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Reading multiple line items from a nested-JSON Sales Invoice API and writing them into a table in Business Central (via AL code)

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Having referred couple of videos on AL with JSON and reading 1-2 community Q&A here, I still haven't figured out the correct way to read multiple line items from a Invoice record, which is being fetched into Business Central via an API.

Notes:

1. Read from the Response text, the first node, which starts with 'list', Invoice header is entered successfully

2. Each header now has multiple "line_items" associated

3. For some reason, my AL code is unable to fetch/read/recognize "line_items" array from the Response Text, but successfully recognizes "list" array. Only the header record in BC is created successfully with no lines associated

Present Outcome: Can read & insert header values, but cannot locate/read line values from the API, due to nested API

Expected Outcome: To be able to fetch each line_items "ID" and corresponding line_items data in a loop and insert all the line_items values into a table, whenever each/single header is inserted

Below Images showcase, 1-2 AL code trials which I have conducted, all with no positive results. Also pasted image of the Incoming JSON structure

I know I am doing something incorrect, either logically or syntactically. Community, please advise / assist

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  • rtechc Profile Picture
    rtechc 20 on at
    RE: Reading multiple line items from a nested-JSON Sales Invoice API and writing them into a table in Business Central (via AL code)

    Thankyou Arend-Jan, you are a superstar as always. I spent a couple days debugging on this silly logic error

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    ajkauffmann Profile Picture
    ajkauffmann 117 on at
    RE: Reading multiple line items from a nested-JSON Sales Invoice API and writing them into a table in Business Central (via AL code)

    You are pretty close.

    Function CreateSalesDocuments(TransToken, CGBSalesHeader) receives the JsonToken that holds the invoice. You are already reading the id with 'invoice.id'. The array of line_items can be retrieved with TransToken.SelectToken('invoice.line_items', JsonToken).

    Then use JsonToken.AsArray() and loop through the resulting array.

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    DAnny3211 Profile Picture
    DAnny3211 9,272 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at
    RE: Reading multiple line items from a nested-JSON Sales Invoice API and writing them into a table in Business Central (via AL code)

    hi

    look this

    community.dynamics.com/.../multiple-layers-json-reading

    DAniele

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    Nitin Verma Profile Picture
    Nitin Verma 21,091 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at
    RE: Reading multiple line items from a nested-JSON Sales Invoice API and writing them into a table in Business Central (via AL code)

    Hi,

    Try to read and consume as per below request I did.

    if not JToken.ReadFrom(serviceResponse) then
    Error('Invalid Label response.');
    if JToken.ReadFrom(serviceResponse) then
    if JToken.IsObject then begin
    jsObject := JToken.AsObject();
    if jsObject.get('response', JToken) then begin
    labelid := GetTokenValue(JToken, 'id');
    jorder := JToken.AsObject();
    if jorder.Get('order', JToken) then begin
    trackingno := GetTokenValue(JToken, 'tracking_number');
    labelstate := GetTokenValue(JToken, 'state');
    Jparcel := JToken.AsObject();
    if Jparcel.get('parcels', JParcelToken) then
    if JParcelToken.IsArray then begin
    jsArray := JParcelToken.AsArray();
    for i := 0 to jsArray.Count - 1 do begin
    jsArray.get(i, JParcelToken);
    if JParcelToken.IsObject then begin
    jsObject := JParcelToken.AsObject();
    if not SelectJsonToken(jsObject, 'label_number', false).AsValue().IsNull then begin
    OderResponse.Init();
    OderResponse."API Type" := 'Label';
    OderResponse."API Date Time" := CurrentDateTime;
    OderResponse.ID := labelid;
    OderResponse.tracking_number := trackingno;
    OderResponse.state := labelstate;
    OderResponse."Courier Label No." := SelectJsonToken(jsObject, 'label_number', false).AsValue().AsText();
    jdocument := JToken.AsObject();
    if jdocument.get('documents', JToken) then begin
    JshipLabel := JToken.AsObject();
    if JshipLabel.get('shipping_label', JToken) then
    labelurl := GetTokenValue(JToken, 'url');
    end;
    OderResponse."Label URL" := labelurl;
    OderResponse."Manifest No." := ManifestNo;
    OderResponse."Manifest Line No." := Lineno;
    end;
    clear(client);
    clear(response);
    clear(inStrm);
    if client.Get(OderResponse."Label URL", response) then begin
    response.Content.ReadAs(inStrm);
    OderResponse."Label URL File".ImportStream(inStrm, OderResponse."Courier Label No.", 'application/pdf');


    end;
    OderResponse.Insert(true);
    end;
    end;
    end;



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