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how do I check if a value is in a JSON return or not?

I'm writing a test in postman where I want to check if a JSON return contains the Label called 'RegressieMapTest'. This is my script:
pm.test("Is the folder created correctly?", function(){
var jsonData = pm.response.json();
var objString = JSON.stringify(jsonData);
var obj = JSON.parse(objString);
for (var i = 0; i < obj.Corsa.Data.length; i++){
if (obj.Corsa.Data[i].Label == "RegressieMapTest"){
console.log(obj.Corsa.Data[i].Label);
pm.expect(obj.Corsa.Data.Label).to.eql("RegressieMapTest");
}
}
pm.expect.fail();
})
But it doesn't quite work, every time I run this script it seems like it automatically jumps to pm.expect.fail() which is weird because 'RegressieMapTest' is inside the JSON return. Postman returns the following message:
Is the folder created correctly? | AssertionError: expect.fail()

pm.respose.json() is equalent to JSON.parse you don't have to do it again
also you can use array.find method instead of looping through it
pm.test("Is the folder created correctly?", function () {
var jsonData = pm.response.json();
pm.expect(obj.Corsa.Data.find(elem => elem.Label === "RegressieMapTest")).to.be.not.undefined
}
if array has any element with label RegressieMapTest then it will return that data elese returns undefined, so we are validating that it will not return undefined. Meaning it has the value

Your pm.expect.fail(); always runs. You want it to run only when you don't find the field. So just add a flag in your check block.
pm.test("Is the folder created correctly?", function(){
var jsonData = pm.response.json();
var objString = JSON.stringify(jsonData);
var obj = JSON.parse(objString);
var isFound = false;
for (var i = 0; i < obj.Corsa.Data.length; i++){
if (obj.Corsa.Data[i].Label == "RegressieMapTest"){
console.log(obj.Corsa.Data[i].Label);
pm.expect(obj.Corsa.Data.Label).to.eql("RegressieMapTest");
isFound = true;
}
}
if (!isFound) {
pm.expect.fail();
}
})

How to combine two or multiple JSON objects into one in AngularJS?

Is it possible to add new data in API JSON response in AngularJS? I am consuming a REST API which returns country details, but I want to add more details to it.
After the API call, I'm getting this response:
There are few empty fields (red arrow). I need to fill it up using another API into each respective country, and also add new keys such as "id" etc if possible.
Is it possible to achieve this? and how?
Here is the code:
Api service.js (data which are going to be added)
$http.get("https://api.../getfile/rohit/fw18countries").success(function(data) {
teams = data.teams;
//console.log(data);
/* shuffle(teams); */
});
return {
GetTeams: function(){
return teams;
},
get: function(teamId) {
for (var i = 0; i < teams.length; i++) {
if (teams[i].id === parseInt(teamId)) {
return teams[i];
}
}
return null;
}
}
Controller.js
/* all teams data */
$scope.Allteams = wcAPI.GetTeams();
/* REST API call */
$http.get("http://api.../v1/competitions/467/fixtures")
.then(function(data) {
$scope.country = data;
console.log($scope.country);
});
So now, I need to update $scope.country (REST API data) using $scope.Allteams (my static data) with respective fields as mentioned above. Need to merge them respectively.

You can try this with the following code. Looping through the data arrays and findig the right one. Then adding all values to the object.
for(var i = 0; i< $scope.country.length; i++) {
//Find the right index from $scope.country
for(var j = 0; j< $scope.Allteams.length; j++) {
// TODO here you have to campare by right value
if($scope.country[i].id == $scope.Allteams[j].teamId) {
for(var key in $scope.AllTeams[j]) {
if(!$scope.Allteams[j].hasOwnProperty(key)) continue;
//Adds the value to the object
$scope.country[i][key] = $scope.Allteams[j][key];
}
break;
}
}
}

