Web modeler REST Connector variables in request body

Camunda 8 Topics Discussion & Questions
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I am new to Camunda and have started prepared workflows using the “REST Connector” for API calls.
With a static “Request Body” the rest call is working perfect.

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I wondering how to use variables I have in the request body to set the values.
E.g. :
…
“PARAM1”: myVariable1,
“PARAM2”: myVariable2
…

Didn`t find any examples how this can be done in the web modeler.
(The variables already exists and are also processed in the steps before)

I would be really happy about any support how to pass variables to the request body.

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Accourding to Expressions | Camunda Platform 8 Docs

You should be able to set the body value to:

="{
     \"process\": {
         \"name\": \"testprocess\"
     },
     \"prameters": {
           \"PARAM1\": \""+myVariable1+"\",
           \"PARAM2\": \""+myVariable2+"\"
     }
}"

BUT…
I don’t have a running C8 system, so I haven’t tested that.

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Hi ChrisS,
@GotnOGuts is right,
just you don’t have to add the “=” sign and don’t have to escape the double quotes.
Something like this should work:

{
“process”: {
“name”: “testprocess”
},
“parmeters”: {
“PARAM1”: myVariable1,
“PARAM2”: myVariable2
}
}

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