Can Conditional Inline Statements Be Used to Filter Discord Channel Names?

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hi guys, is it possible to use conditions in an inline statement?
for example, I have a list of discord channels from the step:
{{steps.list_channels.$return_value}}
it contains a list of object, every object has a field “name”, I want to filter that list to only find a certain element that has a certain name.

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for example, I want to find an object with a name “test-777”. I have 777 as a part of a trigger request, how can I use it to filter out the results?

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something like this:
{{steps.list_channels.$return_value.where(x=>x.name.equals(“test-” + steps.body.mypersonalfield))}}

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Hi , you can use any Node.js code that evaluate to string in your custom expression. It your case, it might be

{{steps.list_channels.$return_value.filter(x => x.name === `test-${steps.body.mypersonalfield}`)}}

If you’re not familiar with Node.js, I would suggest:

  1. Read more about Pipedream Node.js document here
  2. Read more about Javascript, especially Node.js part. Also you can watch through Pipedream speedrun series to have more references
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nice!

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I’ve updated the example, from map to filter

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will it return a single object?

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I need to call a field “id” from the filtered single result

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it worked with …[0].id

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thanks!