Script error in function using indexOf()

[Alberto Consonn]

Hi guys,

I have a problem with the below function for parse a string and extract a part of it

function grabContent(str, start, end) {   
	var startLen = start.length;   
	var s = str.indexOf(start);   
	var e = str.indexOf(end);   
	var scrape = str.substring(s+startLen, e);   
	return scrape;   
}

I got the following error message and I'm not able to have the expected result, could you please help me?

org.mozilla.javascript.EcmaError: Cannot find function indexOf in object [object EmailWrapper].
Caused by error in sysevent_in_email_action.d63f1540c3123100d5907bfaa2d3aebc.script at line 8

6: function grabContent(str, start, end) { 
7: var startLen = start.length; 
==> 8: var s = str.indexOf(start); 
9: var e = str.indexOf(end); 
10: var scrape = str.substring(s+startLen, e); 
11: return scrape; 

Thanks

Alberto

[Alberto Consonn]

Thanks David, just tried it...same issue:

java.lang.SecurityException: Method returned an object of type IdFunctionObject which is not allowed in scope sn_customerservice
Caused by error in sysevent_in_email_action.d63f1540c3123100d5907bfaa2d3aebc.script at line 8

6: 
7: function grabContent(str, start, end) { 
==> 8: var strString = str.toString(); 
9: var startString = start.toString(); 
10: var endString = end.toString(); 
11: var startLen = startString.length; 

There must be something else but I'm lost at the moment 😞

[Anurag Tripathi]

im beginning to suspect if it is something to do with the scoped app.

[Harsh Vardhan]

can you run the same script in background script and select your application scope

and let us know what exactly its returning here.  

function grabContent(str, start, end) { 
var strString = str.toString();
var startString = start.toString();
var endString = end.toString();  
	var startLen = startString.length;   
	var s = strString .indexOf(startString);   
	var e = strString .indexOf(endString);   
	var scrape = strString .substring(s+startLen,e);   
	return scrape;   
}

gs.info(grabContent('hey','hello','hi')); // add the parameter value here

[Dubz · Accepted solution]

Weird one. toString is native javascript, shouldn't be excluded from scope. Try putting it in the background as Harsh suggested and you could try with the String() function as well:

function grabContent(str, start, end) { 
var strString = String(str);
var startString = String(start);
var endString = String(end);  
	var startLen = startString.length;   
	var s = strString .indexOf(startString);   
	var e = strString .indexOf(endString);   
	var scrape = strString .substring(s+startLen,e);   
	return scrape;   
}

[Alberto Consonn]

In backgroun script, it works fine...