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Postman JSON parse response body arrays inside arrays

I have this JSON Response from API call
[
{
"id": 20599,
"name": "Deliver",
"options": [
{
"id": 63775,
"name": "Item",
"dataType": "SelectMultiOption",
"required": false,
"options": [
{
"id": 426,
"name": "Towels"
},
{
"id": 427,
"name": "Toothbrush"
},
{
"id": 428,
"name": "Pillow"
}
]
}
]
}
]
I am using this code to get the id of the service "Deliver"
var data = JSON.parse(responseBody);
var loop_count = 0
for (count = 0; count < data.length; count++)
{
if (data[count].name == "Deliver")
{
var job_id = data[count].id;
postman.setEnvironmentVariable("service_id", job_id);
}
}
The questions are:
How can I get value from array "options", I need to get the "id":
63775 and store as "item_id" and the "name":"Item" as "item_name" postman variables.
Then I need to select the "options" nested in record
"Item" and select the option "name": "Toothbrush" and store in postman
variable "svc_optn_optn_name" and it's "id" stored in
"svc_optn_optn_id"

Here I am giving my own suggestion for your problem with few lines of code. I am not sure, how are you going to use these values. I also don't know if the outer options array will always have 1 item or more. I have just tried to satisfy your questions.
Please ask/comment, if you have more doubts or I am wrong.
I have created a function getAllPostmanDataFrom(obj) which takes object as parameter which is the value of data[count], gathers necessary info in other object postmanObj and returns it to the caller.
function getAllPostmanDataFrom(obj) {
const item_id = obj.options[0].id;
const item_name = obj.options[0].name;
const svc_optn_optn_name = obj.options[0].options[1].name;
const svc_optn_optn_id = obj.options[0].options[1].id;
const postmanObj = {item_id, item_name, svc_optn_optn_id, svc_optn_optn_name}; // Return object
return postmanObj;
}
var data = [
{
"id": 20599,
"name": "Deliver",
"options": [
{
"id": 63775,
"name": "Item",
"dataType": "SelectMultiOption",
"required": false,
"options": [
{
"id": 426,
"name": "Towels"
},
{
"id": 427,
"name": "Toothbrush"
},
{
"id": 428,
"name": "Pillow"
}
]
}
]
}
]
var count = 0;
var obj = data[count];
var postmanObj = getAllPostmanDataFrom(obj);
//var {item_id, item_name, svc_optn_optn_id} = postmanObj;
console. log(postmanObj)
/*
console.log(item_id);
console.log(item_name);
console.log(svc_optn_optn_id);
console.log(svc_optn_optn_name);
*/
Finally, you can use values contained in postmanObj as follows:.
postman.setEnvironmentVariable("item_id", postmanObj.item_id);
postman.setEnvironmentVariable("item_name", postmanObj.item_name);
And so on.

This is the solution
var data = JSON.parse(responseBody);
variable named as data
var loop_count = 0
for (count = 0; count < data.length; count++)
{
if (data[count].name == "Deliver")
{
var job_id = data[count].id;
postman.setEnvironmentVariable("service_id", job_id);
var job1_name = data[count].options[0].name;
postman.setEnvironmentVariable("item_name", job1_name);
var job2_id = data[count].options[0].id;
postman.setEnvironmentVariable("item_id", job2_id);
var job3_id = data[count].options[0].options[1].id;
postman.setEnvironmentVariable("svc_optn_optn_id", job3_id);
var job4_name = data[count].options[0].options[1].name;
postman.setEnvironmentVariable("svc_optn_optn_name", job4_name);
}

const data = JSON.parse(responseBody);
data.forEach(item => {
console.log(item.id); // deliver object id.
item.options.forEach(option => {
console.log(`Option Id ${option.id}`); // option id
postman.setEnvironmentVariable("service_id", option.id);
option.options(optionItem => {
if(optionItem.name == 'Toothbrush'){
postman.setEnvironmentVariable("svc_optn_optn_name", optionItem.name);
postman.setEnvironmentVariable("svc_optn_optn_id", optionItem.id);
}
});
});
});

how to add an element inside a json array at the specific index in a repeating block?

