Double brackets on http GET to docparser

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1

Hi,

I’m having some difficulties with the result of a GET request, where I think n8n is wrapping the response in an extra set of square brackets. I am calling the docparser API to get the output of a pdf parsing process. I’m successfully getting a response, but unfortunately the response is getting wrapped in an additional set of square brackets as follows:

[
  [
    {
      "id": "id",
      "document_id": "docparser_id",
      "remote_id": "unique_internal_id",
      "file_name": "filename.PDF",
      "media_link": "docparser_url_for_media_link",
      "media_link_data": "docparser_url_for link",
      "page_count": 1,
      "uploaded_at": "2021-09-02T10:09:13+00:00",
      "processed_at": "2021-09-02T10:09:24+00:00",
      "uploaded_at_utc": "2021-09-02T10:09:13+00:00",
      "uploaded_at_user": "2021-09-02T10:09:13+00:00",
      "processed_at_utc": "2021-09-02T10:09:24+00:00",
      "processed_at_user": "2021-09-02T10:09:24+00:00",
      "servicedate": "29/06/2021",
      "uprn": "122213",
      "jobnumber": "3647299",
      "engineerid": "5011795",
      "contractorid": "169837",
      "customeraddress": "Address line 1\n    Town\n    Postcode",
      "engineername": "John Smith"
    }
  ]
]

I think this is preventing the response from being seen as JSON, and the Table just has all of the data stuffed into a single column, rather than a neat and tidy column for each of the JSON fields.

I’ve tried the same request with POSTMAN and it only has a single set of square brackets so I’m wondering if this is something that’s happening in n8n.

My workflow is below. Thanks in advance for any help.

2

Hey @scottjscott!

Did you try using the Split Into Items additional option? To enable it follow these steps:

  1. Click on Add Option and select Split Into Items from the dropdown menu.
  2. Toggle Split Into Items to true.

Screenshot 2021-09-02 at 13.17.03

If this doesn’t solve your issue, you can use the code snippet mentioned here in a Function node to change the structure. JavaScript Code Snippets | Docs

3

I’m running on 0.125.0 so I need to do an upgrade to take advantage of the Split Into Items I think. Thanks for the pointers. Tonight I will be doing my first upgrade to my dev environment…:slight_smile:

4

Thanks @harshil1712 - I’ve upgraded to 0.136.0 and can now use Split Into Items and that’s worked a treat!

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5

That’s wonderful! Have fun :slight_smile: