Hello SailPoint Devs,
I’m wondering if anyone is aware of a way to populate a different value if an inline variable is empty, like null.
I’m trying to pass various fields in a http action JSON PUT body and it fails since some of the values can be optional.
I am trying to avoid a monstrous amount of branching. If I tackle this with verify data type I’d be building a dozen different http actions.
Thanks for any and all suggestions!
Have you tried creating the message body as a variable and updating it using the update variable step for each possible optional attribute?
Create a variable for body containing a “{”
Use a comparison to determine whether the attribute is present. If it is, add it to the body.
be sure quotes and colon are included. (edit: updated the updateVariable operator to start with the existing patchBody value - so it’s not replacing, it’s appending)
Before the HTTP request, add the closing “}”
Make the HTTP request with the variable as the body:
To be clear, this is a brainstorm, not something I’ve actually tested. It will require a comparison for each optional attribute, but it keeps you from having to setup multiple HTTP requests depending on what the body might look like.
