How to Append a Contact to an Attendee List Using App Step Instead of API due to OAuth Error?

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can anyone help me to append a contact to attendee list. Want to do it using app step and not using api. using api is causing oauth error

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Hi , would you kind sharing a screenshot of your action, and also the expected outcome you want?

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the variable in attendee is getting wrapped in another array

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I am adding a new element in this array

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You can use

{{ [...steps.get_event_1.$return_value.attendess, "email1@test.com", "email2@test.com" ]
}}
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This is the update value returning from node step:

[
  {
    email: '[anand+gtest+1@mailmodo.com](mailto:anand+gtest+1@mailmodo.com)',
    responseStatus: 'needsAction'
  },
  {
    email: '[anand+gtest+2@mailmodo.com](mailto:anand+gtest+2@mailmodo.com)',
    responseStatus: 'needsAction'
  }
]

This is how I am using it in google calendar step

{{ [...steps.node.$return_value] }}

This wraps it inside another array. and can not use spread without []

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I’m not sure I understand your message. Could you share the input you have and the expected outcome you want?

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input to attendees field:

[
  {
    email: '[anand+gtest+1@mailmodo.com](mailto:anand+gtest+1@mailmodo.com)',
    responseStatus: 'needsAction'
  },
  {
    email: '[anand+gtest+2@mailmodo.com](mailto:anand+gtest+2@mailmodo.com)',
    responseStatus: 'needsAction'
  }
]

output: same as it, but whats happening is, it is wrapping it in another array

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I still not understand what you mean, where is the Node.js step? Could you share screenshot?

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the input is being returned from node js.

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steps.node.$return_value
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variable name

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and I want to feed this input to attendee in another step

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In your Node.js code, you’ll need to return the list of email to pass to the Google Calendar - Update Event Attendees.

So in your Node.js code, instead of returning the obj like this

return [
  {
    email: '[anand+gtest+1@mailmodo.com](mailto:anand+gtest+1@mailmodo.com)',
    responseStatus: 'needsAction'
  },
  {
    email: '[anand+gtest+2@mailmodo.com](mailto:anand+gtest+2@mailmodo.com)',
    responseStatus: 'needsAction'
  }
]

You’ll need to map it to array of email

return [
'[anand+gtest+1@mailmodo.com](mailto:anand+gtest+1@mailmodo.com)',
'[anand+gtest+2@mailmodo.com](mailto:anand+gtest+2@mailmodo.com)'
]

You can simply use a map function

return [
  {
    email: '[anand+gtest+1@mailmodo.com](mailto:anand+gtest+1@mailmodo.com)',
    responseStatus: 'needsAction'
  },
  {
    email: '[anand+gtest+2@mailmodo.com](mailto:anand+gtest+2@mailmodo.com)',
    responseStatus: 'needsAction'
  }
].map(obj => obj.email)
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using

return [
'[anand+gtest+1@mailmodo.com](mailto:anand+gtest+1@mailmodo.com)',
'[anand+gtest+2@mailmodo.com](mailto:anand+gtest+2@mailmodo.com)'
]

is not updating the attendees. we need to specify emails in object with keys “email” like:

[
  {
    email: '[anand+gtest+1@mailmodo.com](mailto:anand+gtest+1@mailmodo.com)'
  },
  {
    email: '[anand+gtest+2@mailmodo.com](mailto:anand+gtest+2@mailmodo.com)'
  }
]
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I think this needs sufficient coding knowledge to implement. If you’re still unsure that you can implement your usecase, you can:

  1. Read more about Pipedream Node.js document here and watch Pipedream University series to understand how Pipedream works
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  3. Submit a ticket for Pipedream, stating the action on the app that you need
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see the return value was an array of emails. even after successful run, the value in attendee is not updated

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I can update attendees for my test event just fine, would you mind checking if you have permission to update the Calendar you selected? Thanks

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You added the email directly that’s why its working fine. can you try it using a variable that stores email inside an object in an array.
In this format:

steps.node.$return_value = [{email: "[anand@mailmodo.com](mailto:anand@mailmodo.com)"}, {email:"[anand2@mailmodo.com](mailto:anand2@mailmodo.com)"}]
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The correct format is

steps.node.$return_value = ["[anand@mailmodo.com](mailto:anand@mailmodo.com)", "[anand2@mailmodo.com](mailto:anand2@mailmodo.com)"]