Using a JSON object as a webreport source

carbuckle · 2025-04-14T15:15:58+00:00

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I am writing a basic WebReport to modify document attributes. However, the specific data IDs I want to modify are being sent as a JSON object in the raw body of an API request. How can I use a WebReport (or live report) to accept the JSON object and apply WebReport tags?

The body of the API is formatted like this:
{

"IDs":["123", "456", "789"]

}

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Greg Griffiths

Can you not change them to be parameters for the WebReport ?

carbuckle

I initially used a key-value pair in the x-www-form-urlencoded body, which I could then pass as a parameter to the live report. However, the feedback from my team requires the IDs to be sent as a JSON object in the raw body. Otherwise, we would be limited in the number of IDs that could be passed in a production environment.

Greg Griffiths

In which case, your best bet is probably to create a wrapper WebReport that reads the API call and gets the values out and then submits then either to an IFrame/Frame approach or via document.location change to call the WR with the parameters in the correct place.

For a URL, the current length is quite high so that should not be an issue for calling it via the URL, and if you do reach that limit you can just do it in multiple calls rather than a single one.