Im making a custom app, and im having an issue in the search module
- While the endpoint works fine when tested using Postman, running the module in a test scenario resulted in a response body displaying “imtbuffer(97)” instead of the expected JSON format.
Here is the communication part of the module:
{
// Request to API endpoint.
"url": "/{{parameters.rectype}}/query", // Relative to base URL
"method": "POST",
"headers": {}, // Additional HTTP headers
"qs": { // Query string
"offset": "{{parameters.offset}}" // Parameter "search" that is defined in Mappable parameters.
},
"body": {},
// Response handling
"response": {
"output": "{{item}}", // i have tried using toString() on the item
"iterate": "{{body.recs}}",
"limit": "{{parameters.limit}}" // Limits number of output bundles as requested by user (even if API returns more items).
}
}
Relevant Screenshots
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This is the response body:
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And i dont know if this is useful:

-
Im also getting this “general error”:
{
"type": "error",
"array": "[200] ",
"_engineData": {
"calledAt": "Not available"
}
}
- This is the expected output:
{
"recs": [
{
"id": "b0a523606ae8",
"name": "name2",
"createdAt": "2023-04-13T17:09:47+00:00",
"updatedAt": "2023-04-18T17:09:47+00:00"
},
{
"id": "0c841ade9610",
"name": "name1",
"createdAt": "2023-04-13T17:04:47+00:00",
"updatedAt": "2023-04-19T17:04:47+00:00"
}
],
"total": 2
}
Any help would be appreciated!
if your content is Encoded with gzip then put this
"gzip":true
replace this in with your response code
"response": {
"type": "*",
"output": "{{body}}",
"error": {
"message": "{{body.errors[].code}}"
}
}
here is my full code for your better understanding
{
"url":"/rate/v1/rates/quotes",
"method":"POST",
"body":{
"accountNumber":{
"value":"{{parameters.accountNumber}}"
},
"rateRequestControlParameters":{
"rateSortOrder":"{{parameters.rateSortOrder}}",
"variableOptions":"{{parameters.variableOptions}}",
"returnTransitTimes":"{{parameters.returnTransitTimes}}",
"returnLocalizedDateTime":"{{parameters.returnLocalizedDateTime}}"
},
"requestedShipment":{
"shipper":{
"address":{
"city":"{{parameters.city}}",
"stateOrProvinceCode":"{{parameters.stateOrProvinceCode}}",
"postalCode":"{{parameters.postalCode}}",
"countryCode":"{{parameters.countryCode}}",
"residential":"{{parameters.residential}}"
}
},
"recipient":{
"address":{
"city":"{{parameters.Rcity}}",
"stateOrProvinceCode":"{{parameters.RstateOrProvinceCode}}",
"postalCode":"{{parameters.RpostalCode}}",
"countryCode":"{{parameters.RcountryCode}}",
"residential":"{{parameters.Rresidential}}"
}
},
"shipDateStamp":"{{parameters.shipDateStamp}}",
"pickupType":"{{parameters.pickupType}}",
"packagingType":"{{parameters.packagingType}}",
"requestedPackageLineItems":"{{parameters.requestedPackageLineItems}}",
"shippingChargesPayment":{
"paymentType":"{{parameters.paymentType}}"
},
"rateRequestType": "{{parameters.rateRequestType}}",
"customsClearanceDetail":{
"commodities":"{{parameters.commodities}}"
}
},
"carrierCodes":[
"{{parameters.carrierCodes}}"
]
},
"headers":{
"authorization":"Bearer {{parameters.access_token}}"
},
"gzip":true,
"response": {
"type": "*",
"output": "{{body}}",
"error": {
"message": "{{body.errors[].code}}"
}
}
}
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Hey!! thank you for responding
i tried what u said but nothing changed
Your custom app’s “Base” needs a couple of things to handle gzipped + json content.

If you still have any issues, please provide updated screenshots.
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Hello, thanks for responding
i tried this and the issue is still the same
i dont think the content is gzip encoded
and i still dont understand why im getting json when i try the endpoint on Postman
but get IMTBuffer when i try it in the scenario
i rechecked the headers used in Postman
ill try these and let u know
the same error persists
but the buffer changed
I have found the solution !
by removing the empty body from my communication section , the response body no longer returns an IMTBuffer and it returns the expected output.
{
// Request to API endpoint.
"url": "/{{parameters.rectype}}/query", // Relative to base URL
"method": "POST",
"headers": {}, // Additional HTTP headers
"qs": { // Query string
"offset": "{{parameters.offset}}" // Parameter "search" that is defined in Mappable parameters.
},
// Response handling
"response": {
"output": "{{item}}",
"iterate": "{{body.recs}}",
"limit": "{{parameters.limit}}" // Limits number of output bundles as requested by user (even if API returns more items).
}
}
Thanks to everyone who tried to help !
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