get array from payload

[Hafsa1]

I'm getting below in payload:

I only want array inside [] highlighted in bold and then get array "user_name", "action" and "groups_name" and create task for individual. ANy help please

<payload>{"action":"Add to groups","all_groups":"[{\"user_name\":\"a89b564ddb54630002d026f5ca9619d7\",\"uar_current_groups_display\":\"No current Groups\",\"action\":\"Add to groups\",\"groups_name\":\"077ffcd8dbf11058408126f5ca96190d,a8fe1fcbdb39dc1082ac53835b961928\"},{\"user_name\":\"0ee644f897f9115026b4f1dfe153afc0\",\"uar_current_groups_display\":\"No current Groups\",\"action\":\"Add to groups\",\"groups_name\":\"8a63abd1dbd0545047ecfdf96896193f,d832ed1adb605340363190b8db9619f7\"}]","groups_name":"8a63abd1dbd0545047ecfdf96896193f,d832ed1adb605340363190b8db9619f7","subject_person":"f31f775adbfb3454f79a8f104a96190b","uar_current_groups_display":"No current Groups","uar_justification":"test","user_name":"0ee644f897f9115026b4f1dfe153afc0"}</payload>

[Bhavya11]

Hi @Hafsa1 ,

You can try something like below 

var payloadString = '{"action":"Add to groups","all_groups":"[{\\"user_name\\":\\"a89b564ddb54630002d026f5ca9619d7\\",\\"uar_current_groups_display\\":\\"Netwrok\\",\\"action\\":\\"Add to groups\\",\\"groups_name\\":\\"077ffcd8dbf11058408126f5ca96190d,a8fe1fcbdb39dc1082ac53835b961928\\"},{\\"user_name\\":\\"0ee644f897f9115026b4f1dfe153afc0\\",\\"uar_current_groups_display\\":\\"No current Groups\\",\\"action\\":\\"Add to groups\\",\\"groups_name\\":\\"8a63abd1dbd0545047ecfdf96896193f,d832ed1adb605340363190b8db9619f7\\"}]","groups_name":"8a63abd1dbd0545047ecfdf96896193f,d832ed1adb605340363190b8db9619f7","subject_person":"f31f775adbfb3454f79a8f104a96190b","uar_current_groups_display":"No current Groups","uar_justification":"test","user_name":"0ee644f897f9115026b4f1dfe153afc0"}';


// Parse the main payload string to a JSON object
var payload = JSON.parse(payloadString);

// Parse the 'all_groups' string to a JSON array
var allGroupsArray = JSON.parse(payload.all_groups);


function createTasksForUsers(groupsArray) {
    groupsArray.forEach(function(group) {
        var userName = group.user_name;
        var action = group.action;
        var groupsName = group.groups_name;

        // Create task (replace with actual task creation logic)
        gs.print('Creating task for user:' + userName);
        gs.print('Action: ' + group.action);
        gs.print("Groups: " + groupsName);

        // you would create a task record like this:
        /*
        var taskGr = new GlideRecord('task');
        taskGr.initialize();
        taskGr.short_description = 'Task for user: ' + userName;
        taskGr.description = 'Action: ' + action + ', Groups: ' + groupsName;
        taskGr.insert();
        */
    });
}

// Call the function
createTasksForUsers(allGroupsArray);

Please mark helpful & correct answer if it's really worthy for you.

Thanks,

BK

[Hafsa1]

when I'm putting this in background script it is saying:
*** Script: [object Object],[object Object]

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var allGroupsArray = JSON.parse(payload.all_groups);
gs.print(allGroupsArray );
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[Bhavya11 · Accepted solution]

hi @Hafsa1 

print an JSON array directly, which results in the [object Object] message. To properly display the contents of the array, you can convert it to a string using JSON.stringify.

try below code in background script

var payloadString = '{"action":"Add to groups","all_groups":"[{\\"user_name\\":\\"a89b564ddb54630002d026f5ca9619d7\\",\\"uar_current_groups_display\\":\\"Netwrok\\",\\"action\\":\\"Add to groups\\",\\"groups_name\\":\\"077ffcd8dbf11058408126f5ca96190d,a8fe1fcbdb39dc1082ac53835b961928\\"},{\\"user_name\\":\\"0ee644f897f9115026b4f1dfe153afc0\\",\\"uar_current_groups_display\\":\\"No current Groups\\",\\"action\\":\\"Add to groups\\",\\"groups_name\\":\\"8a63abd1dbd0545047ecfdf96896193f,d832ed1adb605340363190b8db9619f7\\"}]","groups_name":"8a63abd1dbd0545047ecfdf96896193f,d832ed1adb605340363190b8db9619f7","subject_person":"f31f775adbfb3454f79a8f104a96190b","uar_current_groups_display":"No current Groups","uar_justification":"test","user_name":"0ee644f897f9115026b4f1dfe153afc0"}';


// Parse the main payload string to a JSON object
var payload = JSON.parse(payloadString);

// Parse the 'all_groups' string to a JSON array
var allGroupsArray = JSON.parse(payload.all_groups);

gs.print('All Groups Array: ' + JSON.stringify(allGroupsArray));
function createTasksForUsers(groupsArray) {
    groupsArray.forEach(function(group) {
        var userName = group.user_name;
        var action = group.action;
        var groupsName = group.groups_name;

        // Create task (replace with actual task creation logic)
        gs.print('Creating task for user:' + userName);
        gs.print('Action: ' + group.action);
        gs.print("Groups: " + groupsName);

        // you would create a task record like this:
        /*
        var taskGr = new GlideRecord('task');
        taskGr.initialize();
        taskGr.short_description = 'Task for user: ' + userName;
        taskGr.description = 'Action: ' + action + ', Groups: ' + groupsName;
        taskGr.insert();
        */
    });
}

// Call the function
createTasksForUsers(allGroupsArray);

Please mark helpful & correct answer if it's really worthy for you.

Thanks,

BK