topic Re: Create Custom Object Association in Custom code in Workflow in APIs & Integrations

Create Custom Object Association in Custom code in Workflow

Sylg — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 20:08:02 GMT

Hey Everyone,

I'm building a workflow that will

find the associated company of a workspace (custom object)
look if this company has an associated open deal
If so, associate the workspace to the deal

On paper, this is straight forward but I can't find the function of the nodeJs library to lookup association on a custom object and to create an association on a custom object

According to the CRM API v3 docs, it should be

hubspotClient.crm.associationsApi.getAll(objectType, objectId, toObjectType, after, limit);

to lookup an association but this return

{"errorType":"TypeError","errorMessage":"Cannot read property 'getAll' of undefined","stack":["TypeError: Cannot read property 'getAll' of undefined","    at Object.exports.main

I tried doing the call via HTTP in Postman and the endpoint work.

Can someone tell me the function to lookup associated objects and the function to create an association with a custom object, please?

Thanks

Re: Create Custom Object Association in Custom code in Workflow

dennisedson — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 15:56:28 GMT

@kierana maybe you have some ideas 😀

Re: Create Custom Object Association in Custom code in Workflow

kierana — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 16:03:38 GMT

The documentation is actually incorrect for this - It's always worth using Intellisense in your IDE to get the right methods. Try

hubspotClient.crm.objects.associationsApi.getAll(.....)

Re: Create Custom Object Association in Custom code in Workflow

NMueller — Thu, 26 May 2022 18:28:07 GMT

Hello, I am in a similar situation as @Sylg. And this solution is not working for me.

I am creating a workflow with custom code actions that needs to look up associations for one custom object to another custom object.

So I have tested and confirmed this endpoint is working from the docs:

And brought the relevant code into the custom code action in my workflow. But I ran into same error as mentioned above.

{"errorType":"TypeError","errorMessage":"Cannot read property 'getAll' of undefined","stack":[ ...

And then I found this thread! So I have updated my script within the custom code action to include hubspotClient.crm.objects.associationsApi.getAll(...), as seen below.

And now I am running into this:

ERROR { "statusCode": 500, "body": { "status": "error", "message": "internal error", "correlationId": "164444ce-8a12-4bd6-bf03-9538ee174fd9" } ...

At this point, I'm kinda lost! Anybody know how to list associations from custom object to custom object correctly?

Re: Create Custom Object Association in Custom code in Workflow

NMueller — Thu, 26 May 2022 18:50:20 GMT

Gah! Just discovered, I need to utilize V4 API documentation as seen here https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/api/crm/associations to get this working. I've updated my custom code in workflow, and it is working now with V4 formatted request:

Re: Create Custom Object Association in Custom code in Workflow

DStaat — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 19:58:16 GMT

Hey @Sylg,

I know this thread is a bit old but have you heard of Associ8? It associates objects (Custom Objects included) via workflow based off criteria you set!

You can check it out on the HubSpot Marketplace here.

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me!

Best,

-David Staat