Automation iterate over smart variable coming from a web request

Question

I am struggling to parse data from the Bitbucket REST API into smart values. What I am trying to do is to:

* get pullRequests from the Bitbucket (done),
* filter out irrelevant PRs by "name", looking for Jira key,
* print out the status of 1 (or more) relevant PR.

I have webRequest like this

webhookResponse.body.detail.pullRequests: [

{ author: a, name: "ABCD", ..., status: "OPEN" }

{ author: b, name: "DEFG", ..., status: "OPEN" }

]

I want the status of "ABCD" PR only.

Now the issues.

1.

If I do "advanced branching", smart value = {{webhookResponse.body.detail.pullRequests.status}}

as variable "PR", log action "PR: {{PR}}", it will produce

PR: OPEN, OPEN

That means it did NOT iterate over the list, but rather joined it to a string?

2. if I do

log action: "distinct: {{webhookResponse.body.detail.pullRequests.status.distinct}}"

it will produce

distinct: [OPEN, OPEN]

does it mean it's a string, not a list?

3. if I do

log action: "substring: {{webhookResponse.body.detail.pullRequests.status.substring(3)}}"

to test for a string, it will produce

substring: []

So it is NOT a string.

4. if I do

log action: "match: {{webhookResponse.body.detail.pullRequests.status.match("(.*)")}}"

it will produce

match: []

So no luck.

5. If I do

log action: "splitted: {{webhookResponse.body.detail.pullRequests.status.split(",")}}"

or

log action: "splitted: {{#webhookResponse.body.detail.pullRequests.name.split(",")}} {{.}} {{/}}"

It will produce

splitted: []

Which contradicts the earlier "distinct: [OPEN, OPEN]"

6. If I do

log action: "name-status: {{#webhookResponse.body.detail.pullRequests}} {{name}}-{{status}}, {{/}}"

it will produce

name-status: ABCD, DEFG-OPEN, OPEN,

However I would expect it to produce

ABCD-OPEN, DEFG-OPEN

But I think I missing something here.

Ultimately I want to do either:

1. Smart branching and iterate over {{webhookResponse.body.detail.pullRequests}} = PR

Then check if {{PR.name}} contains "ABCD" and return {{PR.status}}.

I would need the whole pull request as a variable, not just one property like "name".

or

2. Variable

Which would simply give me the status.

Any help appreciated!

Pavel Helia · Accepted Answer

OK, I cracked it after 2 days.

webhookResponse.body.detail.pullRequests is actually an array of an array, so you need to iterate over

{{webhookResponse.body.detail.pullRequests.get(0)}} as PR

and then you can do

if {{PR.name}} contains "ABCD", do whatever.