Is there any specific reasons for Json Spin object to not be returned as proper json when getting a variable from the rest API?
Currently they are returned as stringified json (a string).
Thanks!
Hi Stephen,
Do you mean a Java object that is serialized via Spin (i.e. value of type object) or a native Json value (value of type json)?
Cheers,
Thorben
@thorben i am talking about Spin JSON. When you use deserializeValues = false you only get a String of the JSON, which then requires further parsing by the client of the API. would be great if we could have the server return this as a proper parsed json object.
Where currently a response would look something like this:
[
{
"type": "Json",
"value": "{\"sid\":\"...\",\"date_created\":\"Fri, 17 Nov 2017 21:50:13 +0000\",\"date_updated\":\"Fri, 17 Nov 2017 21:50:13 +0000\",\"date_sent\":null,\"account_sid\":\"...\",\"to\":\"....\",\"from\":\"...\",\"messaging_service_sid\":null,\"body\":\"This is a test message\",\"status\":\"queued\",\"num_segments\":\"1\",\"num_media\":\"0\",\"direction\":\"outbound-api\",\"api_version\":\"2010-04-01\",\"price\":null,\"price_unit\":\"USD\",\"error_code\":null,\"error_message\":null,\"uri\":\"....\",\"subresource_uris\":{\"media\":\"/....\"}}",
"valueInfo": {},
"id": "4a322682-cbe1-11e7-b1ea-0242ac110002",
"name": "responseBody",
"processInstanceId": "4a0e4ace-cbe1-11e7-b1ea-0242ac110002",
"executionId": "4a0e4ace-cbe1-11e7-b1ea-0242ac110002",
"caseInstanceId": null,
"caseExecutionId": null,
"taskId": null,
"activityInstanceId": "4a0e4ace-cbe1-11e7-b1ea-0242ac110002",
"errorMessage": null,
"tenantId": null
}
]
and would be great if we could get something like this:
[
{
"type": "Json",
"value": {
"sid": "...",
"date_created": "Fri, 17 Nov 2017 21:50:13 +0000",
"date_updated": "Fri, 17 Nov 2017 21:50:13 +0000",
"date_sent": null,
"account_sid": "...",
"to": "...",
"from": "...",
"messaging_service_sid": null,
"body": "This is a test message",
"status": "queued",
"num_segments": "1",
"num_media": "0",
"direction": "outbound-api",
"api_version": "2010-04-01",
"price": null,
"price_unit": "USD",
"error_code": null,
"error_message": null,
"uri": "...",
"subresource_uris": {
"media": "..."
}
},
"valueInfo": {},
"id": "4a322682-cbe1-11e7-b1ea-0242ac110002",
"name": "responseBody",
"processInstanceId": "4a0e4ace-cbe1-11e7-b1ea-0242ac110002",
"executionId": "4a0e4ace-cbe1-11e7-b1ea-0242ac110002",
"caseInstanceId": null,
"caseExecutionId": null,
"taskId": null,
"activityInstanceId": "4a0e4ace-cbe1-11e7-b1ea-0242ac110002",
"errorMessage": null,
"tenantId": null
}
]
Hi Stephen,
Thanks for the example. I agree that proper JSON would be nicer for this variable type. At the same time, I’m not sure how to change that in a backwards-compatible way that would not overcomplicate things. Do you have an idea for that?
Cheers,
Thorben
Could it be a additional optional parameter ? Like a “format” or “parse” parameter?
Hey Stephen,
Feel free to raise a feature request in JIRA.
Cheers,
Thorben