String spilt works in background script, but not working in Business rule

[Max Lin]

Hi All! 

I am trying to get the incident description field which contains 
{"Impact":"SERVICES",<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.google.com\">Open in Browser</a></p>","ProblemID":"P-1234"}

When i do the below background script, 

	var string = '{"Impact":"SERVICES",<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.google.com\">Open in Browser</a></p>","ProblemID":"P-1234"}';

	if (string.indexOf('{"Impact":"SERVICES"') > -1) {
 	var body = string.split('href=\"'); //find to spilt
 	body = body[1].split('\">Open'); //end split
        body = body[0].toString(); // This is the string

gs.print(body);
}

And the result is good

However, if i put this in a Business before rule:

(function executeRule(current, previous /*null when async*/ ) {

//incident description is {"Impact":"SERVICES",<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.google.com\">Open in Browser</a></p>","ProblemID":"P-1234"}

var string = current.description;
	if (string.indexOf('{"Impact":"SERVICES"') > -1) {
 	var body = string.split('href=\"'); //find to spilt
 	body = body[1].split('\">Open'); //end split
        body = body[0].toString(); // This is the string

    gs.log(body, 'test');

})(current, previous);

However the logs shows that the string is not spited. I have tried to do var string = current.description.toString(); but doesnt help as well. 

Anyone know where i have done wrong?

Thanks! 

[Sourabh26 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

This issue is due to using the backslash character (\) while doing the split. 

Try below code, its working for me.

Background Script -

var str = '{"Impact":"SERVICES",<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.google.com\">Open in Browser</a></p>","ProblemID":"P-1234"}';
var t = str.split("=");
var p = t[2].split('"');
gs.info(p[1]);

//Output
//*** Script: http://www.google.com

Business Rule -

(function executeRule(current, previous /*null when async*/ ) {

	var desc = current.short_description;
   
	
    if (desc.indexOf('{"Impact":"SERVICES"') > -1) {
		var t = desc.split("=");
		var p = t[2].split('"');
		gs.log(p[1],'TEST123');

        gs.log('Body = '+body,'TEST123');
    }

})(current, previous);

Regards,

Sourabh

[Chetan Mahajan]

Hi Max,

                     Try below code it's working for  me, created after insert/update BR on Incident

(function executeRule(current, previous /*null when async*/ ) {

    // var string = '{"Impact":"SERVICES",<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.google.com\">Open in Browser</a></p>","ProblemID":"P-1234"}';

    var string = current.getValue('description');

    if (string.indexOf('{"Impact":"SERVICES"') > -1) {

        var matches = string.match(/\bhttps?:\/\/\S+/gi); // prints http://www.google.com\">Open
        var body = matches.toString();
        body = body.replace('">Open', ''); // prints http://www.google.com\
    }
    gs.info("Output Value is : " + body);

})(current, previous);

Output : 

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