Is it possible to access all the fields from a previous step as a collection like json rather than having to explicitly setting each one in the input data?
Hope the screenshot illustrates the idea:
https://www.screencast.com/t/TTSmUqz2auq
The idea is I have a step that lookup responses in a google form and I wish to parse the result to display all the Questions and Answer into an email.
Hope this is possible
Thanks
David here, from the Zapier Platform team. Unfortunately, what I believe you're describing right now isn't possible. Usually this works fine since users only map a few values. The worst case is when you want every value, which it sounds like you're facing. It would be cool to map all of them. I can pass that along to the team! In the meantime, you'll have to click everything you're going use in the code step.
If you really don't want to create a bunch of variables, but you could map them all into a single input and separate them with a separator like |, which (as long as it doesn't show up in the data), it's easy to split in the code step.
Hope that helps!
The simplest solution would be to create an additional field in the output object that is a JSON string of the output. In a Python code step, it would look like
import json
output = {'id': 123, 'hello': 'world'}
output['allfields'] = json.dumps(output)
or for returning a list
import json
output = [{'id': 123, 'hello': 'world'},{'id': 456, 'bye': 'world'}]
for x in output:
x['allfields'] = json.dumps(output[output.index(x)])
Now you have the individual value to use in steps as well as ALL the values to use in a code step (simply convert them from JSON). The same strategy holds for Javascript as well (I simply work in Python).
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Fields are accessible in an object called input_data by default. So a very simplistic way of grabbing a value (in Python) would be like:
my_variable = input_data['actual_field_name_from_previous_step']
This differs from explicitly naming the the field with Input Data (optional). Which as you know, is accessed like so:
my_variable = input['your_label_for_field_from_previous_step']
Here's the process description in Zapier docs.
Hope this helps.
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I am working on building a replacement to MIRTH and it looks like we are sending out non-standard HL7 ORU_R01 messages. OBR.5 should be just a single field but looks like we are sending a bunch of other data in this section.
<OBR.5>
<OBR.5.1>XXXX</OBR.5.1>
<OBR.5.2>XXXX</OBR.5.2>
<OBR.5.3>XXXXX</OBR.5.3>
<OBR.5.5>XXXXX</OBR.5.5>
<OBR.5.6>XXXX</OBR.5.6>
<OBR.5.7/>
<OBR.5.8>XXXXXXXXXX</OBR.5.8>
<OBR.5.10>XXXXXXX</OBR.5.10>
<OBR.5.11>X</OBR.5.11>
<OBR.5.12>X</OBR.5.12>
<OBR.5.13>XXXXX</OBR.5.13>
<OBR.5.15>XXXXXXX</OBR.5.15>
</OBR.5>
It seems like I should be able to something like the following.
obr.getObr5_Priority().getExtraComponents().getComponent(2).setData(...)
But I am having issues trying to find the correct way to set the different segments. All the fields are Strings.
Found something that I think has ended up working for us.
ID expirationDate = new ID(obr.getMessage(), 502);
expirationDate.setValue(format2.format(date));
obr.getObr5_Priority().getExtraComponents().getComponent(0).setData(expirationDate);
Where 503 refers to which element you want to set. In this case I am trying to set OBR-5.2. getComponent(0) because it's the first extra component I am adding for this particular segment. I am not sure entirely if my explanation here is correct but it creates a message we need and parses as I'd expect so its my best guess.
Dereived the answer from this old email thread https://sourceforge.net/p/hl7api/mailman/hl7api-devel/thread/0C32A03544668145A925DD2C339F2BED017924D8%40FFX-INF-EX-V1.cgifederal.com/#msg19632481
I have a zap that gets a block of text. Within that block of text they are about 30 variables that I need to replace e.g.{{variable1}}, {{variable2}}, {{variable3}} etc.
I need to replace each of these variables with a different string that I get in another step of the zap.
Zapier has a tool called find and replace text which works well; however it only works for 1 string at a time so this would mean I would need to do this 30 times.
Is there a way to complete this is one or two steps. Is it possible to use Code by Zapier (either Python or JS) to achieve this?
