When TikTok or Instagram URLs are sent via Slack to Make.com, the URLs are automatically enclosed in angle brackets (< >). These brackets cause issues when passing the URL to other modules, such as Apify.
I attempted to remove the brackets using Text Parser or Replace functions in Make.com, but this resulted in the URL being converted to null or failing to process correctly.
Text Formatter Issues:
When using the Text Formatter module to clean the URL and remove the angle brackets, the result is often a null value instead of the cleaned URL.
Attempts to use different text patterns to remove the brackets (< >) have all resulted in null, breaking the process before the URL can be passed to Apify.
Apify Integration Fails Due to Invalid URL:
After trying to clean the URL, when passed to Apify, it still returns an error in the Apify logs due to an invalid URL format (typically showing null). This halts the scraping process, and no data is retrieved.
Tools Module Tried with No Success:
I explored using Make.com’s Tools function, including Set Variables and Text Formatter, to clean the URL and remove the brackets, but the issue persists, with the URL still being altered into an unusable format for Apify.
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