The response I’m getting is “BAD REQUEST: The messages array is empty.”

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Hey @Matt_Sones what version of Skuid are you on?

Do you mind sending a simplified version of your page XML?

10.0.27

Here’s the test page I’m working with:

<model id="Send" query="false" createrowifnonefound="false" datasource="ClickSend" processonclient="true" type="readwrite" label="Message" labelplural="Messages">



  <fields>



    <field id="to" displaytype="TEXT" label="To" required="true" uionly="false"/>



    <field id="from" displaytype="TEXT" label="From" required="true" uionly="false"/>



    <field id="body" displaytype="TEXTAREA" label="Message" ogdisplaytype="TEXT" required="true" uionly="false"/>



    <field id="custom_string" displaytype="TEXT" label="Patient Case ID" uionly="false"/>



  </fields>



  <conditions/>



  <actions/>



  <methods>



    <method type="insert" verb="POST" successif="responsefieldequals" sendchanges="asnestedjsoninbody" endpoint="/sms/send" batch="true" pathtocontent="messages" successfield="response_code"/>



  </methods>



</model>

<buttonset model="Send" uniqueid="sk-3PATUJ-218">



  <buttons>



    <button type="multi" label="New Message" uniqueid="sk-3PATl0-221" icon="sk-icon-add">



      <actions>



        <action type="createRow" model="Send" appendorprepend="prepend" defaultmodefornewitems="edit" affectedrows="context"/>



      </actions>



    </button>



  </buttons>



</buttonset>



<basicfieldeditor showheader="true" showsavecancel="true" showerrorsinline="true" model="Send" buttonposition="" uniqueid="sk-3PALtc-174" mode="edit">



  <columns>



    <column width="100%">



      <sections>



        <section title="Section A" collapsible="no">



          <fields>



            <field uniqueid="sk-3PAOCB-189" id="to"/>



            <field uniqueid="sk-3PARw5-200" id="from" valuehalign="" type=""/>



            <field uniqueid="sk-3PASIg-209" id="body" valuehalign="" type=""/>



            <field uniqueid="sk-3PIMR1-537" id="custom_string" valuehalign="" type="">



              <label>Case ID</label>



            </field>



          </fields>



        </section>



      </sections>



    </column>



  </columns>



</basicfieldeditor>

<labels/>



<javascript/>



<css/>

<styleitem type="background" bgtype="none"/>

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Hey, @Matt_Sones . can we hop on a call either today or this week to check out your project?

@Germany Sure. Does Friday 2/12 at 1pm eastern time work for you?

Glad to know you figured out the issue @Matt_Sones . so others can know,

Matt had dummy models on the page to help Skuid grab the right metadata on the initial scrape. he had a set of dummy models for internal salesforce and external salesforce… except he actually had both set for external instead of internal.

Hey @Matt . found the issue!

Solution:

we had to unselect:

1. URL expects batch inserts

For Send new field values… we selected

1. as templated request body

then went under custom request

1. and added:

{

  "messages": :

    {

      "to": "{{to}}",

      "from": "{{from}}",

      "body": "{{body}}"

    }

  ]

}

saved and viola. it worked! 



The entire XML is: 

<skuidpage unsavedchangeswarning="yes" personalizationmode="server" showsidebar="false" useviewportmeta="true" showheader="false">

    <models>

        <model id="Send" query="false" createrowifnonefound="false" datasource="ClickSend" processonclient="true" type="readwrite" label="Message" labelplural="Messages">

            <fields>

                <field id="to" displaytype="TEXT" label="To" required="true" uionly="false"/>

                <field id="from" displaytype="TEXT" label="From" required="true" uionly="false"/>

                <field id="body" displaytype="TEXTAREA" label="Message" ogdisplaytype="TEXT" required="true" uionly="false"/>

                <field id="custom_string" displaytype="TEXT" label="Patient Case ID" uionly="false"/>

            </fields>

            <conditions/>

            <actions/>

            <methods>

                <method type="insert" verb="POST" successif="responsefieldequals" sendchanges="usetemplaterequest" endpoint="/sms/send" batch="false" successfield="response_code" contenttype="application/json" payloadsnippet="cs_snip" insertresponse="recordinbody" customrequesttemplate="{&#10;  &quot;messages&quot;: :&#10;    {&#10;      &quot;to&quot;: &quot;{{to}}&quot;,&#10;      &quot;from&quot;: &quot;{{from}}&quot;,&#10;      &quot;body&quot;: &quot;{{body}}&quot;&#10;    }&#10;  ]&#10;}"/>

            </methods>

        </model>

    </models>

    <components>

        <buttonset model="Send" uniqueid="sk-3PATUJ-218">

            <buttons>

                <button type="multi" label="New Message" uniqueid="sk-3PATl0-221" icon="sk-icon-add">

