Getting data over HTTP

Sometimes you may want to use data from an external system within a script. This can be done by doing a HTTP request to the external system and extract data from the response.

config:  conversationOwner: null  conversationOwners:    - identifier: conversationOwner      channel: WhatsApp  scriptLanguageVersion: 1  scriptVersion: 1  defaultDelay: 200  lists:    positive-answers:      items:        - Ja    negative-answers:      source: negative-answers.ymlflows:  - id: main    description: Entry flow for the bot    steps:      - !entry         id: Entry-1        actions: []        clientActions: []        matches:          - opening        allowRestart: true        isCaseSensitive: true        doCatchAll: true      - !webrequest         id: WebRequest-1        actions: []        clientActions: []        retries: 0        retryDelay: 0        waitForResponse: true        request:          queryParameters: {}          headers: {}          url: https://webrequeststep.free.beeceptor.com/todos          method: GET          timeout: 60          body: ''        response:          extracts:            - var: firstTodoId              source: '@body.json'              selector: '[0].id'            - var: firstTodoTitle              source: '@body.json'              selector: '[0].title'      - !text         id: Text-1        actions: []        clientActions: []        message: >-          The first todo in the response has id {firstTodoId} and its title is          "{firstTodoTitle}".

The URL used here is generated by https://beeceptor.com/console/webrequeststep. Keep in mind this is a public URL viewable by everyone.

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