Access Recipe Properties from Custom Actions

[jimbarryatpanda]

when building a custom action, Is there a way to access the calling recipe properties*** ?

something like this would be great, but *_dp* does not compile:

_dp('{"pill_type":"job_context","path":["master_job_id"]}')

*** specifically, the properties that are interactively available in the default "properties" object, such as [Recipe ID], [Recipe name], [Recipe path], [Master job id], [Calling recipe id], ...

[gary1 · Accepted solution]

You can't access them directly. Just make input parameters and pass them into the action.

[shivakumara]

Hi @jimbarryatpanda ,

Can you please give more details about " but *_dp* does not compile:" so that I can help you out.


Thanks and Regards,

Shivakumara Avadhani

[gary1 · Accepted solution]

This is how data pills are encoded. Copy a data pill from the Workato UI and paste them into a text editor.

=_dp('{"pill_type":"output","provider":"workato_variable","line":"11c43824","path":["amount"]}')

[gary1 · Accepted solution]

You can't access them directly. Just make input parameters and pass them into the action.

[jimbarryatpanda]

yes,  I am trying to access facts about the calling recipe properties directly, without creating an input parameter and manually assigning the value.  I am doing this now and wanted to remove the input parameter.   

This is a feature request for the Custom Connector SDK. 

Maybe all the "properties" from the calling recipe (including the action step-number) could be passed into a hash for easy access??

I need values like the following:

• [calling action step number],
• [Recipe ID],
• [Recipe name],
• [Recipe path],
• [Master job id],
• [Calling recipe id], ...