I am facing issues with conversion of JSON to dataframe. I tried using libraries: jsonlite, RJSONIO,rjson.
I keep getting 'invalid character in the string' or unclosed string.
I am getting this data from a standard API so should be able to parse this json. Also, JSON editors can parse this data just fine.
My question is:
Is there a standard way using which I can make sure that my dataframe gets created and ignore above errors?
My best guess was to convert this data to JSON format using toJSON function from either of the libraries but if I use
newdata <- fromJSON(toJSON(data))
it somehow never gets converted to dataframe. Why is that?
If I instead use
newdata <- fromJSON(data)
I get a valid dataframe but sometimes because of above errors, it doesn't work which is what I am trying to know. How do you deal with this?
I have tried using this too freshDeskTicketsToDF <-
jsonlite::fromJSON(paste(readLines(textConnection(freshDeskTickets)), collapse=""))
It seemed to solve the problem but somewhere I got unclosed string with this method which I otherwise did not.
Are there better ways to deal with this in R?
Also, why is it that using toJSON on data passed to fromJSON never gets converted to a dataframe?
If I decide to take off html tags from the values assisgned to keys in JSON data. How does that work? Can I do that?
Edit: It looks like I get this error when I have <html tags> in my "string data" but I have them all across my JSON data and I don't get it every time.
How to deal with problems like this?
Note: this issue not specific to the data that I have. What I am looking for is ways to deal with problems like these and not one specific solution to a single problem.
I just realized thattoJSON converts R objects to JSON and not JSON to valid JSON. Is there a way to do it instead?
Sample data:
[
{
"cc_emails": [
],
"fwd_emails": [
],
"reply_cc_emails": [
],
"fr_escalated": false,
"spam": false,
"email_config_id": 1000062780,
"group_id": 1000179078,
"priority": 1,
"requester_id": 1022205968,
"responder_id": 1018353725,
"source": 1,
"company_id": null,
"status": 5,
"subject": "Order number-100403891",
"to_emails": [
"contact#stalkbuylove.com"
],
"product_id": null,
"id": 174093,
"type": "Order Status query",
"due_by": "2016-09-02T08:57:30Z",
"fr_due_by": "2016-09-02T02:57:30Z",
"is_escalated": true,
"description": "<div dir=\"ltr\">Hi Team,<div><br></div>\n<div>I have ordered an item from your website, order number-100403891. I had called on August 30 2016 to postpone the delivery date. The guy i spoke from your end had confirmed that he will hold and push the delivery date to September 5 or 6 or 7 2016. And he confirmed the same.</div>\n<div>However, the guy I spoke to<b> did not do it</b>. </div>\n<div>I got to know it from ABHINAV from your customer care team who I spoke to on August 1st at 13:10. Hence I have put a request again and he said he will talk to some guys and give me the desired dates for delivery which is 5,6,7 of September 2016. </div>\n<div>Please let me know the concern on this and hope for a quick turn around.</div>\n<div><br></div>\n<div>Thank you,</div>\n<div>Hari,</div>\n<div>+91-9538199699.</div>\n</div>\n",
"description_text": "Hi Team,\r\n\r\nI have ordered an item from your website, order number-100403891. I had\r\ncalled on August 30 2016 to postpone the delivery date. The guy i spoke\r\nfrom your end had confirmed that he will hold and push the delivery date to\r\nSeptember 5 or 6 or 7 2016. And he confirmed the same.\r\nHowever, the guy I spoke to* did not do it*.\r\nI got to know it from ABHINAV from your customer care team who I spoke to\r\non August 1st at 13:10. Hence I have put a request again and he said he\r\nwill talk to some guys and give me the desired dates for delivery which is\r\n5,6,7 of September 2016.\r\nPlease let me know the concern on this and hope for a quick turn around.\r\n\r\nThank you,\r\nHari,\r\n+91-9538199699.\n",
