JSON Variables Don't Work with Null Column Values in Examples Table

The demo example for passing null in an Examples table requires designating the example value with single quotes '<exampleEntry>'. When a variable is passed in a JSON body it’s set as '#(variable)', so requiring additional single quotes changes it from a variable to a string. And if the quotes are not used, just the angle brackets <exampleEntry>, a parsing error is thrown because the value is seen as not existing.

[duncwebb]

One feature that I think would be beneficial would be a marker entry in tables #omit that would cause that k/v pair to be omitted from the generated JSON. So the following table:

    Examples:
      | firstName    | lastName     | email               |           
      | #omit        | 'apiSurname' | '[e-mail]' |
      | 'createName' | #omit        | '[e-mail]' |
      | 'createName' | 'apiSurname' | #omit               |

Would then be translated into the following JSON:

[
    { 'lastName': 'apiSurname', 'email': '[e-mail]' },
    { 'firstName': 'createName', 'email': '[e-mail]' },
    { 'firstName': 'createName', 'lastName': 'apiSurname'}
]

The absence of keys in an object is a different test to the key being present with a null or empty value.

[NuttBoxer]

You are right. I swear I tried that format, but just tried again, and field is omitted. Also takes care of formatting, as field I marked optional was last field in the body, so took care of comma being removed for the NOW last request field. Awesome!!