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Data Objects and Variables Available in API Gateway
The following table summarizes the data objects and variables that are available in API Gateway:
Object or Variable type
Possible values
paramStage
*request
*response
paramType
*payload or body
*headers
*query
*path
*httpMethod
*statusCode
*statusMessage
queryType
*xpath
*jsonPath
*regex
The following data objects are available in the request processing or response processing steps:
*${paramStage.paramType}
You can use this syntax to access the following string variables: path, statusCode, statusMessage, httpMethod. Examples: ${request.path}, ${response.statusCode}
*${paramStage.paramType.paramName}
You can use this syntax to access map types, such as query, headers, and path. Example: ${request.query.var1}, ${response.header.Content-Type}, ${request.path.name}.
*${paramStage.paramType.queryType[queryValue]}
You can use this syntax to query a paramType. Examples:
*${request.payload.xpath[//ns:emp/ns:empName]}
Where "//ns:emp/ns:empName" is the XPath to be applied on the payload if contentType is application/xml, text/xml, or text/html.
*${response.payload.jsonPath[$.cardDetails.number]}
Where $.cardDetails.number is the jsonPath to be applied on payload if contentType is application/json or application/json/badgerfish.
*${request.payload.regex[[0-9]+]}
Where [0-9]+ is the regular expression to be applied on the payload if contentType is text/plain.
Note:
While xpath and jsonPath are applicable only to payload, regEx can be used with both payload and path.
*${paramStage[stepName].paramType.paramName]}
You can use this syntax to access header or payload from the response of the custom extension in the response processing step.
Example:
Variable: ${response.headers.id}
Value: ${response[customExtension].payload.jsonPath[$.id]}
This transformation adds a header to the response with name id and its value is derived from the json payload that is sent from the external callout as per the json path.
*You can define your own variables in the Transformation variables field in the response processing step.
Examples: ${key}, ${value}. The custom transformation variables that you define are available in subsequent steps.