Allow Prompt tag value to be used as input to JSONPath in Response tag

[AndrewStickler]

I quite often get arrays of objects back from a REST API, and want to call another endpoint using the 'id' field in one of the array entries in the path of the new API. Currently, I either have to use a Prompt tag to enter the 'id' (copied from the response) or I use a Response tag to extract the ID from one of the array entries, e.g. using "$[0].id". If I want to change to another element of the array, I need to edit the Response tag JSONPath, e.g. to "$[1].id".

What I would like is to be able to prompt for the array index (e.g. 0 or 1 in my example) and use that value in the JSONPath of the Response tag. Or any other solution that might also accomplish my aim.

[poojithap11]

Hi,

Thanks for explaining your use case.

At the moment, JSONPath in response tags needs to be static, so dynamically passing a index isn't supported.

As an alternative, you can use a prompt tag directly in your request url, for example -
https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users/{% prompt 'ID', 'Array value', '0', '', false, true %}

This allows you to quickly enter the required id at runtime without modifying the request each time.

A feature request has been raised to support dynamic values within response tag JSONPath in insomnia.

Thank you.