Workflow function

Kathy, it looks like your function is looking for a parameter called cardId (in your second line, ${cardId} is javascript to insert a variable in to a string, but your function isn't asking for any arguments.

As a non-developer also, I've had to figure this out. Let me try to explain.

Any values that you want to pass to the function as parameters, variables or arguments (devs use the term arguments) need to be included in the parenthesis after the function. So I think the first thing I notice is that you need to, at a minimum, add cardId in the parenthesis and have an input parameter (of the correct data type) that is a cardId. I would guess that is a NUMBER.

Second, you have 'single quotes' around your string on the second line (where you create the const API) and it should be surrounded by ` backticks `.

Your function is called "lookForUnlocked" - in looking at the end point are you trying to enable/disable insights for non-card owners? If so, the way you have the function written is hard coded to DISABLE them, not way to enable them.

I may propose the following changes to the function:

1 - add cardId as an input parameter, and make it a number
2 - change the single quotes to backticks"
3 - eliminate the newdisable variable as it's already harded coded in the API call
4 - your put appears to be incorrect, it should be a POST

If what you are after is disabling Insights on a card, the following code works (I changed the function to be named "disableCardInsights" as opposed to "lookForUnlocked", but you can call it whatever you want:

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const codeengine = require('codeengine');

function disableCardInsights(cardId) {
const api = /api/social/v1/smart-alerts/disable?resourceId=${cardId}&resourceType=CARD;
const body = ``;
return codeengine.sendRequest("POST", api,body).catch(console.error);
}

module.exports.disableCardInsights = disableCardInsights;

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The last thing I will say is you should never deploy codeEngine packages/functions until you run them successfully in codeEngine. That is when you know your code is working. You can run it by hitting the large play button next to the function in the drop down, or by hitting the small green play button in "the gutter" (as my engineers call it) which should up directly adjacent to the code line numbers.

If that's what you're after, hopefully my quick and dirty breakdown helps make sense. I had to write a lot of these before I had any level of proficiency. I will also request our team make this function in a global package. My goal is for nobody to have to write a custom function to talk to an internal Domo service.

Hope that's helpful.