it's been several times that I got stuck with this one: I don't understand how to output Line-Items with a Code step?
Is it even possible?
For example:
I build Line-Items from a JSON
In these Line-Items, I would like to remove some of them, based on various criteria
Then output Line-Items and use them in a further step
Here is something I tried:
But, on a further step, I don't get Line-Items but separate values:
So, how to manipulate Line-Items into a Code step and get Line-Items as the output?
I feel like I'm missing something...
Thanks,
Alex
PS: more explanation on the "why".
I got my data from a Typeform entry in which I can get between 1 and 5 emails (plus other data)
So, I got empty row that I want to remove
That's why I build a Line-Items object then try to remove the useless ones
Best answer by ikbelkirasan
Hi @AndrewJDavison_Luhhu and @Ulule
@Ulule - You are currently setting the output to something like this:
[
{
0: {
email: "...",
address: "..."
},
1: {
email: "...",
address: "..."
},
2: {
email: "...",
address: "..."
}
//...etc
}
];
However, what you're looking for is something like this:
[
{
items: {
0: {
email: "...",
address: "..."
},
1: {
email: "...",
address: "..."
},
2: {
email: "...",
address: "..."
}
//...etc
}
}
];
Or this:
[
{
items: [
{
email: "...",
address: "..."
},
{
email: "...",
address: "..."
},
{
email: "...",
address: "..."
}
// etc
]
}
];
As you can see, the output should be an array that contains a single object that has key (called items here but it could be anything) which has an object or an array as a value.
So in order to output line items, you should change the last line in your code to:
output = [
{
items: output
}
];
Hope this helps.
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@Ulule - You are currently setting the output to something like this:
[
{
0: {
email: "...",
address: "..."
},
1: {
email: "...",
address: "..."
},
2: {
email: "...",
address: "..."
}
//...etc
}
];
However, what you're looking for is something like this:
[
{
items: {
0: {
email: "...",
address: "..."
},
1: {
email: "...",
address: "..."
},
2: {
email: "...",
address: "..."
}
//...etc
}
}
];
Or this:
[
{
items: [
{
email: "...",
address: "..."
},
{
email: "...",
address: "..."
},
{
email: "...",
address: "..."
}
// etc
]
}
];
As you can see, the output should be an array that contains a single object that has key (called items here but it could be anything) which has an object or an array as a value.
So in order to output line items, you should change the last line in your code to:
@ikbelkirasan thank you so much for your answer, yeah it solves my issue!
So basically I need to "re-build" a new set of items.
Zapier Support had answered as well and they gave me the same answer about the Output that must be an array.
Thank you again!
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But, on a further step, I don't get Line-Items but separate values:
So, how to manipulate Line-Items into a Code step and get Line-Items as the output?
