Need help in passing variable in body

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My question:
i have designed pre-requisite script as show below to generate random name field values
let x = Math.random();
let name = ‘Lauren’ + x;
pm.globals.set(“name” ,name);

how can i pass this name variable in below body format
{“parameterData”: “{"action": "Insert","name": "Lauren"}”}

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Hi @rekha135

You would just call it like you would a normal variable;

Example;

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Output;

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Also, are you aware of the dynamic variables available for this sort of thing?

Example;

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Output;

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Hope this helps.

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Thanks for your revert ,but as my input body takes as whole string with backward slashes (" ") as shown in below request body so how can i pass name as variable in request body .
{“parameterData”: “{“action”: “Insert”,“name”: “Lauren”}”}

if i will try passing variable as name in below request body then i am getting error in response : (

{“parameterData”: “{“action”: “Insert”,{{name}}”}

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Please advise any way to pass this variable as input body request body is defined as whole string rather than plain vanilla json body :frowning:

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Looks like you’re missing some quotes and a closing bracket…

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Try;

{"parameterData": "{\"action\": \"Insert\",\"{{name}}\"}"}
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same error :frowning:

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Thanks James ,you are really helpful so far .i am still not able to post this request body successfully with “name” as variable .please assist me

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I made a mistake when comparing to your original question, I missed a property.

Try;

{"parameterData": "{\"action\": \"Insert\",\"name\": \"{{name}}\"}"}

Are there any docs you are working from? 1

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Thank you James ,you are awesome .my issue resolved now

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