# Post External Key Resource error - ""You should specify one of parent"

**URL:** <https://forum.asana.com/t/post-external-key-resource-error-you-should-specify-one-of-parent/1112556>\
**Category:** API & Developers\
**Tags:** zapier\
**Created:** [4 December 2025 18:54 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/post-external-key-resource-error-you-should-specify-one-of-parent/1112556 "2025-12-04T18:54:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Colin\_Swaim\_Artisan](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Colin\_Swaim\_Artisan](https://forum.asana.com/u/Colin_Swaim_Artisan)\
**Post date:** [4 December 2025 18:54 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/post-external-key-resource-error-you-should-specify-one-of-parent/1112556/1 "2025-12-04T18:54:19Z")

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Hello! I am trying to get zapier to get a link from Salesforce via a webhook and post it to the Key resources tab as a link. Using Asana’s API explorer I am able to get it working. However when I translate it to Zapier it keeps giving me this error. To specific one parent. Total beginner here. Anyone know what I am missing?

 ![Screenshot 2025-12-04 at 1.46.40 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/asana/original/4X/4/c/7/4c763f973f13b3e540dbdfe9ff7f9c7f132620c3.png)

 ![Screenshot 2025-12-04 at 1.46.18 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/asana/original/4X/1/f/d/1fd0ea47e17ae62d791b8035391c38ddbdeea800.png)

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**Author:** ![Phil\_Seeman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/phil_seeman/32/81525_2.png) [@Phil\_Seeman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Phil_Seeman)\
**Post date:** [5 December 2025 04:01 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/post-external-key-resource-error-you-should-specify-one-of-parent/1112556/2 "2025-12-05T04:01:28Z")

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Hi @Colin_Swaim_Artisan,

In the “Data” portion of your Zapier webhook, wrap your existing JSON structure with a “data” element, so it has this shape - I think this should resolve it:

```auto
{
    "data": {
        "parent": "1234567890",
        "resource_subtype": "external",
        "name": "Test",
        "url": "https://some-url-of-the-document"
    }
}
```