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Just realized that your “Create Page from Database” action for Notion can create a text block with more than 2000 characters.
How is that possible?
The API docs state that 2000 characters is the limit for a rich text block, and I’ve hit that limit before when using Node steps in Pipedream Request limits
If I select the text, I can see these thin white lines between every 2-3 sentences. But it’s still all one block.
And the Update a Block endpoint says it replaces the entire contents of the block
and @U02S7FH4T89 are the closest to the code for the Notion actions
Ooooooooooooh hang on
I think I’ve been fundamentally misunderstanding something about the API
A Rich Text Object is limited to 2000 character, BUT a paragraph block is an array of Rich Text Objects, and can include up to 100
So a Text block is actually limited to 200,000 characters
do you get the 2000 character error on longer files only?
For anyone still dealing with this — I built Mark2Notion specifically to handle this.
Instead of manually splitting text into 2000-char chunks, you send your markdown to the API and it automatically:
- Splits long text properly
- Converts to Notion blocks
- Handles nested lists, formatting, etc.
Works with Pipedream’s HTTP action. Happy to help if anyone has any questions.