"custom_fields": {
},
"created_at": "2016-09-01T07:51:18Z",
"updated_at": "2016-09-11T11:00:33Z"
},
{
"cc_emails": [
],
"fwd_emails": [
],
"reply_cc_emails": [
],
"fr_escalated": false,
"spam": false,
"email_config_id": 1000062780,
"group_id": 1000179078,
"priority": 1,
"requester_id": 1022148025,
"responder_id": 1021145209,
"source": 1,
"company_id": null,
"status": 5,
"subject": "Defect in d piece",
"to_emails": [
"contact#stalkbuylove.com"
],
"product_id": null,
"id": 174092,
"type": "Return",
"due_by": "2016-09-01T15:51:00Z",
"fr_due_by": "2016-09-01T09:51:00Z",
"is_escalated": false,
"description": "<div><br></div>\n<div><br></div>\n<div><br></div>\n<div><div style=\"font-size:75%;color:#575757\">Sent from Samsung Mobile</div></div>",
"description_text": "\n\n\nSent from Samsung Mobile",
"custom_fields": {
},
"created_at": "2016-09-01T07:51:00Z",
"updated_at": "2016-09-06T09:00:14Z"
},
{
"cc_emails": [
],
"fwd_emails": [
],
"reply_cc_emails": [
],
"fr_escalated": false,
"spam": false,
"email_config_id": 1000062780,
"group_id": 1000179078,
"priority": 1,
"requester_id": 1022205895,
"responder_id": 1018353725,
"source": 1,
"company_id": null,
"status": 5,
"subject": "Re: StalkBuyLove Return Request for order: 100404435",
"to_emails": [
"StalkBuyLove <contact#stalkbuylove.com>"
],
"product_id": null,
"id": 174088,
"type": "Refund query",
"due_by": "2016-09-01T15:43:56Z",
"fr_due_by": "2016-09-01T09:43:56Z",
"is_escalated": true,
"description": "<div>Hi. Can u deposit the amount if i giv u my account number. Right away i cant choose any other product frim ur site. <br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div>\n<div>\n<br>On Sep 1, 2016, at 12:38 PM, StalkBuyLove <contact#stalkbuylove.com> wrote:<br><br>\n</div>\n<blockquote><div>\n<div><img title=\"StalkBuyLove\" alt=\"Stalkbuylove\" src=\"http://www.stalkbuylove.com/launcher_icons/Newlogo_Stalkbuylove_240x50.png\"></div>\n<div>Hello <b>Anamica Aggarwal</b>,</div>\n<div>We have initiated a return request for order: <b>100404435</b> with the following products:</div>\n<table style=\"width:80%\">\r\n <tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color:#B0C4DE\">\r\n <th>Item Name</th>\r\n <th>Sku</th>\r\n </tr>\n<tr>\r\n <td style=\"text-align:center\">Articuno Top</td>\r\n <td style=\"text-align:center\">IN1627MTOTOPPCH-198-18</td>\r\n </tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<div>Lots of love,</div>\n<div>Team SBL</div>\n<img src=\"http://mandrillapp.com/track/open.php?u=30069003&id=bff0a5daee4a47fe9c6b04d2680c3c39\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\">\r\n</div></blockquote>",
"description_text": "Hi. Can u deposit the amount if i giv u my account number. Right away i cant choose any other product frim ur site. \n\nSent from my iPhone\n\n> On Sep 1, 2016, at 12:38 PM, StalkBuyLove <contact#stalkbuylove.com> wrote:\n> \n> \n> Hello Anamica Aggarwal,\n> \n> We have initiated a return request for order: 100404435 with the following products:\n> \n> Item Name\tSku\n> Articuno Top\tIN1627MTOTOPPCH-198-18\n> Lots of love,\n> \n> Team SBL\n> \n",
"custom_fields": {
},
"created_at": "2016-09-01T07:43:56Z",
"updated_at": "2016-09-11T11:00:32Z"
},
{
"cc_emails": [
],
"fwd_emails": [
],
"reply_cc_emails": [
],
"fr_escalated": false,
"spam": false,
"email_config_id": 1000062780,
"group_id": 1000179078,
"priority": 1,
