Object Details inside an Object

[ryaavr25]

So I have a workflow that sends a response back to the request API. Is there a way to display a data field that references another data type as an object instead of just the unique id of the data type? For example, in the screenshot below, the active community references the “Community” data type in my database. Is there a way to display all the Community fields as an object instead of just the Community’s UID? Thank you

[keith]

Well, in Bubble, a Thing (an object stored in the database) is represented by its unique ID. They are “the same” for all intents and purposes, because in most contexts Bubble converts a Unique ID to the rehydrated Bubble thing (which is a JavaScript object with various methods on it).

So you have two options in this case (AFAIAA):

1. Having a UID and knowing the datatype, you can (as of only very recently) do a search for that datatype where the unique ID “is” some scalar value or “is in” some list value. This is free.

2. Use the Floppy Rehydrate or Floppy Rehydrate SSA plugins (from my Floppy plugin) to reconstitute some UID (also knowing its type) back into its Bubble form. This is a paid plugin but you get way more from that and also ensure that I won’t suddenly show up in your dreams demanding your kidneys.

So, lots of ways to do this, only some of which involve dabbling in the occult.

A short discussion of Floppy Rehydrator appears here:

FLOPPY: Plugin for localStorage, sessionStorage, IndexedDB storage, List Creation/Manipulation, Iteration, and More! Now with even more video docs!

Hey @keith, is there any possibility to get Floppy Rehydrator as a backend action? I’m bulk creating things through the Data API, which only returns the unique IDs of the newly created things (in a strange non JSON format ). I’m assuming some kind of Rehydrator would be way more efficient (time and CPU wise) than doing some recursive search for unique ID? Thanks!

[ryaavr25]

Hey Keith, thanks for your response! Would you mind elaborating further on the first option? I understand what you’re saying, but not sure how to actually set it up. Thanks

[tylerboodman]

Hey that’s me

[keith]

I’m saying that you can do a search for either:

1. Thing whose UID is X.

Or (this is new):

2. Things whose UIDs are in some list of UIDs.

Alternatively, you can take a list of UIDs and shove them into Floppy Rehydrator (client side or server side version) and out the other side will come the rehydrated Things.

[ryaavr25]

Thank you

[ryaavr25]

Actually, on second thought, is it possible to display a certain field of that object instead of the UID? I have a custom UID field for every data type in my database so that I can format them how I want.

[tylerboodman]

@ryaavr25
If the UID you’re receiving isn’t a Bubble unique ID then Floppy Rehydrator won’t work, you would need to do a Bubble search like:
Do a search for [your thing] with a constraint UID = [the API responses UID] then :first item's [field you want]

@ryaavr25

custom UID field

Uh oh @keith

[keith]

Ha ha, good thing I’m not here to solve every problem in the Bubble universe, @tylerboodman!