====== Set Variables to JSON ======

The //Set Variables to JSON// (v9.0+) action lets you set a set of variables from a [[manual:JSON]] dictionary.

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The action will take a specified prefix and a JSON container (dictionary or array) and will set variables based on the prefix and the field names or array indices to the corresponding values.

For example, with prefix `JSON` and JSON dictionary `{ "first" : "John", "last" : "Smith" }`, the action will set variable `JSONfirst` to `John` and `JSONlast` to Smith.

The prefix should either be empty, or be a valid variable name with optional trailing space.

===== Action Options (Gear ⚙ Menu) =====

You can control what text processing happens in the JSON field by selecting one of these options from the Gear Menu:

* Process Text Normally (process text tokens and backslash characters)
* Process Text Tokens Only (process text tokens but not backslash characters)
* Process Nothing (process neither text tokens nor backslash characters)

You can select Pretty JSON result mode, which affects the variable values for entries that are themselves JSON containers (See the [[manual:JSON]] user manual section).

You can select Strict JSON result mode, which affects the variable values for entries that are plain strings (See the [[manual:JSON]] user manual section).

And you can optionally have all the non-matching variables with the specified prefix removed (as long as the prefix is not empty).

===== See Also =====

See the [[manual:JSON]] user manual section for more details on JSON.

=== Actions ===

* [[action:Set_JSON_Value | Set JSON Value]]
* [[action:Set_Dictionary_to_JSON | Set Dictionary to JSON]]
* [[:Actions|See all Actions]]

=== Functions ===

* [[function:JSONVALUE | JSONVALUE(jsonpath)]]
* [[function:COUNT | COUNT()]]
* [[:Functions|See all Functions]]

=== Tokens ===

* [[token:JSONFromDictionary | JSONFromDictionary]]
* [[token:JSONFromVariables | JSONFromVariables]]
* [[token:JSONValue | JSONValue]]
* [[:Tokens|See all Tokens]]

=== Collections ===

* [[collection:JSON_Keys | JSON Keys]]
* [[:Collections |See all Tokens]]