"requester_id": 1022205881,
"responder_id": 1021145209,
"source": 1,
"company_id": null,
"status": 5,
"subject": "Details for order",
"to_emails": [
"contact#stalkbuylove.com"
],
"product_id": null,
"id": 174086,
"type": "Order Status query",
"due_by": "2016-09-01T15:42:50Z",
"fr_due_by": "2016-09-01T09:42:50Z",
"is_escalated": false,
"description": "<div><span></span></div>\n<div>\n<span>Hey can i get details of my order </span><br><span>How much more time will it take to get delivered? </span><br><span>Order no-</span><h2 style=\"font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;\"><font><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">100403837</span></font></h2>\n<span></span><br><span>Sent from my iPhone</span><br>\n</div>",
"description_text": "Hey can i get details of my order \r\nHow much more time will it take to get delivered? \r\nOrder no-\r\n100403837\r\n\r\nSent from my iPhone\n",
"custom_fields": {
},
"created_at": "2016-09-01T07:42:50Z",
"updated_at": "2016-09-06T09:00:13Z"
},
{
"cc_emails": [
],
"fwd_emails": [
],
"reply_cc_emails": [
],
"fr_escalated": true,
"spam": false,
"email_config_id": 1000062780,
"group_id": 1000179078,
"priority": 1,
"requester_id": 1022204690,
"responder_id": 1021145209,
"source": 1,
"company_id": null,
"status": 5,
"subject": "Refund",
"to_emails": [
"contact#stalkbuylove.com"
],
"product_id": null,
"id": 174080,
"type": "Refund query",
"due_by": "2016-09-01T15:36:26Z",
"fr_due_by": "2016-09-01T09:36:26Z",
"is_escalated": true,
"description": "<div>\r<br>Bank statement as asked for refund! Please intiate the proccedings asap!<br>\n</div>",
"description_text": "\r\nBank statement as asked for refund! Please intiate the proccedings asap!\n",
"custom_fields": {
},
"created_at": "2016-09-01T07:36:26Z",
"updated_at": "2016-09-07T08:00:19Z"
}
]
library(jsonlite)
df <- stream_in(file("~/data/sample.json"))
This stream_in function directly convert into datafram
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So I have a JSON file I got from Postman which is returning as an empty object. This is how I'm reading it.
import regscooter from './json_files/reginald_griffin_scooter.json'
const scoot = regscooter;
const CustomerPage = () => {...}
reginald_griffin_scooter.json
{
"success": true,
"result": {
"id": "hhhhhhhhhh",
"model": "V1 Scooter",
"name": "hhhhhhhhhh",
"status": "active",
"availabilityStatus": "not-available",
"availabilityTrackingOn": true,
"serial": "hhhhhhhhhhhh",
"createdByUser": "hhhhhhhhK",
"createdByUsername": "hhhhhhhh",
"subAssets": [
"F0lOjWBAnG"
],
"parts": [
"hhhhhhhh"
],
"assignedCustomers": [
"hhhhhhhhh"
],
"createdAt": "2019-12-03T21:47:26.218Z",
"updatedAt": "2020-06-26T22:05:54.526Z",
"customFieldsAsset": [
{
"id": "hhhhhhh",
"name": "MAC",
"value": "hhhhhhhh",
"asset": "hhhhhhhhhh",
"user": "hhhhhhhhh",
"createdAt": "2019-12-03T21:47:26.342Z",
"updatedAt": "2019-12-11T16:29:24.732Z"
},
{
"id": "hhhhhhhh",
"name": "IMEI",
"value": "hhhhhhh",
"asset": "hhhhhhh",
"user": "hhhhhhhhhh",
"createdAt": "2019-12-03T21:47:26.342Z",
"updatedAt": "2019-12-11T16:29:24.834Z"
},
{
"id": "hhhhhhhhh",
"name": "Key Number",
"value": "NA",
"asset": "hhhhhhhhh",
"user": "hhhhhhhhhhh",
"createdAt": "2019-12-03T21:47:26.342Z",
"updatedAt": "2019-12-11T16:29:24.911Z"
}
]
}
}
The error is that "const scoot" is being shown as an empty object {}. I made sure to save a ton of times everywhere. I am able to read through the imported JSON file in other variables in similar ways, so I don't know why I can't parse this one. I just want to access the JSON object inside this. Also I omitted some information with hhhhh because of confidentiality.
