Mule Dev Tricks: DataWeave Using mapObject - Part I

Introduction

Here is a problem I am facing. An incoming JSON payload misses a piece of information, the transaction type. This piece of information can be deducted from the existing information. Actually, the really application is more more complicated. In this Mule Dev Trick, I am going to demonstrate how to add new information to the payload.

This small piece of code involves several key concept of Dataweave:

• map
• mapObject
• Condition statement
• Lamda sytax

Input Payload

[
  {
    "worker_id": "AMAGWK00002673",
    "position_id": "35119973",
    "requisition_id": "R-32353",
    "applicant_id": "199505",
    "staff_id": "199504"
  },
  {
    "worker_id": "AMAGWK00002674",
    "position_id": "35119943",
    "requisition_id": "R-32353",
    "applicant_id": "199505",
    "staff_id": "199506"
  },
  {
    "worker_id": "AMAGWK00002675",
    "position_id": "35119975",
    "requisition_id": "R-32354",
    "applicant_id": "199507",
    "staff_id": ""
  }
]

The Desired Output

[
  {
    "worker_id": "AMAGWK00002673",
    "position_id": "35119973",
    "requisition_id": "R-32353",
    "applicant_id": "199505",
    "staff_id": "199504",
    "type": "re-hire"
  },
  {
    "worker_id": "AMAGWK00002674",
    "position_id": "35119943",
    "requisition_id": "R-32353",
    "applicant_id": "199505",
    "staff_id": "199506",
    "type": "re-hire"
  },
  {
    "worker_id": "AMAGWK00002675",
    "position_id": "35119975",
    "requisition_id": "R-32354",
    "applicant_id": "199507",
    "staff_id": "",
    "type": "new-hire"
  }
]

As you can see that the "type" attribute is introduced based on whether the staff_id is empty or not. If the staff_id attribute is not empty, I set the value of this attribute to "re-hire", otherwise, it will be "new-hire".

Solution

%dw 1.0
%output application/json
---
payload map ((worker) ->{
 (worker mapObject (value, key) -> {
  "$key" : value
 }),
 type : "new-hire" when worker.staff_id == null or worker.staff_id == '' otherwise 're-hire'
})

Note: the $key is used here. There is another syntax is (key). Thus, the above code can be as the following:

%dw 1.0
%output application/json
---
payload map ((worker) ->{
 (worker mapObject (value, key) -> {
  (key) : value
 }),
 type : "new-hire" when worker.staff_id == null or worker.staff_id == '' otherwise 're-hire'
})

Key Learning Points

The above script seems pretty simple. It has used many key concepts of the DataWeave component. The key of the map function is to iterate a List or Array and produce a new array. And the main usage of mapObject is to iterate the attributes of an object. Both functions use Lamda expression which takes two value, $$, $. By default, $ represent the value of the current object the iterator is point to, and $$ is the index or key of the object.

Another worth noting point is that map can take single argument as well.