MS Flow - Expected String, got StartObject

[erron000]

Building a flow from a JSON HTTP request, i can get all the string data fine but a entry called 'id' which looks like a number type is giving an error when i do a Parse JSON;

InvalidTemplate. Unable to process template language expressions in action 'Parse_JSON' inputs at line '1' and column '2889': 'Unexpected token encountered when reading value for 'id'. Expected String, got StartObject. Path 'schema.id'.'.

schema is as follows

{

"created_at": {

"type": "string"

},

"href": {

"type": "string"

},

"id": {

"type": "string"

},

"name": {

"type": "string"

}

}

i have tried setting the id type to number but get the same error. The JSON outputs look like this:

{

"custom": null,

"href": "https://api.blah.com/hardwares/2747151-l-3cw86s2.json",

"id": 2747151,

"name": "L-3CW86S2",

etc

etc

[yashag2255 · Accepted solution]

Hey @erron000 

Can you share details on how you are providing the schema for the parse JSON action? I would first create the flow with the HTTP trigger and add a compose action. Trigger the flow and get the body of the trigger in the compose action. From the flow run history, copy everything from the compose action output and then in the flow editor, add the parse json action and for the schema provide a sample data payload and add everything from the compose action over here. This matches exact key value pairs that you can use in the consecutive actions. 

Hope this Helps!

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[erron000]

I got the schema from the HTTP results, gives same result as the Compose but copy/paste into schema shows the correct object types now and id is being accepted in JSON Parse.

Thanks!