EDIT: The code works, but it still has a red line beneath result when I do:
const scoot = regscooter.result.id;
It would be much more effective if you will provide an example in codesandbox or so.
However at first look it might be a parser issue ( maybe you are using Webpack with missing configuration for parsing files with json extension ), meaning we need more information to provide you with a full answer ( maybe solution ? ).
Have you tried to do the next:
const scoot = require('./json_files/reginald_griffin_scooter.json');
I'm trying to send new users / new customres of my WooCommerce store into the rental management app current-rms.com as new Organisations / new contacts. Since Current RMS does not have a native Zap, I am trying to use the generic Webhook zap that Zapier maintains.
Specifically, I'd like to see the sent JSON body in Zapier posts that I make during the setup and testing of the Zap after clicking "Make a Zap!". The Task History is not detailed enough nor does it show hits during test and setup, since it's not live yet.
My trigger is a WooCommerce New Customer. This is working with Zapier WooCommerce Plugin and webhooks OK.
My action is the generic Zapier "Webhooks" Zap. The label "instant" appears next to it in the list at /app/zaps and it is "off".
One version uses JSON PAYLOAD as the action.
Another version uses CUSTOM PAYLOAD as the action.
Wrap request in array is YES.
Unflatten is YES.
My API key and subdomain are in the app URL as query strings and working OK.
When I hit test I get:
We had trouble sending your test through.
The app returned "Invalid JSON - missing or invalid entry for 'member'". This usually happens when your Zap is missing a required field or a field value isn't in a recognized format.
We made a request to api.current-rms.com and received (400) Bad Request.
Official docs are at: https://api.current-rms.com/doc#members-members-post
Logging available at Current RMS side
Part of the authentication of Current RMS involves knowing the domain of the account you are trying to access, in my case its therockfactory due to it being an account for my company https://therockfactory.net/
https://api.current-rms.com/api/v1/members?apikey=APIKEYCENSORED&subdomain=therockfactory
which returns the following when I use the correct API key:
{"webhook_logs":[],"meta":{"total_row_count":0,"row_count":0,"page":1,"per_page":20}}
Maybe if I could see the actual hit that Zapier is posting to Current I could wrap my confused brain around it better? What me worry.