I am trying to add element "delete:true" after each occurrence of "_rev " mentioned in the below sample request.
Original Request:
{
"docs": [
{
"_id": "123",
"_rev": "1-7836",
},
{
"_id": "456",
"_rev": "1-1192",
}
]
}
Expected Request:
{
"docs": [
{
"_id": "123",
"_rev": "1-7836",
"_deleted" :true
},
{
"_id": "456",
"_rev": "1-1192",
"_deleted" :true
}
]
}
When I tried the below code,the ""_deleted" :true" is getting inserted after the -rev element is closed. PFB for the same and suggest.
function main(params) {
for (var i = 0; i< params.docs.length; i++) {
for (var value in params.docs[i]) {
if(value == '_rev' && params.docs[i]._rev ){
var string1 = JSON.stringify(params.docs[i]);
var str = ',';
var string2 = '"';
var string3 =str+string2+ '_deleted'+ string2+ ':' + "true" ;
var res = string1 + string3 ;
}
}
}
}
######################
[
"2018-01-23T09:44:23.568738362Z stdout:
{\"_id\":\"123\",
\"_rev\":\"1-7836\"},
\"_deleted\":true"]

Use map and Object.assign instead of generating a string
var output = params.docs.map( s => Object.assign( {}, {"_deleted" :true}, s ) );
You can then convert this to string using JSON.stringify( output );
Demo
var params = {
"docs": [{
"_id": "123",
"_rev": "1-7836",
},
{
"_id": "456",
"_rev": "1-1192",
}
]
};
var output = params.docs.map(s => Object.assign({}, {
"_deleted": true
}, s));
console.log(output);

var data = {
"docs": [
{
"_id": "123",
"_rev": "1-7836",
},
{
"_id": "456",
"_rev": "1-1192",
}
]
}
var newData = data['docs'].map(item => {
item._delete = true
return item
})
console.log(newData);

Why don't you simply put ._deleted attribute to doc, like this ?
function main(params) {
for (var i = 0; i< params.docs.length; i++) {
params.docs[i]._deleted = true;
var res = JSON.stringify(params.docs[i]);
}
}
}
Or like this :
function main(params) {
for (var i = 0; i< params.docs.length; i++) {
params.docs[i]["_deleted"] = true;
var res = JSON.stringify(params.docs[i]);
}
}
}

You can reference the not existing attribute directly and assign an value:
#!/usr/bin/js
var myJSON = { "docs": [ { "_id":"123", "_rev":"1-200" } ] }
console.log(myJSON);
myJSON.docs[0]["_deleted"]=true;
console.log(myJSON);
Output of example:
# js append.js
{ docs: [ { _id: '123', _rev: '1-200' } ] }
{ docs: [ { _id: '123', _rev: '1-200', _deleted: true } ] }
Read the more extensive example here: Add new attribute (element) to JSON object using JavaScript
So this might be a duplicate ...

js loop after a certain json node

I'm trying to loop through some json nodes after finding a specific json node.
So, here's the INPUT:
{
"search": {
"result": {
"DN": {
"$": "A,B,C"
},
"attribute-value": [
{
"#name": "name",
"$": "nameHere"
},
{
"#name": "account",
"$": "accountNameHere"
},
{
"#name": "role",
"$": "roleA"
},
{
"#name": "role",
"$": "roleB"
}
]
}
}}
As you can see there are 2 roles at the end of the json payload above.
So, I get to that #name = role with the following logic:
var attributeValue = node['search'].result['attribute-value'];
for (var i = 0; i < attributeValue.length; i++) {
if (attributeValue[i]['#name'] === 'role') {
var vRole = attributeValue[i].$;
//The newJson.roles.role is to assign it to the new payload below
newJson.roles.role = vRole;
}
}
Once I get there, I'd like to pick up both roleA and roleB and output it into the following newJson payload:
var newJson = {
"newJson": {
"roles": [{
"role": {}
}, {
"role": {}
}],
}
}
The goal is to be able to get all the INPUT role nodes and output it in the newJson payload, but when I attempt to issue a for loop after getting to that #name=role, it fails.
Any suggestion is well appreciated.
Thank you.

