Filtering a webresponse body by date

Question

Hi,

I've question about Jira automation, particularly filtering data from a webresponse.

I've the following response in a smart value {{webResponse.body}}:

{
  "props": [{
    "prop": "AA",
    "planAs": "0"
  },{
    "startDate": "2024-06-10",
    "prop": "BB",
    "planAs": "0"
  }, {
    "startDate": "2024-11-01",
    "prop": "CC",
    "planAs": "0"
  },{
    "prop": "DD",
    "planAs": "0"
  },{
    "startDate": "2023-09-03",
    "prop": "EE",
    "planAs": "0"
  },{
     "startDate": "2024-07-28",
     "prop": "FF",
     "planAs": "0"
  },{
    "startDate": "2024-07-28",
    "prop": "GG",
    "planAs": "0"
  },{
    "startDate": "2023-09-03",
    "prop": "HH",
    "planAs": "0"
  },{
    "startDate": "2023-06-10",
    "prop": "II",
    "planAs": "0"
  },{
    "startDate": "2024-06-11",
    "prop": "JJ",
    "planAs": "0"
  },{
    "startDate": "2024-06-21",
    "prop": "KK",
    "planAs": "0"
  },{
    "startDate": "2024-12-31",
    "prop": "LL",
    "planAs": "0"
  }]
}

I want to filter out all props that either don't have a startDate (in this case AA & DD) or all props that have a startDate before and including today (which is now June 10th 2024, but this is of course variable) which wil result in BB, EE & II

How can I do this, using smart value conditions or a regex?

By creating a variable props with smart value {{webRespons.body.props}} and using a new variable myProps with smart value {{props.match("\{.*?prop=(.*?), planAs=\d\}, ")}} 
I get all the props, but I really need only the ones with a startdate of today or before.

Rudy Holtkamp · Answer

The problem with using an advanced branching, that it does not wait until it has been executed. So if I try to catch it in a variable in the branch, the rest of the automation rule continues without having the correct value of the variable.

Kalyan Sattaluri_iinm1n · Answer

Hello @Rudy Holtkamp

If this response is valid JSON which Jira will let us parse,

Then, after your web request call, can you try to do Advanced Branching on smart value {{webResponse.body.props}} and variable =myprops,

You should be able to access {{myprops.startDate}} and do if condition that {{myprops.startDate.jiraDate}} greater than {{now}} then capture your prop in variable?