The hit should look somewhat similar to this example, but I've not been able to locate it so far... (in Zapier)
Headers
Content-Type: application/json
Body
{
"member": {
"name": "Chris Bralton",
"description": "Pictures and leaned back was strewn at one would rather more. People don't want of his own means of one hand! Unless it from our pioneer has he fallen tree but that ever stronger and a. Hid among us against the full of verdure through by my eyes.",
"active": true,
"bookable": false,
"location_type": 0,
"locale": "en-GB",
"membership_type": "Contact",
"lawful_basis_type_id": 10001,
"sale_tax_class_id": 1,
"purchase_tax_class_id": 1,
"tag_list": [
"[\"Red\", \"Blue\", \"Green\"]"
],
"custom_fields": {},
"membership": {},
"primary_address": {
"name": "Chris Branson",
"street": "16 The Triangle",
"postcode": "NG2 1AE",
"city": "Nottingham",
"county": "Nottinghamshire",
"country_id": "1",
"country_name": "United Kingdom",
"type_id": 3001,
"address_type_name": "Primary",
"created_at": "2015-06-29T10:00:00.000Z",
"updated_at": "2015-06-29T10:30:00.000Z"
},
"emails": [
{
"address": "abigail.parker#ggmail.co.uk",
"type_id": 4001,
"email_type_name": "Work",
"id": 1
}
],
"phones": [
{
"number": "+44 115 9793399",
"type_id": 6001,
"phone_type_name": "Work",
"id": 1
}
],
"links": [
{
"address": "www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=566828251",
"type_id": 5002,
"link_type_name": "Facebook",
"id": 1
}
],
"addresses": [
{
"name": "Chris Branson",
"street": "16 The Triangle",
"postcode": "NG2 1AE",
"city": "Nottingham",
"county": "Nottinghamshire",
"country_id": "1",
"country_name": "United Kingdom",
"type_id": 3002,
"address_type_name": "Billing",
"created_at": "2017-06-29T10:00:00.000Z",
"updated_at": "2017-06-29T10:30:00.000Z",
"id": 1
}
],
"service_stock_levels": [
{
"item_id": 10,
"store_id": 1,
"member_id": 1,
"asset_number": "Chris Bralton",
"serial_number": "",
"location": "",
"stock_type": 3,
"stock_category": 60,
"quantity_held": "1.0",
"quantity_allocated": "0.0",
"quantity_unavailable": "0.0",
"quantity_on_order": "0.0",
"starts_at": "",
"ends_at": "",
"icon": {
"iconable_id": 85,
"id": 1,
"image_file_name": "abigail.jpeg",
"url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/current-rms-development/64a0ccd0-5fbd-012f-2201-60f847290680/icons/46/original/abigail.jpeg",
"thumb_url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/current-rms-development/64a0ccd0-5fbd-012f-2201-60f847290680/icons/46/thumb/abigail.jpeg",
"created_at": "2015-06-29T10:00:00.000Z",
"updated_at": "2015-06-29T10:30:00.000Z",
"iconable_type": "StockLevel"
},
"custom_fields": {},
"id": 487,
"item_name": "Sound Engineer",
"store_name": "Nottingham",
"stock_type_name": "Service",
"stock_category_name": "Resource"
}
],
"day_cost": "",
"hour_cost": "",
"distance_cost": "",
"flat_rate_cost": "",
"icon": {
"image": ""
},
"child_members": [
{
"relatable_id": 317,
"relatable_type": "Member",
"related_id": 25,
"related_type": "Member"
}
],
"parent_members": [
{
"relatable_id": 317,
"relatable_type": "Member",
"related_id": 25,
"related_type": "Member"
}
]
}
}
UPDATE: After reading my chosen answer I was able to see what Zapier was sending:
[
{
"member[emails_attributes][0][address]": "test#test.co.nz",
"member[membership_type]": "Organisation",
"member[name]": "Testafari Testing"
}
]
You can send your webhook to a tool like this one to inspect the payloads that are being sent from anywhere on the internet: https://requestbin.com/
You can find more help in regards to using Webhooks by Zapier and other ideas on how you can troubleshoot issues stemming from its use: https://zapier.com/apps/webhook/help#inspect-the-requests
I am writing a simple application in Java to get time and drive distance data from the MapQuest API using their Route Matrix. I can get regular data just fine, but it appears that the date and time parameters (explained here) do not change anything.