I think you should append a new object to the roles array, just like this in your for loop:
var attributeValue = node['search'].result['attribute-value'];
for (var i = 0; i < attributeValue.length; i++) {
if (attributeValue[i]['#name'] === 'role') {
var vRole = attributeValue[i].$;
newJson.roles.push({
role: vRole
});
}
}
Hope this can help

Try this:
var attributeValue = node['search'].result['attribute-value'];
var newJson = {roles:[]};
attributeValue.forEach(function(item){
if(item["#name"]==="role"){
newJson.roles.push({role:item["$"]})
}
});
console.log(JSON.stringify(newJson));

You can use filter and map array methods.
newJson.roles = attributeValue
.filter(function(x){return x['#name']==='role'})
.map(function(x){return {'role': x['$']}})

Thanks everyone - you're all awesome!
This worked out for me:
JSBIN
var d = {
"search": {
"result": {
"DN": {
"$": "A,B,C"
},
"attribute-value": [
{
"#name": "name",
"$": "nameHere"
},
{
"#name": "account",
"$": "accountNameHere"
},
{
"#name": "role",
"$": "roleA"
},
{
"#name": "role",
"$": "roleB"
}
]
}
}};
var newJson = {
"newJson": {
"roles": []
}
};
var attributeValue = d.search.result['attribute-value'];
for (var i = 0; i < attributeValue.length; i++) {
if (attributeValue[i]['#name'] === 'role') {
var vRole = attributeValue[i].$;
newJson.newJson.roles.push({"role": vRole});
}
}
console.log(newJson);
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ final result ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[object Object] {
newJson: [object Object] {
roles: [[object Object] {
role: "roleA"
}, [object Object] {
role: "roleB"
}]
}
}

Ordering recursive function results in arrays of arrays

I am currently dealing with in issue in writing a recrusive function to order some json data. I have several nested arrays of objects which i need to order into single slides. The structure is similar to the following :
[
{
"title": "a",
"children": [
{
"title": "a-a",
"children": [
{
"title": "a-a-a"
},
{
"title": "a-a-b"
}
]
},
{
"title": "a-b",
"children": [
{
"title": "a-b-a"
},
{
"title": "a-b-b"
}
]
}
]
},
{
"title": "b",
"children": [
{
"title": "b-a",
"children": [
{
"title": "b-a-a"
},
{
"title": "b-a-b"
}
]
},
{
"title": "b-b",
"children": [
{
"title": "b-b-a"
},
{
"title": "b-b-b"
}
]
}
]
}
]
I have written a recursive function :
var catalog = {
init: function() {
var _this = this;
$.getJSON("catalog.json", function(data) {
_this.slides = [];
_this.parseCategories(data.catalog.category,-1,0);
});
},
parseCategories: function(array, depth, prevParent) {
++depth;
if (!this.slides[depth]) this.slides[depth] = [];
if (!this.slides[depth][prevParent]) this.slides[depth][prevParent] = [];
this.slides[depth][prevParent].push(array);
for (var i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
if (array[i].category) {
this.parseCategories(array[i].category, depth, i);
}
}
}
}
catalog.init();
This outputs :
However instead of retrieving the data for my third slide under format :
a-a-a
a-b-a
a-c-a
I would like to get
a-a-[a,b,c]
I was wondering if that was possible since I'm not very good at handling recursive processes. I hope I was clear and thank you for reading this.
I basically need to keep my original data structure but remove the first depth level for each iteration (slide in a slider that represent increasing depths in my data structure).

