Azure Automation connector Get job output appears to be broken

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When using the Azure Automation connector Get job output in Power Automate the following error message occurs.

{
  "error": {
    "code": "UnsupportedMediaType",
    "message": "The content media type 'text/plain' is not supported. Only 'application/json' is supported."
  }
}
 
When I look at the at Azure docs I can see that the expected output is listed as Media Types: "text/plain" which the error message above confirms is being sent back to Azure Automation Get job output connector in Power Automate.
 
If the output is text/plain why would the Get job output connector be expecting application/json?

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Hello @CU10120534-0,

Yes, because of when a runbook writes output using Write-Output, that output is plain text inside Azure Automation and you can see it in the job history.

But when you get the output through the REST API, Azure wraps it in JSON format. That’s why the API only supports application/json, even though the actual output is text.

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Accept: application/json

Reference Link: https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/automation/automation-runbook-output-and-messages

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So what is the solution? How can you use the built in get job output connector in Power Automate to retrieve the Azure Automation job?

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