Get the index of an item in a list in backend Workflows

[vinay2]

Hi,

Here’s the problem statement. There are two types of Data Types : Post, Comment. Post can have multiple comments. So, Post has a field which stores the list of comments. Now I want to call an API through API connector and send the comments in json.

Json body contains a field ‘comments’ and the value is an array of comment objects. I can do it in this way: In api connector, in the json body, I did “comments”: . This way i can fill it dynamically using actions.

In Actions, I did this:

[Arbitrary Text]: Post’s Comments:format as text

{
“user”: This comment’s user,
“comment”: This comment’s comment
}

Now my problem is, how do I index these comments? I want to add “id”: 1 and so on for every object. How do I do it in backend workflows?

[dorilama]

How to get the particular item's cell index (item#) in RG or WF step

A tip to get the particular item’s cell index (item#) in RG or when using the list in WF (“make changes in the list” step) to address the previous or next item in the list: Take the list of types :format as text of id’s separated by comma extract with Regex all the commas before the target item’s id. Regex: ,(?=.*?item_id) count commas + 1 you got the target item’s cell index (item# in the list) P.S. I’m not sure how that performs on a very long list, but on a list of 100 items worked as a ch…