I recently wrote a algorithm to recursively handle data like this. Here is a jsfiddle and the main function
console.log('starting');
// data in tree format.
var output = {};
// data in slide format ["a-a-a", "a-a-b", "b-b-a", "b-b-b"]
var outputStrs = [];
parseData(data, output);
console.log(output);
console.log(outputStrs);
function parseData(data, store) {
// go through each element
for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
var element = data[i];
// used to keep track of where we are in the tree.
var splitElement = element.title.split('-');
var titleStart = splitElement[0];
// console.log(element);
if (_.has(element, 'children') && _.isArray(element.children)) {
// if there is a children, then recursively handle it.
store[titleStart] = {};
parseData(element.children, store[titleStart]);
} else {
// if we are at the end, then add in the data differently.
var titleEnd = splitElement[splitElement.length-1];
store[titleEnd] = titleEnd;
// create the slides
var slide = [];
for (var j = 0; j < splitElement.length; j++) {
if (j !== splitElement.length - 1) {
slide.push(titleStart);
} else {
slide.push(titleEnd);
}
}
slide = slide.join('-');
if (!_.contains(outputStrs, slide)) outputStrs.push(slide);
}
}
}
With this data the output should resemble
a
a
a
b
b
b
a
b
And outputStrs will resemble a-a-[a,b,c]
Hope this helps!!!

JSON data transformation from table-like format to JSON?

I have data that's in this format:
{
"columns": [
{
"values": [
{
"data": [
"Project Name",
"Owner",
"Creation Date",
"Completed Tasks"
]
}
]
}
],
"rows": [
{
"values": [
{
"data": [
"My Project 1",
"Franklin",
"7/1/2015",
"387"
]
}
]
},
{
"values": [
{
"data": [
"My Project 2",
"Beth",
"7/12/2015",
"402"
]
}
]
}
]
}
Is there some super short/easy way I can format it like so:
{
"projects": [
{
"projectName": "My Project 1",
"owner": "Franklin",
"creationDate": "7/1/2015",
"completedTasks": "387"
},
{
"projectName": "My Project 2",
"owner": "Beth",
"creationDate": "7/12/2015",
"completedTasks": "402"
}
]
}
I've already got the column name translation code:
r = s.replace(/\%/g, 'Perc')
.replace(/^[0-9A-Z]/g, function (x) {
return x.toLowerCase();
}).replace(/[\(\)\s]/g, '');
Before I dive into this with a bunch of forEach loops, I was wondering if there was a super quick way to transform this. I'm open to using libraries such as Underscore.

function translate(str) {
return str.replace(/\%/g, 'Perc')
.replace(/^[0-9A-Z]/g, function (x) {
return x.toLowerCase();
})
.replace(/[\(\)\s]/g, '');
}
function newFormat(obj) {
// grab the column names
var colNames = obj.columns[0].values[0].data;
// create a new temporary array
var out = [];
var rows = obj.rows;
// loop over the rows
rows.forEach(function (row) {
var record = row.values[0].data;
// create a new object, loop over the existing array elements
// and add them to the object using the column names as keys
var newRec = {};
for (var i = 0, l = record.length; i < l; i++) {
newRec[translate(colNames[i])] = record[i];
}
// push the new object to the array
out.push(newRec);
});
// return the final object
return { projects: out };
}
DEMO

There is no easy way, and this is really not that complex of an operation, even using for loops. I don't know why you would want to use regex to do this.
I would start with reading out the column values into a numerically indexed array.
So something like:
var sourceData = JSON.parse(yourJSONstring);
var columns = sourceData.columns[0].values[0].data;
Now you have a convenient way to start building your desired object. You can use the columns array created above to provide property key labels in your final object.
var sourceRows = sourceData.rows;
var finalData = {
"projects": []
};
// iterate through rows and write to object
for (i = 0; i < sourceRows.length; i++) {
var sourceRow = sourceRows[i].values.data;
// load data from row in finalData object
for (j = 0; j < sourceRow.length; j++) {
finalData.projects[i][columns[j]] = sourceRow[j];
}
}
That should do the trick for you.