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Pulling data from HTTP request in Power Automate Desktop

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I am trying to pull data from Power Automate Desktop from an HTTP Request. It is simple in a cloud flow but very difficult in Desktop.

I converted the HTTP Request to a JSON Custom Object and am still struggling with syntax. The documentation says one thing, but I read on a forum that the syntax was recently changed. Does anyone know how to access the data in a custom object?

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Pulling data from HTTP request in Power Automate Desktop

Hi @CU01101358-0,

Can you share a screenshot of the original HTTP response? Does it return an array? If so, you should be able to use an index for this.

Below is an example which returns a Title property value of the first item (nested with the value property of the HTTP response)

=Index(HttpRequestResponse.value, 1).Title

This was the structure of my response.

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Hello @Expiscornovus
My HTTP request returned the same as yours, I will try this out thank you!

Do you happen to know why the language seems different between Cloud Flows and RPA? I understand they do different things but it seems like the underlying language is different for pulling information from requests.

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Hi @CU01101358-0,

Desktop flows nowadays use Power Fx (when you enable it on your flow):

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/desktop-flows/power-fx

Cloud flows use:

https://aka.ms/logicexpressions

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Pulling data from HTTP request in Power Automate Desktop

Thank you for clarifying that for me

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