My two request bodies are:
{"locations": ["55455","55113"],"options": {"allToAll": true,
"dateType": 0,"date": "12/17/2016","timeType": 2,"localTime": "12:00"}}
and
{"locations": ["55455","55113"],"options": {"allToAll": true,
"dateType": 0,"date": "12/13/2016","timeType": 2,"localTime": "16:30"}}
I get the same response for both requests:
{
"allToAll": true,
"time": [
[
0,
573
],
[
562,
0
]
],
"distance": [
[
0,
7.485
],
[
6.764,
0
]
],
"locations": [
{
"latLng": {
"lng": -93.234543,
"lat": 44.975052
},
"adminArea4": "Hennepin County",
"adminArea5Type": "City",
"adminArea4Type": "County",
"adminArea5": "Minneapolis",
"street": "",
"adminArea1": "US",
"adminArea3": "MN",
"type": "s",
"displayLatLng": {
"lng": -93.234543,
"lat": 44.975052
},
"linkId": 286290952,
"postalCode": "55455",
"dragPoint": false,
"sideOfStreet": "N",
"adminArea1Type": "Country",
"geocodeQuality": "ZIP",
"geocodeQualityCode": "Z1XAA",
"adminArea3Type": "State"
},
{
"latLng": {
"lng": -93.15676,
"lat": 45.012234
},
"adminArea4": "Ramsey County",
"adminArea5Type": "City",
"adminArea4Type": "County",
"adminArea5": "St Paul",
"street": "",
"adminArea1": "US",
"adminArea3": "MN",
"type": "s",
"displayLatLng": {
"lng": -93.15676,
"lat": 45.012234
},
"linkId": 286290770,
"postalCode": "55113",
"dragPoint": false,
"sideOfStreet": "N",
"adminArea1Type": "Country",
"geocodeQuality": "ZIP",
"geocodeQualityCode": "Z1XAA",
"adminArea3Type": "State"
}
],
"manyToOne": false,
"info": {
"copyright": {
"text": "© 2016 MapQuest, Inc.",
"imageUrl": "http://api.mqcdn.com/res/mqlogo.gif",
"imageAltText": "© 2016 MapQuest, Inc."
},
"statuscode": 0,
"messages": []
}
}
So for some reason, Saturday at noon has the same travel times as Tuesday at 16:30. Is there something wrong with my request, or does MapQuest not actually have this capability for the Route Matrix? The API documentation leads me to believe that the date/time options should work on any package in the Directions API, so could someone clear this up? Thanks in advance.
EDIT: I've made sure to try a route that I know for sure has HOV lanes that are restricted during the rush hour and not on the Saturday. I also tried enabling MapQuest's useTraffic parameter. Neither of these had any effect on the data. MapQuest states that useTraffic depends on availability of information, so I think I can only assume that it can't find information (which is strange, since I know that there is tons of data for this area). If anyone has any other ideas or explanations I'd be happy to hear.
MapQuest's Transit & Date/Time Routing "gives the user the ability to specify the time and date of a route, thus compensating for lanes that are HOV at specific times, timed-turned restrictions, and seasonal or specific day of the week closures." It does not account for specific time and date historic traffic. It works great for timed traffic restrictions though.
Consider a social network. It has posts. For feed, you request /feed and get the list of posts.
In the UI, there are things to show for a post, like if the user liked the post or not, if the user starred it or not, etc. These things don't look like they belong inside the post object.
Another case is when you fetch the likes. The frontend needs to know if the user in each 'like' object is being followed or not.
Where to put this info in the response JSON?
Its depends on your application and which data you want to show to the user. For ex,consider you are listing a user's feeds. In that feed,you want to show
Message
Liked by the current user or not(i don't know the difference between liked and stared)
Number of likes
List of liked users.
shared by the user or not
Shared count
List ofShared users.
etc..
In the above list,
Some data need two api fetch to get complete info and some not. For example,"List of liked users","List of Shared users". This is generally a dynamic data module. You have to get those details in a separate api for better performance of the server and also data integrity.
In some cases,some apps needs sneak peek of the liked shared users info in the listing page. In that case,you can include the some fixed small number of users details in the same list /feeds response itself and include the "See More(like Facebook)" option in the UI.
Some static singular data(single column data) can be list in the initial get /feeds itself.
