Correct flow service input for JSON?

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Hello,

I have combed the forums but cannot find an answer. I am using Postman to POST to a flow service that was created as a REST resource. If I set the type as “text/plain” in Postman I can set the input to the flow service as an Object named “contentStream”. I can then use pub.json:jsonStreamToDocument to convert to a document and do what is needed from there.

If in postman I set the type as “application/json” this no longer works and I see a “jsonStream missing” error most likely from the stream coming in as empty when mapped to the input of the StreamToDocument service.

I have found a few tutorials but none cover what type of input I am supposed to be setting for the flow service. I even found this guide here[url]How to create a REST service in webMethods Integration Server - SOA rocks! that said ““IS automatically unwraps the JSON payload and converts it to IS documents”.” To me this sounds like a Document should be the input but that doesn’t work either.

Can anyone share what the proper input / first steps are for a flow service to accept the POSTing of application/json content?

Thanks!

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Here you go

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Thank you, this is exactly what I was looking for! Got mine working.

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Cheers!!!

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I got most of this to work however I am unsure how to accept an array in the JSON as input.

For example if you had:

{
“cars”: {
“Nissan”: [
{“model”:“Sentra”, “doors”:4},
{“model”:“Maxima”, “doors”:4}
],
“Ford”: [
{“model”:“Taurus”, “doors”:4},
{“model”:“Escort”, “doors”:4}
]
}
}

I have tried setting the equivalent of “Nissan” on my end to “Document List” but it does not seem to come into the service at all. Thank you in advance

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Stange. I just copy pasted your request input, and I can see document list coming on IS
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I think I found my problem. I am saving the pipeline and then manually loading it / restoring later to run. The pipeline file will load however elements under the Document list type do not. This is why I was thinking they were not coming into the service in the first place. Seems to be an issue with webMethods not properly restoring a list from pipeline.

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If we don’t know JSON input structure(Dynamic input) then how can i capture JSON data in webMethods service. as i remember we can take JSON input as object then we can convert into document.
could you please share steps if you have idea?

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You need not necessarily declare a structural document as input in your service. Integration Server Content Handler automatically sends you the document as per your dynamic JSON into your service.

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Is it not work around for this, do I need to know the structure of the json payload?

I like to have a generic rest-service that can receive a json payload and publish to UM without knowing the payload structure.