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How to deal with special characters in Bot Framework Composer?

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How do I remove all special characters before sending it through a HTTP request in Bot Framework Composer? I can't find a way to 'sanitise' the text via adaptive expressions.

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  • nikviz Profile Picture
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    Re: How to deal with special characters in Bot Framework Composer?

    For form level validation you can use regex something like this in adaptive card.

    I use this regex check for word count

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    If you do not want it in adaptive card, you can use it in power automate (https://www.tachytelic.net/2021/04/power-automate-regex/). 
    When the user submits response in adaptive card, call a power agent flow which goes through this regex function, you retrieve the text and use the text to HTTPS

  • LeongQJ Profile Picture
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    Re: How to deal with special characters in Bot Framework Composer?

    Basically, I would like to make sure that special characters such as double quotes, backslash etc. doesn't trip up the system. I was thinking of using RegEx but the adaptive expression in Bot Framework Composer only returns Boolean values. I would like to just remove them before sending them through a HTTP request.

     

    Also, users are able to send bullet points, emojis, tables etc through Microsoft Teams. I would like to prevent that.

  • Jameslew_MSFT Profile Picture
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    Re: How to deal with special characters in Bot Framework Composer?

    Can you clarify your request?  So you have a set of variables (in PVA?).  Maybe an example of what you're trying to send and what you need to change?

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