Yep! This can be done very easily using a code step in Python:
You'll pass any data into the Code step in the input_data dict. I'm not sure how it's coming in or formatted, but hopefully you can build a dict out of it. I'll make one up in this example.
keys = input_data['keys'] # something like "{{a}},{{b}},{{c}}"
values = input_data['values'] # something like "1,2,3"
replacers = {k:v for k,v in zip(keys.split(','), values.split(','))} # makes a mapping like {"{{a}}": "1", ...}
str_to_replace = input_data['string_to_repalace']
for k, v in replacers.items():
str_to_replace = str_to_replace.replace(k, v)
return {'result': str_to_replace}
How exactly this fits your use case depends on how your variables and stuff come in, but it should get you most of the way there.
I'm using Opeonlayers 3.18 + GeoServer. I can make a ogc filter for comparing a field and a value. How can i compare two fields?
Code below shows what i'm looking for:
var f = ol.format.ogc.filter.greaterThan('Field1', 100); // this works nicely
var f = ol.format.ogc.filter.greaterThan('Field1', 'Field2'); // this doesn't work
Equivalent working CQL filter is: 'Field1 > Field2'
Regards
This sort of filtering should work. I'd note that many databases may not have a way to perform that filter in an optimal way, and as such, there's a chance that the handling for such a filter is not correct.
The first thing to check out is if the GeoServer logs have any additional information. For most requests, there are log messages which will provide all the details (including the filter) for the request.
If OL3 is making a non-sense request, there should be some kind of parse error first. If the datastore is having trouble with the request, you might see an exception.
To help further, which version of GeoServer and which datastore are you using? Also, is there additional information in the logs?
Update: Based on the comment below, I checked out the Open Layers 3 source. If you look here, it looks like OL3 is treating the first argument as a properyName and the second as a literal. It is probably worth filling a bug/feature request on the project's GitHub page.
In my forward method, I need to have a param that is list:
forward(params:[selectedLicences:[1,2,3]]],action...)
Currently, when the same parameters are submitted through a form, I access them like this:
List<Long> licenses = params.list("selectedLicences").collect{it as Long}
Is it possible to use the same code when forwarding, or I need to have code that will process the resulting String [1,2,3] and change it into a list?
I have seen one solution is to use the flash storage, but I am looking for other alternatives as well.
Could not find a way to do it, so I am forwarding a list, which turns to string, and then I parse it back to list on receiving controller.. I am not working with large data (usually 2-3 values) so performance is not an issue in this case..
I've been asked to prototype a replacement "file transformation process" (that currently is a mess of SQL) using Altova's MapForce. My input is a CSV file with headers. My problem is that I need to capture both the data AND the column name to use in downstream processing.
I need to have MapForce feed a C# method (imported as that takes two parameters: fieldName and value. I can access the value trivially, but after hours pouring over the manual (1000 pages!) I haven't found any examples of how to access the field name as an output.
The reason each output needs the field name and the value has to do with how all our mappings/transformations are currently managed - on a database. The .NET code jumps in at this point and does any necessary database lookups.
For example, if I had the following file:
"Symbol", "Account", "Price", ...
"FOO", "10101", "1.23", ...
"BAR", "10201, "13.56", ...
And a static method string TransformField( string fieldName, string value ),
I'd like to map the CSV file's Symbol data output to the method's value parameter and the Field Name "Symbol" to the method's fieldName parameter.
Some limitations:
I need to keep the "wiring" visible in the MapForce GUI. I'll have non-programmers maintaining the mappings in the future. So doing all this in code is not an option.
MapForce is the tool of choice by the company. Part of the reason our original process is such a mess is because the original programmer rolled his own mapping/transformation tool (out of TSQL no less - ouch).
We can treat all inputs/outputs to the method call as strings. Conversions will happen later.
I would like to avoid using scalar literals as inputs. I already have the column names from the file - I do not want to re-type each one and feed it to my method.
I'm not sure how many users out there have experience with this tool, but after 3 days of tinkering with it, I see much potential. If only I can get past this current sticking point, I think the company will have a solid alternative to their current mess.
Thanks for any/all suggestions.
I solved my issue and, for future reference, want to post a solution. I handled my problem by using MapForce's FlexText. This allowed me to extract the header from the CSV file and "invert" the column names as data inputs to the transformation process. Once I knew the approach to take, I was able to find more information directly from Altova.
I found a couple helpful tutorials while digging through their website:
Altova Online Videos
Web Tutorial
Hope this can help someone else in the future!