Twilio studio messing up the json when sending an HTTP request

Question

using twilio studio we receive sms message to one of out twilio numbers and we send it to one of our services. we send it using the MAKE HTTP REQUEST widget with the CONTENT TYPE: json in there we have the following body:

{
  "Body":"{{trigger.message.Body}}",
  "From":"{{trigger.message.From}}"
}

but when an sms message with new lines is received for example somthing like

hello name
how are you

then the json twilio studio sends ends up looking like this

{
  "Body":"hello name
how are you",
  "From":"some number"
}

and we end up getting Unexpected token in JSON

user_3274864 · Answer

In Twilio Studio you can use Liquid Syntax to fix this.

{
 "Body":"{{trigger.message.Body | strip_newlines}}",
 "From":"{{trigger.message.From}}"
}

There are lots of Liquid Syntax filters available in Twilio Studio! See e.g. https://www.twilio.com/docs/studio/user-guide/liquid-template-language

user_17946883 · Answer

ended up using the following:

{
“Body”: "{{ trigger.message.Body | newline_to_br | replace: "
", " " | strip_newlines }}",
“From”: "{{trigger.message.From}}"
}

Twilio studio messing up the json when sending an HTTP request

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