mentioned for an entire day.
The slug was one problem I ran into. At some point, the multi-reference field I was trying to get data into was renamed, but even if you rename a field, the slug will always be the one that was created when the field was first created. You can use the Postman app to connect to the API & confirm that the slug of that field is correct. Hereâs a tutorial on how to use it .
But even after fixing the slug issue, I was still getting the validation error. I finally realized that my Item IDâs were not the same as the ones in my custom âItem IDâ field (if youâre following @MackenzieChild 's tutorial, youâll know what Iâm talking about). The reason the Item IDâs were all incorrect was because I had cloned the project, and when that happens, Webflow creates new IDâs for everything. After I went through and copy/pasted all of the correct Item IDâs into the custom field, everything worked.
I hope this helps someone!