Using data from POST request instead of local file

dark0

Hi guys,

I want to invoke jsreport render by passing the data like this: https://jsreport.net/learn/api#rendering-report
The problem is that, if I pass the data, it still uses the data from local data file. How can I configure jsreport to use the one that is being passed through POST request?

jan_blaha

The data passed through the request body has always the priority over the references sample data in the studio.
Please try to share some code snippets so we can see what could be wrong.

dark0

I am testing it locally with postman app while my jsreport is running. It renders the report but with data from a local file...
Here is my request body from postman:

POST /api/report HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost:5488
Content-Type: application/json
User-Agent: PostmanRuntime/7.20.1
Accept: */*
Cache-Control: no-cache
Postman-Token: e1dc0fd9-d6dc-4204-b2b9-9c2ccbb9b827,5b88bbe6-0abf-43fd-b5c3-84ae03dc2a46
Host: localhost:5488
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Content-Length: 171725
Cookie: render-complete=true
Connection: keep-alive
cache-control: no-cache

{
    "template": {
        "shortid": "B1QSGTZSr",
        "data": {...}
}

What else could be helpful to share with you?

jan_blaha

You should place data prop to the root level of the body. See it again here
https://jsreport.net/learn/api#rendering-report

   {
      "template": { "name" : "my template"  },
      "data" : { ... },
      "options": { "reports": { "save": true } }
   }

dark0

That's it. Thanks Jan!