Stringify JSON object for SQL query in AWS AppSync

Question

Question: How can I stringify JSON object for SQL statement in my Appsync velocity template?

Explanation: I have an Aurora RDS table tha

Answer 1

You can build a JSON variable like this:

#set($json = $util.toJson({
  "connectionType": "$ctx.args.input.serviceConfig.connectionType",
  "capacity": $ctx.args.input.serviceConfig.capacity
  }))

And insert in your query:

{
    "version": "2018-05-29",
    "statements": [
        "INSERT INTO b2b_service_catalog(service_name, service_config) VALUES ('$ctx.args.input.serviceName', '$util.escapeJavaScript($json)' RETURNING service_id AS \"serviceId\", service_name AS \"serviceName\", service_config AS \"serviceConfig\"",
    ]
}

The above is a bit challenging because of all the quotes and escaping but I think the use of escapeJavaScript will do the trick.

Or directly:

{
    "version": "2018-05-29",
    "statements": [
        "INSERT INTO b2b_service_catalog(service_name, service_config) VALUES ('$ctx.args.input.serviceName', '{\"connectionType\":\"$ctx.args.input.serviceConfig.connectionType\",\"capacity\": $ctx.args.input.serviceConfig.capacity}') RETURNING service_id AS \"serviceId\", service_name AS \"serviceName\", service_config AS \"serviceConfig\"",
    ]
}