Script

Reference

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Executes user-defined code. User can write custom workflow logic in Java, JavaScript, Python, R or Ruby programming languages.

Categories: [helpers, developer-tools]

Version: 1

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Actions

JavaScript

Executes custom JavaScript code.

Properties

Name	Type	Control Type	Description
Input	{}	OBJECT_BUILDER	Initialize parameter values used in the custom code.
JavaScript Code	STRING	CODE_EDITOR	Add your JavaScript custom logic here.

Python

Executes custom Python code.

Properties

Name	Type	Control Type	Description
Input	{}	OBJECT_BUILDER	Initialize parameter values used in the custom code.
Python Code	STRING	CODE_EDITOR	Add your Python custom logic here.

Ruby

Executes custom Ruby code.

Properties

Name	Type	Control Type	Description
Input	{}	OBJECT_BUILDER	Initialize parameter values used in the custom code.
Ruby Code	STRING	CODE_EDITOR	Add your Ruby custom logic here.

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Additional instructions

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Calling a component inside a script

To call a component inside a script, you need to use the context.component object which gives you references to components and their actions. For example, to call logger component and its info action in javascript you can use the following code:

function perform(input, context) {
    context.component.logger.info({'text': 'Hello World!!!'})

  return null;
}

If you want to call an action of a component which requires a connection you cna define its connection inside the Script editor:

You can also define multiple connections of the same component and then reference a particular connection when calling the action: