Changing the parameter type for a REST Request

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Hi everybody! I’m connecting to an API using the Call REST activity. My call is a POST and I’m using the custom request template. The API that I am trying to access is requiring an integer in the request but when I try to add a parameter that would be an integer it is only allowing a string. Is there a way to add an integer as a parameter or change the parameter type? Here’s an overview of the request: This is me trying to add it as an integer. I’ve tried it by having the file_size being created as an integer and it still hasn’t worked. I noticed that the parameter at the moment is only taking strings, is there a way to allow integers as well?
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Im not sure about RequestTemplate, but it certainly works with Exportmapping

- You can create an ExportMapping with your entity https://docs.mendix.com/refguide/export-mappings

- Use that to create JSON

- Pass the JSON in your request

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I don’t think you have a problem here. You’re creating your own template for the request, which is a JSON string. That’s why Mendix wants strings as parameters. In your first screenshot we can see that the “integer” part (the file_size value) is not between quotes, so it will be parsed as an integer value. I'd go ahead and test it.

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