How to return JSON objects in a plugin server-side action

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Hey Celso BR friend!

I was experiencing something similiar earlier today and bumped to this old thread.

This first video helped me a lot: How to return objects from plugins (SSA, CSA, Element Update & Element Workflow Actions)

I’ll try to summarize the steps, but they are a bit confuse and I won’t spend much time on it since I don’t know if you are still in this project.

Plugin:

  1. Define the data type that you want to return. To achieve this, create a dummy API call and define the response manually with the datatype that I want to return from my function.
  2. Use this data type at the plugin Action: Create an Action. You will need to receive this data type from your App (“New Field” > “Editor = App Type”).
  3. Your Action will return in this data type: (“Returned values” > “New key” > “Key Type = as [key_created_step_2]”)
  4. The action code will return the format of the object defined at step 1.

At your App:

  1. Your app will receive from plugin the data type defined at step 1.
  2. You will pass this data type to your plugin workflow (Action).
  3. Your plugin will return this data type.

Let me know if you need any help, I would be more than happy to help you for free (it is always good to expand the network, hahaha).

Best Regards,

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