Possible to format JSON in Logger or Email?

[gsbrown]

I have a recipe with an HTTP Request action with monitor error handling to logger and email.   I can attach the HTTP Response "Body" field into the logger and email,  but is there a way to apply JSON formatting to it so it's easier to read? 

[gary1 · Accepted solution]

You can do this with a quick JavaScript action.

Create one with an input and output like this. Replace the message data pill with your HTTP response:

Use this code:

exports.main = async ({ obj }) => {
  var pretty = JSON.stringify(obj, null, "\t");
  return { pretty };
}

You can use the "pretty" output pill as-is in a plaintext email to get this:

If you want to use it in an HTML email, use "pre" like this:

Emails like this in monospace font:

Hope this helps!

[gary1 · Accepted solution]

You can do this with a quick JavaScript action.

Create one with an input and output like this. Replace the message data pill with your HTTP response:

Use this code:

exports.main = async ({ obj }) => {
  var pretty = JSON.stringify(obj, null, "\t");
  return { pretty };
}

You can use the "pretty" output pill as-is in a plaintext email to get this:

If you want to use it in an HTML email, use "pre" like this:

Emails like this in monospace font:

Hope this helps!

[gary1]

I see some encoding problems in the input (it's passing as a string instead of an object).

Is the input field set to formula mode or text mode? Make sure it's formula. This might fix it.

[gsbrown · Accepted solution]

It's working now,  thank you!

Realized,  from the "Send Request via HTTP" action I needed to pass through the "Response" datapill and not the "Body" containing the "Response"

[gary1]

Excellent, that would have been my follow up suggestion! The "body" is encoded as a string, but the parsed response gets passed as an object.