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Using GraphQL in Data Action

  • 1.  Using GraphQL in Data Action

    Posted 06-05-2025 18:42

    Felice_Vittoria | 2021-03-23 03:13:59 UTC | #1

    Hello all,

    Has anyone been able to use GraphQL syntax in a data action? I am attempting to do so but get an error.

    This is the error: 7. Resolve request body template: Processing the Request Body Template resulted in invalid JSON.

    • Unexpected character ('i' (code 105)): was expecting comma to separate Object entries at [Source: (String)"{ "query": "mutation CreateCustomer(VPCIMap:[providerContextPrefix: input ], map: {orgid=268a1671-cd4a-4f36-9442-5d2e1a023f01, item1=9qtkrgj3mkfq2mrv, integrationid=788ec842-49b6-4bb8-ad45-bc681151d52d, rawrequest={"item1":"9qtkrgj3mkfq2mrv","item2":"76d863090cd7bfd470627426af305ad5"}, item2=76d863090cd7bfd470627426af305ad5} ]: CreateCustomerInput!) { createCustomer(input: VPCIMap:[providerContextPrefix: input ], map: {orgid=268a1671-cd4a-4f36-9442-5d2e1a023f01, item1=9qtkrgj3mkfq2mrv, integr"[truncated 468 chars]; line: 2, column: 217]

    This is the request body template: { "query": "mutation CreateCustomer($input: CreateCustomerInput!) { createCustomer(input: $input) { clientMutationId customer { id legacyId company firstName lastName } } }", "variables": { "input": { "clientMutationId": "FeliceTest12345", "customer": { "company": "FeliceTest-12345", "firstName": "Felice", "lastName": "Test" } } } }

    In the contracts I configured item1 and item2 as strings.

    Thank you, Felice

    Jason_Mathison | 2021-03-24 02:23:03 UTC | #2

    Hi Felice,

    I found a couple of things that were probably tripping you up.

    The first issue is that the request body template you provided isn't valid JSON. When I get JSON errors I use https://jsonlint.com/ to figure out what is going on. In this case the issue is the value of "query" includes actual tabs and newline characters , instead of \n or \t characters.

    Removing all tabs and newlines produced valid JSON: "query": "mutation CreateCustomer($input: CreateCustomerInput!) { createCustomer(input: $input) { clientMutationId customer { id legacyId company firstName lastName}}}",

    At this point it still failed due to the velocity template processing. Velocity interprets things like $input as variables that should be replaced. Adding a \ in front of the $s that you want to send to your endpoint will get velocity to ignore the $ and pass it along to your endpoint.

    --Jason

    Felice_Vittoria | 2021-03-24 02:24:28 UTC | #3

    Felice_Vittoria, post:1, topic:10362
    "variables": { "input": { "clientMutationId": "FeliceTest12345", "customer": { "company": "FeliceTest-12345", "firstName": "Felice", "lastName": "Test" } } }

    Jason,

    Thank you so much! That resolved the issue. I also added the link you noted as a bookmark so that I can use it in case I get JSON errors.

    Felice

    system | 2021-04-24 02:26:28 UTC | #4

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    This post was migrated from the old Developer Forum.

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