Action: Create Item

Webflow Operation

The Create Item action adds a new item to a specified collection.

Example User Story

I want to create a new item in a Webflow collection so that I can dynamically update my website content.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Required
collectionId	String	Yes
fields	Map	Yes
live	Boolean	No

Related Connections

Webflow

Related Automations

Example link

Code (Apache v2.0): Operation

{
  "handle": "create-item",
  "state": "inDev",
  "meta": {
    "short": "Create Item",
    "description": "Creates a new item in a Webflow collection."
  },
  "input": [
    {
      "name": "collectionId",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The ID of the collection where the item will be created."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "fields",
      "type": "Map",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "A map of field names and their values for the new item."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "live",
      "type": "Boolean",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "Whether the item should be published immediately. Default is false."
      }
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "itemId",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": ["id"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The ID of the created item."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "lastUpdated",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": ["lastUpdated"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The date and time when the item was last updated."
      }
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "http",
      "http": {
        "method": "POST",
        "path": "/collections/{{collectionId}}/items",
        "headers": {
          "Content-Type": "application/json",
          "Accept-Version": "1.0.0"
        },
        "bodyTemplate": {
          "value": "{\n  \"fields\": {{fields}},\n  \"isArchived\": false,\n  \"isDraft\": {{if live}}false{{else}}true{{end}}\n}",
          "placeholders": [
            {
              "name": "fields",
              "type": "Map",
              "description": "A map of field names and their values for the new item.",
              "required": true
            },
            {
              "name": "live",
              "type": "Boolean",
              "description": "Whether the item should be published immediately.",
              "required": false,
              "default": "false"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}