Hello I am attempting to sort by a Published Date but get Unexpected token var

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My question:
Can I get assistance on this

Details (like screenshots):

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Code Snippet:
pm.test(“Verify publish date is sort from newest to old order”,function () {
var l = require(‘lodash’),
var jsonData = pm.response.json().results[0];
responseArray = JSON.parse(jsonData);
pm.test(‘Date for article published is in sorted order’, () => {
var expectedSortedOrder = l.orderBy(responseArray, [‘publishedDate’],[‘desc’]);
pm.expect(responseArray).to.eql(expectedSortedOrder);
});
})

2

It seems for me that you forgot to add “;” after “require(‘lodash’)”. So it should be:

var l = require(‘lodash’);
var jsonData = pm.response.json().results[0];

3

You don’t really need to “include” Lodash as its built into the Postman Sandbox.

You can access it by _. and the particular Lodash function you want.

For example (using Lodash Sample)…

var testData = ["foo", "bar"];
var option = _.sample(testData);
console.log(option);
4

Thanks all but now I am getting a different type of error. any assistance would be appreciated

New Code Snippet;

pm.test("Verify publish date is sort from newest to old order",function () {
var jsonData = pm.response.json().results;
responseArray = JSON.parse(jsonData);    
pm.test('Date for article published is in sorted order', () => {
var expectedSortedOrder = _.orderBy(responseArray, ['publishedDate']);
console.log(expectedSortedOrder);
pm.expect(responseArray).to.eql(expectedSortedOrder);

});
})

Error:

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Snippet of Json response body

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5

Get used to console logging your variables. They are important for troubleshooting.

This way you will also be able to tell which line is causing the issue.

var jsonData = pm.response.json().results;
console.log(jsonData);

Looking at your example response. This should already been an array of objects.

Confirm by looking at the console log or create a test for it.

pm.test("jsonData should be an array", () => {
    pm.expect(jsonData).to.be.an("array").that.is.not.empty;
});

It will be the following line that is causing the issue.

responseArray = JSON.parse(jsonData);

You’ve already parsed the data, you don’t need to do it again unless the data is embedded in a string which might require parsing. Therefore its failing the conversion as the data already contains an array of objects.

You should be able to sort directly on the “jsonData” array.