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Sending data using Websocket

  • July 16, 2020
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mygis
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Hi,

 

I am using the websocketSender transformer to stream some data; when I am using the template in the data to transmit as below:

 

 

{

 

"ws_op" : "send",

 

"ws_msg" : "FME Rocks"

 

}

 

I have no issues; however when replacing the "FME Rocks" with the attribute name, nothing happens. For example, if I have an attribute named "id", here is what I do:

{

 

"ws_op" : "send",

 

"ws_msg" : fme_get_attribute("id")

 

}

I don't get any errorr, it is just that data is not transmitted compared to the first case.

Any pointers would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

Lyes

 

 

 

Best answer by mygis

Hi, I created the string using the AttributeCreator then assigned the created string to Data to Transmit. The result was something like this:

 

 

{

 

"ws_op" : "send",

 

"ws_msg" : @Value(id)

 

}

 

I can now transmit data successfully from one workspace to another.

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afavaccio
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  • afavaccio
  • July 16, 2020

Hi @gisinnovationsb,

 

 

you can try this:

 

 

{

 

"ws_op" : "send",

 

"ws_msg" : ("id")

 

}

 

 

or this:

 

 

{

 

ws_op: 'send',

 

ws_msg: '@Value(id)'

 

}

 

 

HTH

Andrea

mygis
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  • July 17, 2020

Hi, I created the string using the AttributeCreator then assigned the created string to Data to Transmit. The result was something like this:

 

 

{

 

"ws_op" : "send",

 

"ws_msg" : @Value(id)

 

}

 

I can now transmit data successfully from one workspace to another.

mygis
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  • July 17, 2020

Hi @gisinnovationsb,

 

 

you can try this:

 

 

{

 

"ws_op" : "send",

 

"ws_msg" : ("id")

 

}

 

 

or this:

 

 

{

 

ws_op: 'send',

 

ws_msg: '@Value(id)'

 

}

 

 

HTH

Andrea

Hi @afavaccio both didn't work. I found the solution please refer to my reply and thanks for the help.

virtualcitymatt
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Hi, I created the string using the AttributeCreator then assigned the created string to Data to Transmit. The result was something like this:

 

 

{

 

"ws_op" : "send",

 

"ws_msg" : @Value(id)

 

}

 

I can now transmit data successfully from one workspace to another.

Haha, gosh very sensitive to the syntax. Not what I'm used to with FME. Thanks for sharing your results.

mygis
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  • July 17, 2020

Haha, gosh very sensitive to the syntax. Not what I'm used to with FME. Thanks for sharing your results.

Hi Matt, I will accept your comment as the response ;)

takashi
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  • takashiCelebrity
  • July 17, 2020

Hi, I created the string using the AttributeCreator then assigned the created string to Data to Transmit. The result was something like this:

 

 

   {

 

       "ws_op"  : "send",

 

        "ws_msg" : @Value(id)

 

    }

 

I can now transmit data successfully from one workspace to another.

I think the data to transmit should be a valid JSON text.

If id was a numeric value - e.g. 100, your expression would be a valid JSON. 

{
"ws_op" : "send",
"ws_msg" : 100
}

 

However, if id was a non-numeric value - e.g. ABC, the expression wouldn't be a valid JSON.

{
"ws_op" : "send",
"ws_msg" : ABC
}

 

In the case, the id should be quoted with double quotations, as in.

{
"ws_op" : "send",
"ws_msg" : "ABC"
}
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  • fhilding
  • July 17, 2020

Hi, I created the string using the AttributeCreator then assigned the created string to Data to Transmit. The result was something like this:

 

 

{

 

"ws_op" : "send",

 

"ws_msg" : @Value(id)

 

}

 

I can now transmit data successfully from one workspace to another.

I had a similar issue. The explanation that I got in https://knowledge.safe.com/questions/98505/send-json-via-websocket.html from @denniswilhelm (which I've verified too) is: "fme_get_attribute automatically escapes " to \\" which isn't done by the @Value command. In a JSONTemplater you can also use fme:get-json-attribute("yourAttributeName") to explicitly load insert valid JSON values."

 

Hence the difference between the two, seemingly, identical ways to get data from the attribute.

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