Zapier Javascript Find/Replace Special Characters

Question

I am passing order data from Shopify to VimeoOTT using Zapier. We have been doing this for a year and it works great, except when the customer's name has special characters in it. For example "Jack & Jill (tumble)" The & or ( parenthesis ) causes an error that stops the process.

I am trying to use Zapier's Javascript Action to find and replace the name data's special characters, but I keep getting a coding error. This is my first time working with Javascript :(.

This image shows the Zapier Code Action

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// this is wrapped in an `async` function
// you can use await throughout the function

nameFix = inputData.nameFix.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9 ]/g,'_').replace(/_{2,}/g,'_');

output = [nameFix];

Answer 1

In javascript, variables must be declared before they are used using let or const:

const nameFix = inputData.nameFix.replace(...

So, that'll fix the error you're seeing.

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Separately, JS steps in Zapier must return an object (which has keys and values). So, you'll want to return the result like so:

return {result: nameFix}