During this meeting, the State Changers worked together to solve a payload issue coming from Webflow associated with a new eCommerce order. Initially, the issue appeared to be with locating 'ecom order dot order ID', but after further examination into the request history and headers, they established that the issue might be related to how the data was encoded and formatted.
State Changers used debugging tools to diagnose the problem, and noted the importance of ensuring the data input was correct when testing. A vital observation was reported when running the API without providing any input. This may result in errors, i.e., if no input data is entered, there will not be anything to investigate. An important lesson highlighted during this meeting was ensuring the correct use of run and debug with webhooks and other APIs. The phrase 'garbage in, garbage out' was mentioned in relation to data input/output, indicating that imprecise input leads to incorrect output. In terms of syntax setup, it was clarified that .syntax was preferred over 'get function', and that they both can not be used jointly. State Changers reinforced that .syntax is more efficient in terms of performance and it also helps to initiate errors for problem detection, which in turn avoids data correctness issues. In conclusion, this meeting would be suitable for people seeking insights into debugging tools, data encoding, formatting problems, and best practices for using .syntax in webhooks and other APIs. If you're working with payloads from interfaces like Webflow or others, this is a valuable resource for troubleshooting common issues.
(Source: Office Hours 7/27/23 )