I wonder why don't you follow the same twitter's list tweets style,
https://dev.twitter.com/rest/reference/get/search/tweets
{
"coordinates": null,
"favorited": false,
"truncated": false,
"created_at": "Fri Sep 21 23:40:54 +0000 2012",
"id_str": "249292149810667520",
"entities": {
"urls": [
],
"hashtags": [
{
"text": "FreeBandNames",
"indices": [
20,
34
]
}
],
"user_mentions": [
]
},
"in_reply_to_user_id_str": null,
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"text": "Thee Namaste Nerdz. #FreeBandNames",
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You have two options:
Make a separate API method for getting information about user context data - /api/users/1/feeds/1 .Pay attention, that this option will force you to send request per feed. So, if you'll have 1000 feeds - you will have 1000 + 1 request (so called N+1 problem).
As for me - it's not a good idea.
You can store user data in json, for example is this way:
{
"feedName": "feed1",
...
"currentUser": {
"liked": true,
"starred": true
}
}
By using this option you will avoid N+1 requests problem in your RESTful service
For all the users, the post resource should be the same. Adding specific user context info inside it seems like polluting it
I can see where you're coming from and I quite agree.
Ivan's 1st solution should not be used as he already mentioned, his 2nd is better but then if you GET the posts JSON which should contain only post objects, there is also this currentUser that doesn't really belong there.
My suggestion is that for each post you keep track of which users have liked and/or starred it, etc. Then you keep a clean structure while still having the info you need available in the same request/response.
Example
GET /feed HTTP/1.1
[
{
"text": "hello world, im a post!",
"author": "Jack",
"likes": 3,
"likedBy": [
"John",
"James",
"Jessica"
],
"stars": 2,
"starredBy": [
"John",
"Mary"
]
},
{
"text": "hello world, im also a post! :D",
"author": "Mary",
"likes": 1,
"likedBy": [
"James"
],
"stars": 0,
"starredBy": [
]
},
]
Where each {} object represents a post object.
On the client side, you could then check if the likedBy list contains the currently logged in user and proceed with the result as you see fit. Same for stars and any other of these properties a post might have.
can anyone help in finding xpath of 'tenantId' which is in JSON response given below
{
"statusCode": "200",
"errorParams": null,
"payLoad": {
"UGX:XCD": {
"id": 42802,
"fromCurrency": {
"tenantId": "2a610af6-2e42-4a78-8e04-98755e2c6113",
"code": "UGX",
"name": "Ugandan Shilling",
"isoCode": "UGX",
"active": true,
"enabled": true,
"flagModifiedName": false,
"erpId": null,
"createdOn": 1427155200000,
"fieldLibraryStatus": "DRAFT",
"userId": null
},
"toCurrency": {
"tenantId": "2a610af6-2e42-4a78-8e04-98755e2c6113",
"code": "XCD",
"name": "East Caribbean Dollar",
"isoCode": "XCD",
"active": true,
"enabled": true,
"flagModifiedName": true,
"erpId": null,
"createdOn": 1427155200000,
"fieldLibraryStatus": "DRAFT",
"userId": "c7f68b05-044d-44e1-8fc5-0f97a4ece91b"
},
"rate": 33,
"inverseRate": 0.0303,
"createdOn": 1434025926983,
"modifiedOn": 1434326400000,
"active": true,
"purpose": "cmd",
"enabled": true,
"tenantFlag": true,
"erpId": null
}
How to traverse till 'tenantId' ??
Thanks in Advance.
SoapUI internally converts almost anything to XML. You will have to use the ResponseAsXml property. In the GUI, if you click on the XML tab, you can see this representation.
Something like the following should work:
${test_step#ResponseAsXml#//*:fromCurrency/*:tenantId}
${test_step#ResponseAsXml#//*:toCurrency/*:tenantId}
If you want to handle this using groovy, then extend SOAPUI with GSON.jar library provided by Google.
this library specially written to handle the JSON objects.
With this you can rip every individual objects and its attribute-values easily how complex may the JSON object be, a nice add-on to work with.