anyone know how to deal with long API calls in clay? im messing this up and hitting errors trying to create a new company in attio with mandatory requirement for domain and name and then optional for a dozen + other fields appreciate the help ❤️ https://app.clay.com/workspaces/645494/workbooks/wb_0t8t65np7uqMYz9XNXR/tables/t_0t8vrpsWwCxNZFMjtZV/views/gv_0t31ys7kzWZqKpkUDmg
That 400 "Body payload validation error" is usually a JSON formatting issue. Can you copy and paste the exact JSON from your request body into the chat? That'll help me spot what's wrong.
Common fixes for this error:
Put quotes around string variables: {"name": "/Name Column"} not {"name": /Name Column}
Check commas between fields: {"name": "John", "age": 30}
Remove any hidden characters by pasting into a plain text editor first
{ "domains": " ", "name": " ", "description": " ", "linkedin": " ", "logo_url": " ", "funding_raised_usd": " ", "number_of_eng_ftes": " ", "number_of_infra_ftes": " ", "clayaddress": " ", "claycountry": " ", "eecount": " ", "linkedin_industry_81": " ", "ai_industry": " ", "clay_disqualified": " ", "clay_disqualification_reason": " ", "clay_quick_score": "false", "industry_ai_score": " ", "industry_apollo_score": " ", "revenue_score": " ", "headcount_score": " ", "geography_score": " ", "number_of_eng_ftes_score": " ", "number_of_infra_ftes_score": " ", "city": " ", "state": " ", "industry_apollo": " ", "overall_account_score": " ", "status_page_url": " ", "status_page_score": " " }
Found the issue! You have trailing commas and empty string values that are causing the validation error.
Problems:
Trailing comma after the last field "status_page_score": " " }
All your values are empty strings " " - Attio likely requires actual data
Quick fixes:
Remove the comma after "status_page_score": " "
Replace empty " " values with actual column references like "/Domain Column" or remove optional fields entirely
Clean version:
{
"domains": "/Domain vF",
"name": "/Name vF"
}Start with just the required fields (domains + name) first, then add optional ones once it works. [1]
Is that what you were looking for?
the fields are there but u cant copy them from clay lol
Ah gotcha! Instead of copying field values, you need to reference your Clay columns properly in the JSON.
Replace those empty strings with column references like:
{
"domains": "/Domain vF",
"name": "/Name vF",
"description": "/Description vF"
}Also remove that trailing comma after the last field - JSON doesn't allow those.
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"{\n \"domains\": \"" + Clay.formatForJSON({{Domain vF}}) + "\",\n \"name\": \"" + Clay.formatForJSON({{Name vF}}) + "\",\n \"description\": \"" + Clay.formatForJSON({{Description vF}}) + "\",\n \"linkedin\": \"" + Clay.formatForJSON({{Linkedin vF}}) + "\",\n \"logo_url\": \"" + Clay.formatForJSON({{Logo URL vF}}) + "\",\n \"funding_raised_usd\": \" " + Clay.formatForJSON({{Fundraised $ vF}}) + "\",\n \"number_of_eng_ftes\": \"" + Clay.formatForJSON({{Engineering Folks}}) + "\",\n \"number_of_infra_ftes\": \"" + Clay.formatForJSON({{Infra FTE Count}}) + "\",\n \"clayaddress\": \"" + Clay.formatForJSON({{Address vF}}) + "\",\n \"claycountry\": \"" + Clay.formatForJSON({{Country vF}}) + "\",\n \"eecount\": \"" + Clay.formatForJSON({{FTEs vF}}) + "\",\n \"linkedin_industry_81\": \"" + Clay.formatForJSON({{Apollo / LM Industry}}) + "\",\n \"ai_industry\": \"" + Clay.formatForJSON({{AI Industry vF}}) + "\",\n \"clay_disqualified\": \"" + Clay.formatForJSON({{DQ2}}) + "\",\n \"clay_disqualification_reason\": \"" + Clay.formatForJSON({{Disqualification Reason}}) + "\",\n \"clay_quick_score\": \"false\",\n \"industry_ai_score\": \"" + Clay.formatForJSON({{AI Industry Golden vF}}) + "\",\n \"industry_apollo_score\": \"" + Clay.formatForJSON({{Industry Score Ratio}}) + "\",\n \"revenue_score\": \"" + Clay.formatForJSON({{Revenue Score Ratio}}) + "\",\n \"headcount_score\": \"" + Clay.formatForJSON({{Employee Score Ratio}}) + "\",\n \"geography_score\": \"" + Clay.formatForJSON({{Country Score Ratio}}) + "\",\n \"number_of_eng_ftes_score\": \"" + Clay.formatForJSON({{Eng Score Ratio}}) + "\",\n \"number_of_infra_ftes_score\": \"" + Clay.formatForJSON({{Infra FTE Golden}}) + "\",\n \"city\": \"" + Clay.formatForJSON({{City vF}}) + "\",\n \"state\": \"" + Clay.formatForJSON({{State vF}}) + "\",\n \"industry_apollo\": \"" + Clay.formatForJSON({{Apollo / LM Industry}}) + "\",\n \"overall_account_score\": \"" + Clay.formatForJSON({{Final Score Percentage}}) + "\",\n \"status_page_url\": \"" + Clay.formatForJSON({{Status Page Url}}) + "\",\n \"status_page_score\": \"" + Clay.formatForJSON({{Golden Status Page Score}}) + "\"\n}"
Found the issue! There's an extra space in your funding_raised_usd field:
"funding_raised_usd": " " + Clay.formatForJSON(#{{Fundraised $ vF}}) + "\"
Should be:
"funding_raised_usd": "" + Clay.formatForJSON(#{{Fundraised $ vF}}) + "\""
That extra space before the first quote is causing the validation error. Also, since you're using Clay.formatForJSON(), you don't need the extra quotes around each field - that function handles the JSON formatting automatically. [1]
Try this cleaner version:
{
"domains": Clay.formatForJSON(#{{Domain vF}}),
"name": Clay.formatForJSON(#{{Name vF}}),
"funding_raised_usd": Clay.formatForJSON(#{{Fundraised $ vF}})
}The Clay.formatForJSON() function already handles proper quoting and escaping.
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nope lol
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Holler at your boy lol
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