Can't use numeric collection variable value

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I need to send the request with the following body:

{
    "repository": {
        "relatedId": 25,
        "name": "somename",
        "order": 0
    }
}

I already have collection variable with number value for relatedId. How do I use it?

If I do it this way, I get value for related id as string, which is not what I need:

{
    "repository": {
        "relatedId": "{{receivedRelatedId}}", // becomes "relatedId": "25", and I need "relatedId": 25
        "name": "somename",
        "order": 0
    }
}

Without quotes I get parsing errors:

{
    "repository": {
        "relatedId": {{receivedRelatedId}},
        "name": "somename",
        "order": 0
    }
}

How do I properly use numeric variable value?

2

You need to do this without quotes.

What parsing error are you receiving?

{
    "repository": {
        "relatedId": {{relatedID}},
        "name": "somename",
        "order": 0
    }
}

Posting this to Postman echo works fine and the integer is showing ok.

{
    "args": {},
    "data": {
        "repository": {
            "relatedId": 25,
            "name": "somename",
            "order": 0
        }
    },
    "files": {},
    "form": {},
    "headers": {
        "x-forwarded-proto": "https",
        "x-forwarded-port": "443",
        "host": "postman-echo.com",
        "x-amzn-trace-id": "Root=1-6399a19a-6f6f5e1a2e11db8e5ef2b7a0",
        "content-length": "104",
        "content-type": "application/json",
        "user-agent": "PostmanRuntime/7.29.2",
        "accept": "*/*",
        "cache-control": "no-cache",
        "postman-token": "063a1fb3-18ae-4b37-80b5-5dac76683a43",
        "accept-encoding": "gzip, deflate, br",
        "cookie": "sails.sid=s%3AZuwUykb7qIFcMZzu5EcP3C-u3aXz3Now.RlSP%2FSVQVgN0%2FYzyQBrcWtgMt6HBcpFVz8adH7xtUWQ"
    },
    "json": {
        "repository": {
            "relatedId": 25,
            "name": "somename",
            "order": 0
        }
    },
    "url": "https://postman-echo.com/post"
}
3

Error seems to be gone without me changing anything, now without quotes it works. Thanks for the reply!