BytesToString returning "" string

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Hello.

So I use pub.string:bytesToString with the mapping already set, but it appears the flow can’t decode/translate properly that it returns the string as rectangle character, as seen as the image below

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I don’t understand how this can happen, because the reference that I follow can do this properly with the same mapping as this

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and the string that the reference I follow to make this service successfully convert the bytes to string like this

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The expectation for the string for my service is like this (in one line though)

{
    "attributes": {
        "client_name": "",
        "client_number": "",
        "inquiry_result": [
            {
                "name": "",
                "value": ""
            },
            {
                "name": "",
                "value": ""
        ]
    },
    "client_number": ""
}

Is it because of the “[” and “]” characters that cause this problem? or anything else?

I really need help to solve this problem cause I have tried to set the encoding to “utf-8”, “ASCII”, “iso-8859-1” but none of them are working, am I missing something?

Thank you in advance

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Can you provide a complete copy of your service ?
Also where are you getting the bytes from ?
regards
John Carter
Product Manager @ Software AG
Integration & Microservices runtime

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Hi @John_Carter4 thanks for replying, i think I couldn’t give you a copy of my service but if it’s required to do so, I probably reconsider it.

I’m getting the bytes from pub.client.http services

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Make sure that you set the input “loadAs” to bytes.
Also you should check the header/status to check that the call is working properly and returning a proper response.
John.

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Hi @John_Carter4 , I’ve set the loadAs bytes, but it seems it doesnt work too

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should i checkmark the perform pipeline / global substitution?

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Can you set a header in your http headers to “Accept” and set the value as “application/json”.
If you make the http call from an client app such as postman does it work ?

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you mean the yellow one right?

if so

I’ve set my headers to content-type to application/json right now, should I add a new one called “Accept”?
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Yes, if I’ve hit in postman with the input string provided with my service, it works

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Yes add “Accept” as that determines the expected format for the response.
Postman might be setting the header automatically. I would also look very closely at the request including the headers generated by postman and ensure it matches your setup.

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and the value for “accept” is “application/json” too or not?

Edit : I’ve tried with the value for “accept” is “/” and “application/json” but it doesn’t work too

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Yes, set it “application/json”

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Doesn’t work too
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can you set newSession to true, something in your session might be corrupting the request.
John.

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Doesn’t work too @John_Carter4
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anyway, this is the header for the postman

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what should I add?

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I suspect the REST API that you are invoking. Try using a REST Client and see what your URL responds with as output.

On Postman, set both the Content-Type and Accept to application/json and post the response here (after sanitizing).

KM

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Hi @Venkata_Kasi_Viswanath_Mugada1 i’m not sure what are you refer to, but if i hit it from postman, i got this output/response which are expected

About sanitizing, what does it mean?

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Sanitizing just means removing any sensitive info from the output, which you have done.
Anyhow, the returned JSON is invalid, so perhaps that’s the reason -

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Here’s the right one -

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KM

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Ah yes @Venkata_Kasi_Viswanath_Mugada1 , thanks for the correction I believe I accidentally delete the “}” after value field. It should be there in the expected output

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Replicating your service at my side, hang on mate - will respond shortly.

KM

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Thanks for the info Kasi, but right now it’s 2 AM in my time zone, so I probably will go asleep soon, but I will check it later.

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I’m unable to replicate your issue at my side; cannot do this without looking at your code.
Can you provide a complete copy of your service, with just the user/password removed?

KM