Help Needed: "Generate Image" (OpenAI DALL-E) Action Fails with Dynamic Prompt, Works with Static Text

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Hello,

I need help with the OpenAI “Generate image” action.

Setup:

  1. User submits a form, a new row is added to AI Recipe Requests.
  2. AI columns in this table generate a recipe name, and then a Descriptive Image Prompt (e.g., “Chicken Salad Sandwich, food photography”).
  3. A Workflow triggers “On new row”:
  • Waits 10 seconds.
  • Action: Generate image using the Descriptive Image Prompt column for the Prompt, saving to an AI Generated Photo (Image type) column.

Problem: The Generate image action fails with “Could not fetch” when using the Descriptive Image Prompt column.

However:

  • If I type a static text prompt (e.g., “Apple”) directly into the “Generate image” action’s Prompt field, it works perfectly and generates an image.
  • My OpenAI API key and billing are confirmed to be working fine.
  • The Descriptive Image Prompt column does have the correct text in it when the action runs.

Question: Why does the “Generate image” action fail when using a column value for the prompt, but succeed with the exact same text if typed in manually as a static prompt? How can I get the dynamic column prompt to work?

(I can provide a read-only link and screenshots showing the data table with the prompt text, and the workflow setup.)

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Thank you for your help

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Thank You for your help sir. I am encountering another problem, [lease help me with this.

Problem: ** “Generate Image” Action Fails with Column Prompt, Works with Static Text

Setup:

  1. User submits a form, a new row is added to AI Recipe Requests.
  2. AI columns in this table generate a recipe name, and then a Descriptive Image Prompt (e.g., “Chicken Salad Sandwich, food photography”).
  3. A Workflow triggers “On new row”:
  • Waits 10 seconds.
  • Action: Generate image using the Descriptive Image Prompt column for the Prompt, saving to an AI Generated Photo (Image type) column.

Problem: The Generate image action fails with “Could not fetch” when using the Descriptive Image Prompt column.

1
11920×1080 209 KB

2
21920×1080 135 KB

3
31920×1080 165 KB

4
41920×1080 141 KB

5
51920×1080 139 KB

However:

  • If I type a static text prompt (e.g., “Apple”) directly into the “Generate image” action’s Prompt field, it works perfectly and generates an image.
  • My OpenAI API key and billing are confirmed to be working fine.
  • The Descriptive Image Prompt column does have the correct text in it when the action runs.

Question: Why does the “Generate image” action fail when using a column value for the prompt, but succeed with the exact same text if typed in manually as a static prompt? How can I get the dynamic column prompt to work?

(I can provide a read-only link and screenshots showing the data table with the prompt text, and the workflow setup).

Thank you!

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Can you adjust to wait for condition, set max to around 30 seconds, and the condition to “Descriptive Image Prompt” is not empty?

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i tried everything but it is not working. I tried waiting upto 1 minutes but also it didnt generated image.
When i choose prompt any cloumn with type Generate text or Template (like in 1st image) , image is not generated.
But when i choose any other column with type Basic Text (like in 2nd image) or when i enter custom prompt (type anything manually like apple, banana milkshake), it is generating image.

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