JSON | Response Search
While retrieving information from an API call can be very simple when the response contains only the data you need, it can get complicated when the response is a set of items you have to dig through.
In this video, I will show you one of the many ways you have to extract the information you want, in that case, with the help of an external library and the Code step to do a query and find the best match.
Sample project
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"project": {
"_id": "621a1aac12fa84001c7a29a7",
"name": "JSON | Response Search",
"teamID": "ylkpJq6nRZ",
"devVersion": "621a1aac0bcf9efe1f81e05e",
"platform": "general",
"platformData": {
"invocationName": "template project general"
},
"members": [],
"linkType": "STRAIGHT",
"image": "",
"_version": 1.2,
"creatorID": 3600,
"createdAt": "2022-02-26T12:18:52.000Z"
},
"version": {
"_id": "621a1aac0bcf9efe1f81e05e",
"variables": [
"sessions",
"user_id",
"timestamp",
"platform",
"locale",
"JSONresponse",
"result",
"name",
"email",
"probabilityLevel",
"city"
],
"platformData": {
"slots": [],
"intents": [],
"settings": {
"restart": true,
"repeat": 100,
"locales": [
"en-US"
],
"defaultVoice": "Alexa"
},
"publishing": {},
"platform": "general"
},
"name": "Initial Version",
"projectID": "621a1aac12fa84001c7a29a7",
"rootDiagramID": "621a1aac0bcf9efe1f81e05f",
"creatorID": 3600,
"components": [],
"topics": [
{
"sourceID": "621a1aac0bcf9efe1f81e05f",
"type": "DIAGRAM"
}
],
"prototype": {
"data": {
"name": "JSON | Response Search",
"locales": [
"en-US"
]
},
"model": {
"intents": [],
"slots": []
},
"context": {
"stack": [
{
"storage": {},
"variables": {},
"programID": "621a1aac0bcf9efe1f81e05f"
}
],
"variables": {}
},
"settings": {},
"platform": "general"
}
},
"diagrams": {
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"_id": "621a1aac0bcf9efe1f81e05f",
"offsetX": 272,
"offsetY": 104,
"zoom": 80,
"variables": [],
"name": "ROOT",
"versionID": "621a1aac0bcf9efe1f81e05e",
"creatorID": 3600,
"modified": 1646003497,
"nodes": {
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"type": "start",
"coords": [
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],
"data": {
"name": "Start",
"color": "standard",
"steps": [],
"ports": [
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"type": "next",
"target": "621a1ac5f7720d749303cd37",
"id": "60b7e7cad4b17f0ce7bddf11"
}
]
}
},
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"nodeID": "621a1ac5f7720d749303cd33",
"type": "api",
"data": {
"url": "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users",
"body": [
{
"key": "",
"val": ""
}
],
"params": [
{
"key": "",
"val": ""
}
],
"method": "GET",
"headers": [
{
"key": "",
"val": ""
}
],
"content": "",
"mappings": [
{
"path": "response",
"var": "JSONresponse"
}
],
"bodyType": "formData",
"selectedAction": "Make a GET Request",
"selectedIntegration": "Custom API",
"ports": [
{
"type": "next",
"target": "621a2d4ef7720d749303cda4",
"id": "621a1ac5f7720d749303cd35",
"data": {
"points": [
{
"point": [
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]
},
{
"point": [
978.0475620085099,
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]
},
{
"point": [
978.0475620085099,
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]
},
{
"point": [
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],
"allowedToTop": true
}
]
}
},
{
"type": "fail",
"target": null,
"id": "621a1ac5f7720d749303cd36"
}
]
}
},
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"type": "block",
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"data": {
"name": "Get JSON",
"color": "blue",
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]
}
},
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"type": "speak",
"data": {
"randomize": true,
"canvasVisibility": "preview",
"dialogs": [
{
"voice": "Alexa",
"content": "Name: {{[name].name}} | Email: {{[email].email}} \nCity: {{[city].city}}\nProbability: {{[probabilityLevel].probabilityLevel}} "
}
],
"ports": [
{
"type": "next",
"target": null,
"id": "621a1dfef7720d749303cd6f"
}
]
}
},
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"nodeID": "621a1dfef7720d749303cd6a",
"type": "code",
"data": {
"code": "// Nearest Neighbor\n// https://www.npmjs.com/package/nearest-neighbor\n\nconst nn = requireFromUrl('https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/nearest-neighbor');\n\nvar query = { name: name, email: email };\n\nvar fields = [\n { name: \"name\", measure: nn.comparisonMethods.word },\n { name: \"email\", measure: nn.comparisonMethods.word }\n];\n\n\nnn.findMostSimilar(query, JSONresponse, fields, function(nearestNeighbor, probability) {\n if(probability > probabilityLevel) {\n probabilityLevel = probability\n result = nearestNeighbor\n }\n});",
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"id": "621a1dfef7720d749303cd6c"
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}
]
}
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"name": "Search | Check Result",
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"data": {
"url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/com.getstoryflow.api.images/1645880982431-cleanshot-2022-02-26-at-14.09.07.png",
"width": 511,
"height": 566,
"rotate": 0,
"blockColor": "standard"
}
},
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"type": "ifV2",
"data": {
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"name": "Check for result",
"value": [
{
"id": "3lo73lv4",
"logicInterface": "expression",
"type": "advance",
"value": "{{[result].result}}"
}
]
}
],
"noMatch": {
"type": "path",
"pathName": "Nothing Found"
},
"ports": [
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"type": "else",
"target": "621a2e16f7720d749303cdbb",
"id": "621a2cdcf7720d749303cd81",
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"locked": true
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"locked": true
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"toTop": true,
"allowedToTop": true
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]
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},
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"id": "621a2cdcf7720d749303cd80",
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"event": {
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}
},
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"type": "block",
"coords": [
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"data": {
"name": "Result",
"color": "purple",
"steps": [
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"type": "setV2",
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"type": "advance",
"variable": "name",
"expression": "{{[result].result}}.name"
},
{
"type": "advance",
"variable": "email",
"expression": "{{[result].result}}.email"
},
{
"type": "advance",
"variable": "city",
"expression": "{{[result].result}}.address.city"
}
],
"title": "Populate variables",
"ports": [
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"type": "next",
"target": "621a1dfef7720d749303cd6e",
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"type": "setV2",
"data": {
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"variable": "name",
"expression": "Leanne"
}
],
"title": "Name",
"ports": [
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}
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"ports": [
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