Conditional JSON body in a JSON request

Custom Apps
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Hello, I am trying to make a prototype Bluesky custom app in Make, and right now, I’m trying to figure out how to hide this specific JSON if none had entered a parameter.

It goes like this.

"repo": "{{temp.sessionDID}}",
			"collection": "app.bsky.feed.post", 
			"record": {
				"$type": "app.bsky.feed.post",
				"text": "{{parameters.status}}",
				"createdAt": "{{formatDate(now, 'YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ')}}",
				"facets": [
					{ // Mention Username
						"index": {
							"byteStart": "{{parseNumber(parameters.mentions[].userByteStart)}}",
							"byteEnd": "{{parseNumber(parameters.mentions[].userByteEnd)}}"
						},
						"features": [
							{
								"$type": "{{if(parameters.mentions[].blueskyUserName != null , \"app.bsky.richtext.facet#mention\")}}",
								"did": "{{parameters.mentions[].blueskyUserName}}"
							}
						]
					},
					{ // Add Link
						"index": {
							"byteStart": "{{parseNumber(parameters.mentions[].urlByteStart)}}",
							"byteEnd": "{{parseNumber(parameters.mentions[].urlByteEnd)}}"
						},
						"features": [
							{
								"$type": "{{if(parameters.mentions[].urlLink != null , \"app.bsky.richtext.facet#link\")}}",
								"did": "{{parameters.mentions[].urlLink}}"
							}
						]
					}
				]
			}

as the parameter facets is a array parameter, I wanted a way to see that if there is NO value, then would there be a way to hide either the “Mention Username” or “Add Link” if NO value had entered in the parameters.

I tried this long way "facets": [ "{{if(parameters.mentions !== null, {\"index\":{\"byteStart\":\"{{parseNumber(parameters.mentions[].userByteStart)}}\",\"byteEnd\":\"{{parseNumber(parameters.mentions[].userByteEnd)}}\"},\"features\":[{\"$type\":\"{{if(parameters.mentions[].blueskyUserName != null , \\\"app.bsky.richtext.facet#mention\\\")}}\",\"did\":\"{{parameters.mentions[].blueskyUserName}}\"}]}}}", ]

It is crazy long, I know, I had to minify it, and to no avail. I tested it out on a RequestBIN, and it came out as this.
Screenshot_4-3-2024_234749_pipedream.com

Is there a workaround to this? I can’t find anything on the documatation.