Using beforeRequest to modify the request object

I would like to use a JS file to modify the request json payload before it’s sent to the server. But it seems like it doesn’t actually effect the request object from what I’m seeing on the server.

My helper JS

const moment = require("moment");

exports.currentTime = (req, context, events, next) => {
  const unixTime = moment()
    .unix()
    .valueOf();

  req.json.timestamp = unixTime;
  return next();
};

In my config:

...
config:
  processor: "../utils/helpers.js"
...
  - name: "Flow name"
    weight: 2
    flow:
      - post:
          beforeRequest: "currentTime"
          url: "/api/route"
          json:
              timestamp: 123

When I look at the request on my server, I’m getting timestamp to be 123 and not the current time.

[roback]

I ran into the same problem. My workaround was to remove json: from the config file and then setting req.json = { timestamp: unixTime } in the helper JS file instead. (using v.1.6.0-12)

[staslev]

@misozask , try using: status: "{{status}}" (note the double quotations marks). See also this post for a complete example.

I had a similar problem and it got resolved once I added the double quotations.