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ThomasPl1
August 25, 2021
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AEM forms 6.5 view the request body when submitting with Form Data Model

  • August 25, 2021
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Hi,

 

Does anyone know how to view the request body when submitting a form using the "Submit using Form Data Model" submit action?

 

It seems the form submits the form data, to {formUrl}/jcr:content/guideContainer.af.internalsubmit.jsp then it must get restructured in the back end before it gets sent to the destination end point.

 

It would be helpful for debugging if I could view the web request body (ie: the JSON data) either at the point of submission or a log somehow?

 

Any ideas?

Thanks.

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Best answer by Mayank_Gandhi

@thomaspl1  You can put getdata call on submit and log the data in the console.

 

https://helpx.adobe.com/experience-manager/6-5/forms/javascript-api/GuideBridge.html

 

guideBridge.getData({
    success : function (guideResultObject) {
         console.log("data received" + guideResultObject.data);
    },
    error : function (guideResultObject) {
         console.error("API Failed");
         var msg = guideResultObject.getNextMessage();
         while (msg != null) {
             console.error(msg.message);
             msg = guideResultObject.getNextMessage();
         }
    }
});

3 replies

Pulkit_Jain_
Adobe Employee
Pulkit_Jain_Adobe Employee
Adobe Employee
August 25, 2021

@thomaspl1 

You should be able to review the request Form data using the browser devtool at the time of form submission to data model.

Also, you can capture debug level logs for the packages com.adobe.aemfd.dermis and com.adobe.aem.dermis to get additional logging to troubleshoot FDM related issues.

Hope this helps!

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    ThomasPl1Author
    August 25, 2021

    Thanks for the reply @pulkit_jain_ !

     

    Unfortunately the data that is submitted at time of submission is not the same data structure that is submitted to the external endpoint.

     

    For example the simple form I am using submits this:

    {"guideState":{"guideDom":{"name":"guide1","templateId":"guideContainer__","guideNodeClass":"guideContainerNode","id":"","dorType":"none","schemaRef":"/content/dam/formsanddocuments-fdm/test/pets","schemaType":"formdatamodel","rootPanel":{"name":"guideRootPanel","templateId":"guideContainer-rootPanel__","guideNodeClass":"rootPanelNode","items":{"guidetextdraw_903352284":{"name":"textdraw_9033522841612237036617","templateId":"guideContainer-rootPanel-guidetextdraw_903352284__","_value":"<p><b><br />\nFetch dog</b></p>\n","guideNodeClass":"guideTextDraw"},"guidetextbox":{"name":"fetch_dog_id","templateId":"guideContainer-rootPanel-guidetextbox__","guideNodeClass":"guideTextBox"},"guidetextdraw_800693467":{"name":"fetch_dog_name","templateId":"guideContainer-rootPanel-guidetextdraw_800693467__","guideNodeClass":"guideTextBox"},"guidebutton_2099351445":{"name":"fetch_dog_button","templateId":"guideContainer-rootPanel-guidebutton_2099351445__","guideNodeClass":"guideButton"},"guidetextdraw":{"name":"textdraw1612236867583","templateId":"guideContainer-rootPanel-guidetextdraw__","_value":"<p><b>Create dog</b></p>\n","guideNodeClass":"guideTextDraw"},"id1612236405505":{"name":"id_1","templateId":"guideContainer-rootPanel-id1612236405505__","_value":"1234","guideNodeClass":"guideTextBox"},"name1612236413240":{"name":"name_2","templateId":"guideContainer-rootPanel-name1612236413240__","_value":"John","guideNodeClass":"guideTextBox"},"guidebutton":{"name":"","templateId":"guideContainer-rootPanel-guidebutton__"},"guidebutton_723256508":{"name":"create_dog_button","templateId":"guideContainer-rootPanel-guidebutton_723256508__","guideNodeClass":"guideButton"},"submit":{"name":"submit1612238835790","templateId":"guideContainer-rootPanel-submit__","guideNodeClass":"guideButton"}}}},"guideContext":{"customPropertyMap":{"runtimeLocale":"en","lastFocusItem":"guide[0].guide1[0].guideRootPanel[0].id_1[0]","fileAttachmentMap":"{}"},"disablePreview":false,"schemaRef":"/content/dam/formsanddocuments-fdm/test/pets","scriptingBehaviourVersion":"None","makeFileNameUnique":false,"schemaType":"formdatamodel","guidePath":"/content/forms/af/test/test_data_model/jcr:content/guideContainer","guideName":"guide1","afSubmissionInfo":{"computedMetaInfo":{},"stateOverrides":{},"signers":{}}},"additionalSubmitInfo":{}}}

    And all of that gets converted to this and sent to the end point somehow:

    {
   "id": 1234,
   "name": "John"
}

    This 2nd one is the one I actually care about.

     

    Do you have any links to documentation explaining how to capture the debug level logs for those packages?

      Kosta_Prokopiu1
      Adobe Employee
      Kosta_Prokopiu1Adobe Employee
      Adobe Employee
      August 25, 2021

      Regarding logging in AEM and configuring:

      Logging | Adobe Experience Manager

      You can add log files and store class or package specific messages also setting the log level to DEBUG

       

        Mayank_Gandhi
        Adobe Employee
        Mayank_GandhiAdobe EmployeeAccepted solution
        Adobe Employee
        August 26, 2021

        @thomaspl1  You can put getdata call on submit and log the data in the console.

         

        https://helpx.adobe.com/experience-manager/6-5/forms/javascript-api/GuideBridge.html

         

        guideBridge.getData({
    success : function (guideResultObject) {
         console.log("data received" + guideResultObject.data);
    },
    error : function (guideResultObject) {
         console.error("API Failed");
         var msg = guideResultObject.getNextMessage();
         while (msg != null) {
             console.error(msg.message);
             msg = guideResultObject.getNextMessage();
         }
    }
});
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          ThomasPl1Author
          August 26, 2021

          Brilliant! Thanks Mayank, this will suit my use case perfectly.

           

          I can get even more specific to just get the data I am interested in:

          guideBridge.getData({ success : function (guideResultObject) { var data = JSON.parse(guideResultObject.data); console.log(data.afData.afBoundData.data); }, error : function (guideResultObject) { console.error("API Failed"); var msg = guideResultObject.getNextMessage(); while (msg !== null) { console.error(msg.message); msg = guideResultObject.getNextMessage(); } } });



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