Automation - how to asJsonString quote a section?

[Martin Cleaver]

In some previous steps, I perform a web request to Jira's API. The data I get back is okay.

{{#webhookResponse.body.issues}} | {{key}} | {{fields.summary}} | {{fields.customfield_12930}} | {{/}}

Now I want to provide this to a PUT to update a field:

{
"fields" : {
"description" : {{#webhookResponse.body.issues}} | {{key}} | {{fields.summary}} | {{fields.customfield_12930}} | {{/}}
}
}

 I need to asJSONString quote the {{#webhookResponse.body.issues}}...{{/}} section as wrapping in "" would break if the content includes quotes.

Neither {{#webhookResponse.body.issues.asJsonString}} or {{#webhookResponse.body.issues}}...{{/webhookResponse.body.issues.asJsonString}} works.

So how do I wrap {{#webhookResponse.body.issues}} in asJsonString?

This seems like an easy question... not sure why it's eluding me!

[Martin Cleaver]

To answer my own question, I believe it's possible to do this with list.join("\n").asJsonString

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I'll update when I get a chance.

[bmccoy]

Hi!

Another option might be to use the Create Variable action.  Use that to build up the description text and then in the payload you can just treat it as a plain string e.g. {{newDescription.jsonEncode}}.

Also not sure if you are using the "Additional fields" on the edit issue action or sending a new web request, but if you are using the edit issue action you can just use the built-in description fields instead and it should handle all of that for you.

Cheers,
Brydie

[Martin Cleaver]

Ah yes, I could just use that. It'd be much simpler.

If only DC was at feature parity for Automation in Cloud.