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Convert object to string in successTemplate

  • 1.  Convert object to string in successTemplate

    Posted 06-05-2025 18:43

    Irina | 2022-01-26 08:36:23 UTC | #1

    Hello Experts,

    I need your help with parsing GC data table API response. The /api/v2/flows/datatables/{datatableId}/rows/{rowId} API returns object like this: { "col1": "value1", "col2": value2, "col3": "value3", "col4": "value4" }. I want to convert it to string like this: "{"col1":"value1", col2:value2, col3:"value3", col4:"value4"}" and return as output parameter of type string.

    I can receive each field separately:

    { "translationMap": { "col1": "$.col1", "col2": "$.col2", "col3": "$.col3", "col4": "$.col4" }, "translationMapDefaults": {}, "successTemplate": "{\"COL1\":$col1,\"COL2\":$col2,\"COL3\":$col3, \"COL4\":$col4 }" } but can't figure out how to concatenate them to one string and return only one parameter.

    Thanks, Irina


    jacobshaw | 2022-01-26 22:22:15 UTC | #2

    Hi Irina,

    Data actions are designed to return json objects. AFAIK, there's no way to have the successTemplate return a string rather than a json object.

    If you tell me more about where the data action is being consumed, I may be able to help. For example in javascript, simply passing the object to the stringify function will do what you're asking for: JSON.stringify(responseObject)


    Irina | 2022-01-27 18:31:47 UTC | #3

    Thanks for your answer, jacobshaw.

    I'm going to call this data action from Architect ( I can't use built-in Architect data table lookup, because my data table name is build at runtime). The "successTemplate": "{\"Row\": \"$esc.jsonString(${rawResult})\"}" solved my problem.


    system | 2022-02-27 18:32:04 UTC | #4

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