Execute Token
Audience:
Citizen DeveloperSkill Prerequisites:
Tokens
This actions executes a token, usually a token, where tokens can contain business logic that generates and/or saves data. This action will output a token that stores the output of a token.
Typical Use Cases#
- Execute a token
- Execute Token inside a text from various sources (eg: other actions, form fields, API input parameters)
Don't use it to#
- Concatenate 2 tokens - Use Inject Data
- Overwrite a token - Use Inject Data
Related Actions#
| Action Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Update form with AJAX | Form action only, it updates the fields based on the values from the tokens. |
| Display Message | Form action only, shows a message after the executions of set of actions/workflow. |
| Run SQL Query | Executes an SQL statement and captures the output. |
Input Parameter Reference#
| Parameter | Description | Supports Tokens | Default | Required |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Token Expression | The tokens and/or text you want to be evaluated | Yes | empty string | No |
Output Parameters Reference#
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Output Token Name | The token name in which the response is to be stored for further use. |
Security#
Note that this presents a security risk when the expression has content from untrusted sources.
Tokens are powerful and can execute code that is not meant for end users to execute. This may result in unwanted behaviors or security breaches. eg: [User:Email(UserId=1)] will provide the email of that user so expressions that come directly from a user should not be used in this action.. Consider using only expressions the system manages and end users can't modify.
Examples#
1. Calculations with DoMath token#
By default the expression will only concatenate the tokens and/or text from the token expression so in case we need to do some math tokens provides a token called DoMath that can solve this issue.
{ "Title": "Execute Token", "ActionType": "ExecuteToken", "Parameters": { "Token": "[DoMath:Eval(expression=[User:UserId]*2)]", "OutputTokenName": "DoubleOfUserId" }}​2. Set a Cookie with SetCookie token#
You can set the value of a cookie by using the example below. You can retrieve the value of the cookie using the Cookie token.
{ "Title": "Execute Token", "ActionType": "ExecuteToken", "Parameters": { "Token": "[SetCookie:MyCookie='More at learn.plantanapp.com']", "OutputTokenName": "MyCookie" }}
3. Set a Session token with SetSession token#
You can set the value of a session token by using the example below. You can retrieve the value of the session token using the Session token.
{ "Title": "Execute Token", "ActionType": "ExecuteToken", "Parameters": { "Token": "[SetSession:MySessionVar='More at learn.plantanapp.com']", "OutputTokenName": "MySessionVar" }}
4. Pluralization of a value#
Spelling of plurals can be as easy as the next example. Instead of adding (s) at the end of number (eg: 1 car(s) or 3 car(s) ) we can use the Pluralization token. For this example 3 can be another token.
{ "Title": "Execute Token", "ActionType": "ExecuteToken", "Parameters": { "Token": "You own 3 [Pluralization:Get(Value=3, Singular='car', Plural='cars')]", "OutputTokenName": "MySessionVar" }}