                    <actions>

                        <action type="createRow" model="Send" appendorprepend="prepend" defaultmodefornewitems="edit" affectedrows="context"/>

                    </actions>

                </button>

            </buttons>

        </buttonset>

        <basicfieldeditor showheader="true" showsavecancel="true" showerrorsinline="true" model="Send" uniqueid="sk-3PALtc-174" mode="edit">

            <columns>

                <column width="100%">

                    <sections>

                        <section title="Section A" collapsible="no">

                            <fields>

                                <field uniqueid="sk-3PAOCB-189" id="to"/>

                                <field uniqueid="sk-3PARw5-200" id="from" valuehalign="" type=""/>

                                <field uniqueid="sk-3PASIg-209" id="body" valuehalign="" type=""/>

                                <field uniqueid="sk-3PIMR1-537" id="custom_string" valuehalign="" type="">

                                    <label>Case ID</label>

                                </field>

                            </fields>

                        </section>

                    </sections>

                </column>

            </columns>

        </basicfieldeditor>

    </components>

    <resources>

        <labels/>

        <javascript>

        </javascript>

        <css/>

        <actionsequences/>

    </resources>

    <styles>

        <styleitem type="background" bgtype="none"/>

    </styles>

</skuidpage>

let me know if this helps.

(not sure where my post went with the solution, so I will re post here)

We figured out the solution. in essence, we had to uncheck the URL expects batch inserts box and choose use templated request body for the Send new field valuesfield.

once we did that, we then create the custom request with the following:

{

  "messages": [

    {

      "to": "{{to}}",

      "from": "{{from}}",

      "body": "{{body}}"

    }

  ]

}

You can see the entire XML here:

<skuidpage unsavedchangeswarning="yes" personalizationmode="server" showsidebar="false" useviewportmeta="true" showheader="false">

	<models>

		<model id="Send" query="false" createrowifnonefound="false" datasource="ClickSend" processonclient="true" type="readwrite" label="Message" labelplural="Messages">

			<fields>

				<field id="to" displaytype="TEXT" label="To" required="true" uionly="false"/>

				<field id="from" displaytype="TEXT" label="From" required="true" uionly="false"/>

				<field id="body" displaytype="TEXTAREA" label="Message" ogdisplaytype="TEXT" required="true" uionly="false"/>

				<field id="custom_string" displaytype="TEXT" label="Patient Case ID" uionly="false"/>

			</fields>

			<conditions/>

			<actions/>

			<methods>

				<method type="insert" verb="POST" successif="responsefieldequals" sendchanges="usetemplaterequest" endpoint="/sms/send" batch="false" successfield="response_code" contenttype="application/json" payloadsnippet="cs_snip" insertresponse="recordinbody" customrequesttemplate="{&#10;  &quot;messages&quot;: [&#10;    {&#10;      &quot;to&quot;: &quot;{{to}}&quot;,&#10;      &quot;from&quot;: &quot;{{from}}&quot;,&#10;      &quot;body&quot;: &quot;{{body}}&quot;&#10;    }&#10;  ]&#10;}"/>

			</methods>

		</model>

	</models>

	<components>

		<buttonset model="Send" uniqueid="sk-3PATUJ-218">

			<buttons>

				<button type="multi" label="New Message" uniqueid="sk-3PATl0-221" icon="sk-icon-add">

					<actions>

						<action type="createRow" model="Send" appendorprepend="prepend" defaultmodefornewitems="edit" affectedrows="context"/>

					</actions>

				</button>

			</buttons>

		</buttonset>

		<basicfieldeditor showheader="true" showsavecancel="true" showerrorsinline="true" model="Send" uniqueid="sk-3PALtc-174" mode="edit">

			<columns>

				<column width="100%">

					<sections>

						<section title="Section A" collapsible="no">

							<fields>

								<field uniqueid="sk-3PAOCB-189" id="to"/>

								<field uniqueid="sk-3PARw5-200" id="from" valuehalign="" type=""/>

								<field uniqueid="sk-3PASIg-209" id="body" valuehalign="" type=""/>

								<field uniqueid="sk-3PIMR1-537" id="custom_string" valuehalign="" type="">

									<label>Case ID</label>

								</field>

							</fields>

						</section>

					</sections>

				</column>

			</columns>

		</basicfieldeditor>

	</components>

	<resources>

		<labels/>

		<javascript>

		</javascript>

		<css/>

		<actionsequences/>

	</resources>

	<styles>

		<styleitem type="background" bgtype="none"/>

	</styles>

</skuidpage>

I’m still way back on 10.0.27, so “use template for request body” is not an option. I used this snippet instead successfully:

var changes = argumentsu0].changes,

payload = {

messages: a

{



 to: changes.to,



 from: changes.from,



 body: changes.body,



 custom_string: changes.custom_string



}

]

};

return payload;