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Response Action + Created/Modified Trigger Alternative?

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Hello,

We'd like to build a flow in which an HTTP Request is sent when a Sharepoint file is created/modified, but it does not appear to be possible, because the 'Response' action (which is necessary for us to get a token) is fundamentally impossible on a Flow triggered by a trigger with recurrence ... which is built into that trigger and similar triggers.

I don't think it's possible to just turn the Recurrence off (I believe its necessary for that trigger to poll for updated items every minute), but is there some alternative here I'm not seeing?

I also explored using the 'For this Item' trigger ... but that also seems to have a fundamental code disagreement with Response. This really seems like it shouldn't be this hard to build, especially considering this works fine in Sharepoint Designer. I feel like I'm just missing something obvious.

Thanks,

Nick

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abm abm 33,004 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @Unportant,

Is this file is stored in a SharePoint document library?

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Unportant 6 on at

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@abm, yes. I've validated that the Flow can (when it's missing the Response) respond to changes to the doc just fine.
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Hi @Unportant,

Thanks for your immediate reply. Could you please explain what you do meant by response? Also if your could explain your requirement with an example that will be great.
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@abm, I mean the action "Response", which I'm attempting to use after an "HTTP" action to get the content of the api response. But doing so with the Sharepoint trigger "When an item is created or modified" gets this:

<The workflow with 'Response' action type should not have triggers with 'recurrence' property defined: 'When_an_item_is_created_or_modified'.>

I don't want to post the details of an example because the details are unimportant. What's important is the plot: when a Sharepoint file gets updated, I need to send an api call to Salesforce. To do that I need to have a Flow that does two api calls: one to get a token, and another that uses that token to authorize a POST call that sends a simple update at Salesforce. To get that token, I need access to the 'Response Content' of that first api call ... but that's where the problem is, because I can't use the "Response" action with this trigger.

The entire structure that I'm attempting works completely fine in Sharepoint Designer workflows and runscope, so that's not the issue, the issue is Flow's particular restrictions with these combinations of actions/triggers.
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Hi @Unportant,

Thanks again for your reply. Could you try using variables?
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@abm, if possible, that would entail using some sort of syntax that gets a value out of the response without actually using the "Response" action. I'm not aware of how to do that, and the searching hasn't helped.

It would be something initializing a variable right after the "HTTP" action with a value that's something like "outputs('HTTP')['ResponseContent']?['access_token']". But my impression is that I can't do that without initializing the response via the "Response" action. I could easily be wrong though, and if I am I'd be happy for someone to point that out to me.
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Hi @Unportant,

Could you take a screenshot of your flow? I need to understand more about your http action you mentioned? Also just to understand more about the flow logic you trying to achieve.

Thanks