Can't update javaScript global variable

Here I have global variable userId, and i want to update it inside signInUserFunction(), to use is in other function. I have tried to define it using var, window, But all these didn't help. This variable doesn't update. As i see its about AJAX async. So, what can i do with it?
And yes, I know that its not good to make authentication with JS, I am quite new to it. So, I am just creating random methods to improve.
var userId = 1;
function signInUser() {
$.getJSON('http://localhost:8887/JAXRSService/webresources/generic/getAllUsers', function(data) {
var items = [];
var i = 0;
$.each(data, function(firstname, value) {
var str = JSON.stringify(value);
data = JSON.parse(str);
var innerId;
for (p in data) {
innerId = data[p].id;
if ($('#nameSignIn').val() == data[p].first_name && $('#passwordSignIn').val() == data[p].password) { //
userId = innerId;
window.location.href = "content.html";
break;
} else {
i++;
if (i == data.length) {
alert("Ощибка в логине или пароле!")
}
}
}
});
});
}

How are you determining whether or not it has been set? It looks like immediately after you set it, you navigate to a different page. When you get to that page, you will have an entirely new window.
Try alerting the value before navigating away.
EDITED: Here is how you could pass it to the other page (but you shouldn't do this in a real app)
window.userId=innerId;
alert(window.userId);
//this isn't a very secure way to do this. I DON'T recommend this
window.location.href = "content.html?id=" + innerId ;
Then in the other page, you could access it off the document.location:
alert(document.location.toString().split("?id=")[1]);

After reading my comments, you may want to try this:
var userId = 1;
function signInUser(){
$.getJSON('http://localhost:8887/JAXRSService/webresources/generic/getAllUsers', function(data){
var items = [], actors = data.Actors, l = 0;
$.each(actors, function(i, o){
l++;
if($('#nameSignIn').val() === o.first_name && $('#passwordSignIn').val() === o.password){
userId = o.id;
// this will redirect before any other code runs -> location = 'content.html';
if(l === actors.length){
alert('End of Loop');
}
}
});
});
}
signInUser();
I would not store sensitive data in JSON such as passwords. Use a database. There is no need to get all the data at the same time either.

Using the idea #mcgraphix proposed (and giving you the same warning...this would certainly not be the way to transfer data like this in a production environment), here is one way to do it:
function signInUser() {
var url = 'http://localhost:8887/JAXRSService/webresources/generic/getAllUsers';
var userId;
$.getJSON(url, function(data) {
$.each(data.Actors, function(index, actor) {
// Cache the values of the #nameSignIn and #passwordSignIn elements
var name = $('#nameSignIn').val();
var password = $('#passwordSignIn').val();
if (actor.first_name === name && actor.password === password) {
// We have found the correct actor.
// Extract its ID and assign it to userId.
userId = actor.id;
window.location.href = "content.html?userId=" + userId;
}
});
// This alert should only be reached if none of the actor objects
// has a name and password that matches your input box values.
alert("Ощибка в логине или пароле!");
});
}
// On the next page...
// Top answer from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2090551/parse-query-string-in-javascript
// This approach can handle URLs with more than one query parameter,
// which you may potentially add in the future.
function getQueryVariable(variable) {
var query = window.location.search.substring(1);
var vars = query.split('&');
for (var i = 0; i < vars.length; i++) {
var pair = vars[i].split('=');
if (decodeURIComponent(pair[0]) == variable) {
return decodeURIComponent(pair[1]);
}
}
console.log('Query variable %s not found', variable);
}
var userId = getQueryVariable('userId');

Thanks you for help.Ended it all with usage of:
sessionStorage.getItem('label')
sessionStorage.setItem('label', 'value')

Access js array in another js file

I fill my array in the checklistRequest.js and I want to access it in my Termine_1s.html file which contains js code. I can access it but when I want to iterate through it, it gives me only single digits instead of the strings.
How can I solve this?
checklistRequest.js
//Calls the checkbox values
function alertFunction()
{
//Retrieve the object from storage
var retrievedObject = localStorage.getItem('checkboxArray');
console.log('retrievedObject: ', JSON.parse(retrievedObject));
return retrievedObject;
}
Termine_1s.html
//Checks if title was checked already
var checklistRequest = alertFunction();
var titleAccepted = true;
for (var a = 0; a < checklistRequest.length; a++)//Iterates through whole array
{
if(title != checklistRequest[i] && titleAccepted == true)//Stops if false
{
titleAccepted = true;
}
else
{
titleAccepted = false;
}
}

you need to parse the object at some point.
Try:
return JSON.parse(retrievedObject);

