Data Action returning JSON in success template

[Jack_Liu]

Hi all,

We love the new JSON functions in architect, but there is one more piece of the puzzle that would make it especially useful. If there is a way to return the raw result from a data action, then in architect we can parse thru arbitrary JSON objects, ie nested arrays which we currently cannot.

So far I tried creating an output template like the below but it always returns the default value zero. How do I return $value back to the success template?

Any help is appreciated!

{
"translationMap": {
"raw_json": "#set( $value = ${rawResult} )"
},
"translationMapDefaults": {
"raw_json": "0"
},
"successTemplate": "{\n "raw_json": ${raw_json}\n}"
}

[Jack_Liu]

For the record, after playing with it, this worked.

{
"translationMap": {
},
"translationMapDefaults": {
},
"successTemplate": "{"raw_json": "$esc.jsonString("${rawResult}")" }"
}

[Jason_Mathison]

That looks exactly like how I would handle this. Nice work!

--Jason

[Jack_Liu]

Create a string field in the output contract. Then in Architect use an Update Action to convert from string to JSON using JsonParse.

[Jack_Liu]

Since the successTemplate defines raw_json, the output field should match that name.