Create Column with monday.com (API Key) API

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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Create Column with the monday.com (API Key) API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Create Column action
1. Connect your monday.com (API Key) account
2. Select a Board ID
3. Configure Title
4. Select a Column Type
5. Optional- Configure Defaults
6. Optional- Configure Description
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
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Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

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Create Column on monday.com (API Key)

Description:Creates a column. [See the documentation](https://developer.monday.com/api-reference/docs/columns-queries-1)

Version:0.0.7

Key:monday-create-column

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Code#

import constants from "../../common/constants.mjs";
import monday from "../../monday.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "monday-create-column",
  name: "Create Column",
  description: "Creates a column. [See the documentation](https://developer.monday.com/api-reference/docs/columns-queries-1)",
  type: "action",
  version: "0.0.7",
  props: {
    monday,
    boardId: {
      propDefinition: [
        monday,
        "boardId",
      ],
    },
    title: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Title",
      description: "The new column's title.",
    },
    columnType: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Column Type",
      description: "The new column's title",
      options: constants.COLUMN_TYPE_OPTIONS,
    },
    defaults: {
      type: "object",
      label: "Defaults",
      description: "The new column's defaults.",
      optional: true,
    },
    description: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Description",
      description: "The column's description.",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const {
      data,
      errors,
      error_message: errorMessage,
    } =
      await this.monday.createColumn({
        boardId: +this.boardId,
        title: this.title,
        columnType: this.columnType,
        defaults: this.defaults,
        description: this.description,
      });

    if (errors) {
      throw new Error(`Failed to create column: ${errors[0].message}`);
    }

    if (errorMessage) {
      throw new Error(`Failed to create column: ${errorMessage}`);
    }

    const { id } = data.create_column;

    $.export("$summary", `Successfully created a new column with ID: ${id}`);

    return id;
  },
};

Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
monday.com (API Key)	`monday`	`app`	This component uses the monday.com (API Key) app.
Board ID	`boardId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Title	`title`	`string`	The new column's title.
Column Type	`columnType`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`{ "label": "auto_number - Number items according to their order in the group/board", "value": "auto_number" }{ "label": "checkbox - Check off items and see what's done at a glance", "value": "checkbox" }{ "label": "country - Choose a country", "value": "country" }{ "label": "color_picker - Manage a design system using a color palette", "value": "color_picker" }{ "label": "creation_log - Add the item's creator and creation date automatically", "value": "creation_log" }{ "label": "date - Add dates like deadlines to ensure you never drop the ball", "value": "date" }{ "label": "dependency - Set up dependencies between items in the board", "value": "dependency" }{ "label": "dropdown - Create a dropdown list of options", "value": "dropdown" }{ "label": "email - Email team members and clients directly from your board", "value": "email" }{ "label": "file - Add files & docs to your item", "value": "file" }{ "label": "hour - Add times to manage and schedule tasks, shifts and more", "value": "hour" }{ "label": "item_id - Show a unique ID for each item", "value": "item_id" }{ "label": "last_updated - Add the person that last updated the item and the date", "value": "last_updated" }{ "label": "link - Simply hyperlink to any website", "value": "link" }{ "label": "location - Place multiple locations on a geographic map", "value": "location" }{ "label": "long_text - Add large amounts of text without changing column width", "value": "long_text" }{ "label": "numbers - Add revenue, costs, time estimations and more", "value": "numbers" }{ "label": "people - Assign people to improve team work", "value": "people" }{ "label": "phone - Call your contacts directly from monday.com", "value": "phone" }{ "label": "progress - Show progress by combining status columns in a battery", "value": "progress" }{ "label": "rating - Rate or rank anything visually", "value": "rating" }{ "label": "status - Get an instant overview of where things stand", "value": "status" }{ "label": "team - Assign a full team to an item", "value": "team" }{ "label": "tags - Add tags to categorize items across multiple boards", "value": "tags" }{ "label": "text - Add textual information e.g. addresses, names or keywords", "value": "text" }{ "label": "timeline - Visually see a breakdown of your team's workload by time", "value": "timeline" }{ "label": "time_tracking - Easily track time spent on each item, group, and board", "value": "time_tracking" }{ "label": "vote - Vote on an item e.g. pick a new feature or a favorite lunch place", "value": "vote" }{ "label": "week - Select the week on which each item should be completed", "value": "week" }{ "label": "world_clock - Keep track of the time anywhere in the world", "value": "world_clock" }`
Defaults	`defaults`	`object`	The new column's defaults.
Description	`description`	`string`	The column's description.

Authentication#

monday.com (API Key) uses API keys for authentication. When you connect your monday.com (API Key) account, Pipedream securely stores the keys so you can easily authenticate to monday.com (API Key) APIs in both code and no-code steps.

About monday.com (API Key)#

monday.com is a powerful project management system — a complete Work OS designed to help your team complete projects efficiently, collaborate effectively, and grow online.