How to Read a JSON Item Containing a Dot in Its Name in Okta Workflows

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How to read a JSON item containing a dot in its name in Okta Workflows?

This guide will teach you how to read a JSON item containing a dot in its name.

Reading JSON item with a dot in a name

You have the following JSON: 

{
   "fruit.name": "Banana",
   "fruit.color": "Yellow"
}

Both keys have a dot in the name. The following flow reads items containing a dot in the name:

Reading JSON item containing a dot in its name
Reading JSON item containing a dot in its name

Result running the flow:

Result: reading JSON item containing a dot in its name
Result: reading JSON item containing a dot in its name

There is no straightforward way to read a key with a dot in its name. This guide shows a workaround.

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