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Using Smartsheet as chat hub
Hi community. I am developing an app through SS API and am looking to connect chat channels like WhatsApp, Facebook, SMS, etc to Smartsheet. Each row represents a customer and ideally, we want all chats with this customer from all popular apps to populate into the conversation section of SS. Is this possible? If not, we…
Sample cURL throwing errors
Hello All, I am looking to use cURL for some basic API updates to my sheets. I have used it successfully to pull down data for columns/summary sections, but when I try using the sample cURL to add a field (after updating the cURL for my sheetID and APIkey), it throws errors. Any idea why this might be happening. Wondering…
How can I tell where the automation email fail is coming from?
My IT Dept. says Smartsheets is whitelisted. They show no record of any emails getting blocked. However, my automation is to send an email when a row is added from a form and now no emails are going out to anyone. I even tried Run Now and nothing is going out. Is it Smartsheets? Is it down? It worked two weeks ago when we…
I am trying to update an AutomationRule Object and getting an error:
Exception thrown: 'Smartsheet.Api.InvalidRequestException' in smartsheet-csharp-sdk.dll An exception of type 'Smartsheet.Api.InvalidRequestException' occurred in smartsheet-csharp-sdk.dll but was not handled in user code Required object attribute(s) are missing from your request: action.includedColumnIds. in C# the Action…

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What is the proper Content-Type string for an Excel (xlsx) file row attachment?
Hello, I have an Excel document (xlsx) that I want to upload to a row through the API. My code does successfully upload the file as a row attachment. However, when I download the file through Smartsheet and try to open it, I get an error "Excel cannot open the file 'file_name.xlsx' because the file format or file extension…
Smartsheet Bridge special characters not encoding in endpoint URL
Has anyone ran into this issue? I would like to parse an ISO formatted time into the endpoint URL, but it's not encoding "+" to %2B. My particular use case is getting the latest CVEs from Vulnerability APIs (nist.gov) The endpoint should be formatted as such:…
3rd party addons for Smartsheet
Does anyone have a list of available free and/or paid 3rd party addons for Smartsheet? Simple tools that solve specific problems, like ddupdate, can be invaluable. Having a repository or a guide where to look would be really appreciated. Thx!