Calling a cloud function using API when param includes a number

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#1

Hi guys, great work with the forum!

I’m trying to call a cloud function via REST API which requires two parameters.
When I call the function I am getting no results because the server is converting my number parameter to a string in the Input object

Example 1
If I run the cloud function from front end of app like this:

await Moralis.Cloud.run("testFunction",{name:"MP", number:5})

The logs display:

Input: {"name":"MP","number":5}
Result: [Loads of results, working normally]

Example 2 -
If I convert my cloud function into an API call and have something like this:

fetch('MYSERVER/server/functions/testFunction?_ApplicationId=MYAPPID&name=MP&number=5')

The logs display:

Input: "_ApplicationId":"MYAPPID","name":"MP","number":"5"}
Result: []

I notice that the function returns nothing because the number param is going through as a string and not a number.

Is there a simple way around that?

#2

you could convert it back to a number in that cloud function

#3

I experimented with the field validation, but it errors because the number field is not a number, it’s going through as a string

Moralis.Cloud.define("testFunction", async (request) => {
  
  const unitQuery = new Moralis.Query("Unit");
  unitQuery.greaterThan(request.params.name, request.params.number);
  const tokenResult = await unitQuery.find();
  const results = tokenResult.map((token) => token.attributes);
  
  return results;
},{
  fields : {
    name : {
      required: true,
      options: name => {
        return name.length > 1;
      },
      error: "Test error message"
    },
    number : {
      type: Number,
    }
  }
});
fetch('https://aegk8vmdrtol.bigmoralis.com:2053/server/functions/testFunction?_ApplicationId=YT8QJ8naY8HxsO2hfK10mrWsjPH5ZJJtliq1DG3e&name=MP&number=5').then(so on and so on)

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#4

then you can send it as string in both cases, and validate it as string, or use only one of those two methods of calling the cloud function

#5

Ok yep, both issues can be marked as resolved

I’ll add some conditionals in the cloud function to convert my params to the data type I need
I’ll edit my validation

Thanks again
(world class support)

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