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Transforming POST Request Data into Usable Variables in Your Flow | Lindy Community

Transforming POST Request Data into Usable Variables in Your Flow

·Oct 21, 2025 04:49 PM·

Hey there! 👋 I am sending a POST request via the HTTP action. How can I transform the returned data into usable variables for the rest of my flow? Thanks in advance!

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Alon J.
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Hey Gianluca! You can use the Set Variable action 🙂 Let me know if you need help here 🙏
Gianluca B.
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Hey Alon J.! Thanks! I have been using the Set Variable action, but I wanted to know how is the data from a POST request returned? Do I need to parse it first? How do I separate each key:value from the JSON into a Set Variable action? Hope these questions make sense... Thanks!
Inaan D.
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Gianluca B. Best practice here is to create the variable step and have that create variable action be a prompt field where you pass the webhook data directly and then instruct the create variable step how you want to parse the POST request output! Hope this helps!
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Inaan D.
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You can separate each key:value by prompting what specific key:value pair you would like saved in what variable!
Gianluca B.
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Inaan D. That makes sense! I'll try it out. Thank you Inaan!
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Inaan D.
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Ofc !
Inaan D.
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I recommend a cheaper model for these steps to minimize cost as well Gianluca B. !
Gianluca B.
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Inaan D. Which one would you recommend? I was looking at GPT 4o Mini...
Inaan D.
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that works!
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