Arguments in Parse.com query.find success callback

Thanks for the help in advance.
I'm working on an practice assigment using Phonegap and Javascript. Long story short: I need to use Parse.com to store information about some Lego minifigures. The problem I'm having right now is due mostly to my inexperience in Javascript.
I'm working on letting the user add tags to the figures. The user enters them, separated by comma, and I then split the string. That's working OK.
Now, I need to add the tags that don't exist yet to my database. For this, I search for any tags with that description (using query.find) and then, if it exists, I don't create it, I just modify the relationship. If it doesn't exist, I create it and then modify the relationship.
My problem is: I can't seem to be able to access the tag description (the string) from within the success callback of query.find. I'm pretty sure it's because of the scope. Is there any proper way to access variables from withing a success callback, besides the results array?
My current code is as follows:
var Figure = Parse.Object.extend("Figure");
var Tag = Parse.Object.extend("Tag");
var nombre = $('#nombre').val();
var serie = $('#serie').val();
var figure = new Figure({"Name":nombre,"Series":serie});
var tags = $('#tags').val();
res = tags.split(","); //split the
figure.save().then(function() {
for (var i = 0; i < res.length; i++) { //for each tag
var query = new Parse.Query(Tag); //create the query.
query.equalTo("Description", res[i]);
query.find( {//execute query
success: function(results, res[i]) {
if (results.length > 0){ //if there are results.
var tag = results[0]; //get the tag
var relation_tag = tag.relation("figures"); //get the relation
relation_tag.add(figure); //add figure to relation
tag.save();
}
else { //if there are no results, the tag does not exist.
new_tag = new Tag({"Description":res[i]});
//ABOVE THIS LINE: res[i] is always undefined.
var relation_tag = new_tag.relation("figures"); //get the relation
relation_tag.add(figure); //add the figure
new_tag.save();
}
},
//error with query
error: function() {
alert("ERROR");
}
});
}
}, function(error) {
alert("No se pudo guardar la figura");
});
In the success callback, res[i] always is undefined, I assume that it's because of the scope.

This is a very common problem in async Javascript programming. You are doing something like this:
for (var i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
anAsyncFunction(function(result) { // inner function
doSomethingWith(array[i]);
}
}
The problem is that in Javascript functions store outer variables by reference and not by value, which means that a function looks up the value of a variable from an outer scope, when it is executed and not when it is defined. Since the code is async the the inner function is called after the for loop completed and at this point we have i === array.length, so array[i] === array[array.length] === undefined.
To avoid this you can use an immediately invoked function expression (IIFE, pronounced "iffy"):
for (var i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
anAsyncFunction((function(j) { // IIFE
return function innerFunction(result) { // inner function
doSomethingWith(array[j]); // j instead of i
}
})(i); // passing "value of i"
}
Because the IIFE is invoked immediately, the current value is of i is passed and stored into j and when the inner function executes it uses the correct value.
So in your case this should work:
success: (function(j) { // IIFE
return function(results) {
if (results.length > 0) {
var tag = results[0];
var relation_tag = tag.relation("figures");
relation_tag.add(figure);
tag.save();
}
else { //if there are no results, the tag does not exist.
new_tag = new Tag({"Description":res[j]}); // j instead of i
var relation_tag = new_tag.relation("figures");
relation_tag.add(figure);
new_tag.save();
}
}
})(i) // pass "value of i"
If you prefer, you can also pass the description itself instead of just the index to the IIFE (I think I would do it that way):
success: (function(description) { // IIFE
return function(results) {
if (results.length > 0) {
var tag = results[0];
var relation_tag = tag.relation("figures");
relation_tag.add(figure);
tag.save();
}
else { //if there are no results, the tag does not exist.
new_tag = new Tag({"Description":description}); // description
var relation_tag = new_tag.relation("figures");
relation_tag.add(figure);
new_tag.save();
}
}
})(res[i]) // pass description

var Tag = Parse.Object.extend("Tag");
var query = new Parse.Query(Tag);