Can't choose Notion's template when adding integration

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:bullseye: What is your goal?

Hi everyone,
I’m using Make to create a new item in my Notion database from a website inquiry that uses custom template that is set up as default. instead of new leads being in custom default template, they are being made in the notion blank template instead.

Notion Support told me this is now supported through their API, but I can’t find an option for it in Make. but I can’t see to find it in Make to select template… or at least to use defaulted.

Has anyone done this?
If you’ve done it, I’d really appreciate any guidance.
Thank you

:thinking: What is the problem & what have you tried?

I’m using Make to create a new page in a Notion database from a website inquiry. The automation works correctly, but the page is always created as a blank page instead of using my existing database template (“New Inquiry Form”).
I contacted Notion Support, and they confirmed that their API now supports creating pages from a database template. However, I can’t find a way to use this feature in Make. I’ve searched the documentation and community posts but haven’t found a clear solution. I’m trying to determine whether this is possible with Make’s Notion module or if it requires using the HTTP module instead.

:clipboard: Error messages or input/output bundles

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Make’s native Notion “Create a Database Item” module does not currently allow access to the template parameter, even though the Notion API now supports this.

Use the “Notion Make an API Call” module or the generic HTTP module. Use POST /v1/pages. Within that include a “template” object in the body either as {“type”: “default”} which will use your database’s default template. If you want to target a template that is not default use {“type”: “template_id”, “template_id”: “…”}.

To get template IDs use the GET /v1/data_sources/{id}/templates endpoint. You can keep all the mapping for existing property values the same as you are just adding the template key alongside it.