How to filter repeated packages in cutom Webhook and Trigger

Custom Apps
1

I have a custom app with a Webhook and Instant Trigger. The connected webapp sometimes sends repeated requests with exactly the same data in the same day/couple hours.

I would like to know how to filter this repeated data at the Webhook/Action level in the Custom App Development instead of having to add a filter in the scenario.

2

Welcome to the Make community!

When you say exactly, do you mean literally? There is absolutely no variation, no change in IDs, no timestamps, etc.?

Could you provide a few samples of the different requests?

Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues. P.S.: investing some effort into the tutorials in the Make Academy will save you lots of time and frustration using Make!

— @samliew

3

Most of the data is exactly the same. The timestamp does change when the data is repeated though. There is an ID that could be used to identify the event as repeated.

Here is an example of the data:

{
        "user_id": "****09482", //Can be used to identify an event as repeated
        "user_login": "user_948",
        "user_name": "User_948",
        "broadcaster_user_id": "****2277", //Basically the webhook's connected user, practically a constant
        "broadcaster_user_login": "broadcaster21",
        "broadcaster_user_name": "Broadcaster21",
        "followed_at": "2025-05-10T08:01:35.10123782Z"
    }
4

Welcome to the Make community!

It looks like you are creating a custom app for Twitch, specifically, the “channel.follow” method.

Why would there be repeated packages sent by Twitch, unless the user unfollows and refollows repeatedly?

— @samliew

5

Yes, that’s the case. I’m checking if it would be possible to stop the repeated follow-unfollow-refollow events from activating the trigger at the Webhook/Action level in the Custom App Development instead of having to add a filter in the scenario.

6

That’s a great idea! I’m sure others would agree that this is a nice feature to have.

You can submit this suggestion to the Idea exchange, under Platform Ideas and Improvements

Don’t forget to search for it first, just in case someone already suggested it, so that you don’t end up creating a duplicate.

Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues. P.S.: investing some effort into the tutorials in the Make Academy will save you lots of time and frustration using Make!

— @samliew