How to Get Big Cartel to Send a Payload of Dummy Data for Event Testing?

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Anyone have any experience using the Big Cartel integration? I can connect a Store easily enough but in order to do anything with an event (i.e. New Order), I need to have test data… and I can not figure out for the life of me how to get Big Cartel to send a payload of dummy data.

Not really a Pipedream issue but any suggestions are welcome. Can’t really setup my automation without being able to route data from Big Cartel somewhere else.

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Hi , Pipedream uses Big Cartel Order API to get orders. So the Order structure follows the structure that list in their API doc here (image below)

So you can use the order field like:

{{ steps.trigger.attributes.item_count }}

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makes sense! I guess i am not clear on how I specify those fields when there is no sample data to select from in the Pipedream UI? Maybe this is easily solved on my part? :thinking_face:

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there would be no sample data unless you have test event. What I suggest is for you to input the parameters manually without sample data

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I think you can left the source there and focus on making your BigCartel site available for receiving order. After you have an order, it should be available on Pipedream, then you can come back and test your workflow

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the big cartel site is already available and taking orders - but not every ecommerce shop is flooded with orders. :joy: might be awhile before an order comes in.

if i were to input the values manually, would i need to input them as a full path or is the name of the property sufficient? i.e. just enter created_at and that is enough?

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if i were to input the values manually, would i need to input them as a full path or is the name of the property sufficient? i.e. just enter created_at and that is enough?
I’m not sure what you mean by this

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Here’s an example for your input:

{{ steps.trigger.attributes.item_count }}
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you picked up what i was putting down. that’s great. thank you very much

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Though I just make it up using the structure in the API, not guarantee that it would work

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worth a shot tho. i do appreciate it

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Michael, we’re actively working on improving this problem, since it’s a pretty common issue for lots of users! Sometimes it’s not easy to get a test event for your source, but as you pointed out, it’s incredibly helpful in building out your workflow.

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We are working on adding the ability to more easily generate sample test events directly from within the workflow builder, which would show the event shape to expect — it wouldn’t include real order data from your Big Cartel account in this case, but it should be helpful in being able to reference the right fields, etc.

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If you’re able to generate an event, let me know, so we can save that event shape and add it to the event source (not using your own personal data of course).

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I will let you know if I am able to. I assume the best method for this would be to leave the Pipedream window open and keep testing for new sample data from a new order coming in?

I suppose I could try and order something myself as well to trigger it.

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Once you’ve created the source you don’t need to keep any Pipedream windows open, but yes! Being able to generate an event will be super helpful.

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By the way, do you have any previous orders in that account from before creating this source in Pipedream?

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hm, there may be something else going wrong then .I connected this BigCartel account weeks ago and there have been many orders in that time but the test data has never populated

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We typically look for historical events to pull them in when you create your source, to help solve this exact problem you encountered.

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Ah interesting, there may indeed be an issue there in that case.