Insomnia: [BUG] Template Tag double quotes aren't escaped in JSON

[Seppli11]

• Insomnia Version: 5.16.6
• Operating System: Ubuntu 16.04 & Windows 7

Details

If you use a quot (single or double) in a JSONPath in an environment then the json path won't be escaped properly.

For example the JSONPath $.data[?(@.formName=="EOS-Abnahme Protokoll" && @.versionId==69)],
it will translate to
"submitionId": "{% response 'body', 'req_525189fc59f842748426b27683438059', '$.data[?(@.formName=="EOS-Abnahme Protokoll" && @.versionId==69)].submissionId' %}"

Notice the " in the filter. As a workaround, you can change in the preference to the Nunjuck Power User Modus and escape the quots manually, but this requires a restart and it is much more comfortable with the ui (for me at least).

I hope this helps.

• Sebastian

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[gschier]

Ah yes, I think this has been reported before. It's a tricky one to fix properly since the tag editor has no concept of the language that it's being used inside of. Different escaping strategies would be needed for every content-type (JSON, XML, etc).

One workaround for now is to use single quotes instead. These will automatically be escaped at the Nunjucks tag level, ending up with something like this:

"{% response 'body', 'req_525189fc59f842748426b27683438059', '$.data[?(@.formName==\'EOS-Abnahme Protokoll\' && @.versionId==69)].submissionId' %}"

[gschier]

Hmm, nvm. Apparently escaped single quotes are not valid JSON either 😦

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[relgames]

Hi, I faced the same issue: can't use single quotes in JSONPath, like $.data['my-test']

Is there a workaround?

[Seppli11]

The only workaround I found (haven't checked since I write the issue) is to switch to the Nunjuck Power User Modus in the settings (a restart is required) and escape it manually and then switch back again.

[soderluk]

Hi, I faced the same issue: can't use single quotes in JSONPath, like $.data['my-test']

Is there a workaround?

@gschier gave me this workaround, that worked:

{
  "filter": "$['@something']",
  "testing": "{% response 'body', 'req_abc', filter, 'never' %}"
}

[gschier]

Also, the fix included in https://github.com/getinsomnia/insomnia/commit/8adee60c8671291712b8ad33f6bbc1e43c453c16 will be released soon!