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web api post dynamic type and validation

I developing a method that accepts various messages and returns the some result. The main goal is that message formats can be added without rebuilding the project. Two types of the messages is below:
{
"PushToken": "ksjdfhskfhskdjfhskjdfhk",
"Alertе": "ssffsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsfs sfsdfsdf sfsdfsdfs",
"Priority": 5,
"IsBackground": false
}
and
{
"DeviceToken": "ksjdfhskfhskdjfhskjdfhkkh7khsdfjk8sdfsdfsddddddddddddddd",
"Message": "ssffsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsfs sfsdfsdf sfsdfsdfs",
"Title": "asdasdas",
"Condition": "asfdasf"
}
I thinked how to validate messages and decided using json schema's. They are below:
{
"title":"IOS",
"description": "IOS Message",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"PushToken": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 50 },
"Alert": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 2000 },
"Priority": { "type": "number", "default": 10 },
"IsBackground": { "type": "boolean", "default": true }
},
"required":[
"PushToken",
"Alert"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
and
{
"title":"Android",
"description": "Android message",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"DeviceToken": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 50 },
"Message": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 2000 },
"Title": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 255 },
"Condition": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 2000 }
},
"required":[
"DeviceToken",
"Message",
"Title"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
For validating I using thomething like that:
JSchema schema = JSchema.Parse(iosJsonSchema);
IList<string> errorMessages;
bool valid = iosJsonMessage.IsValid(schema, out errorMessages); //iosJsonMessage - JObject type
In IList<string> messages I receive all errors. In bool valid variable I receive validation result.
Is there a way to check only properties names of the json request? And only those names that are declare in required section of the json schema. I want to do this for understanding the type of the message.
And a more general question. Is this an acceptable solution for task that I described above?
Thanks.

C# How to get exact error message from Logic App triggered by HttpRequest instead of default error message?

I have a simple console application and it calls a Logic App by HttpRequest.
When the Logic App fails at any step I want to get exact the error message saying why it fails.
In the Logic App I can see the error.
Example: in the image, it fails at step 2 which it can't convert a string into an int. It's saying:
InvalidTemplate. Unable to process template language expressions in action 'Parse_JSON' inputs at line '0' and column '0': 'Required property 'content' expects a value but got null. Path ''.'.
which is what's I expect.
Here is my Logic App design:
But when I debug in a console application, it gives me a message "The server did not receive a response from an upstream server. Request tracking id 'some random Ids'." which is not very useful.
Here is my console application:
var obj = new
{
Age = "Twenty",
Name = "James"
};
using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
var content = new StringContent(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(obj));
content.Headers.ContentType.MediaType = "application/json";
var response = await client.PostAsync(url, content);
var errorMessage = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
//errorMessage: {"error":{"code":"NoResponse","message":"The server did not receive a response from an upstream server. Request tracking id 'some random Ids'."}}
}
So is there anyway to make the C# response return the error message in the step 2 of the Logic App?
What I expect is:
InvalidTemplate. Unable to process template language expressions in action 'Parse_JSON' inputs at line '0' and column '0': 'Required property 'content' expects a value but got null. Path ''.'.
Not:
{"error":{"code":"NoResponse","message":"The server did not receive a response from an upstream server. Request tracking id 'some random Ids'."}}
Thank you in advanced.

You can use actions('<Your_Previous_Step>')['error'] in your case actions('Parse_JSON')['error'] doing so you can able to retrieve the error message of that particular action.
Here is my logic app
I'm testing this through postman. Below is the response I received in postman.
Make sure you set Configure run after options to make the flow work even after it gets failed.
Updated Answer (General Solution)
In this case you can initialise a string variable and then add Append to string variable for each step so that it can catch the previous steps error. Below is the screenshot of my logic app.
Response in my postman
NOTE: Make sure you set Configure run after property for each action.

You can use the Scope action to encase the vast majority of other actions and then if something fails, you can catch the step for which it fails at.
You can load this JSON definition into your own tenant and see a working version.
{
"definition": {
"$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/providers/Microsoft.Logic/schemas/2016-06-01/workflowdefinition.json#",
"actions": {
"Filter_array": {
"inputs": {
"from": "#variables('Result')",
"where": "#equals(item()['status'], 'Failed')"
},
"runAfter": {
"Initialize_Result": [
"Succeeded"
]
},
"type": "Query"
},
"Initialize_Error_Message": {
"inputs": {
"variables": [
{
"name": "Error Message",
"type": "string",
"value": "#{body('Filter_array')[0]['error']['message']}"
}
]
},
"runAfter": {
"Filter_array": [
"Succeeded"
]
},
"type": "InitializeVariable"
},
"Initialize_Integer_Variable": {
"inputs": {
"variables": [
{
"name": "Integer Variable",
"type": "integer",
"value": 1
}
]
},
"runAfter": {},
"type": "InitializeVariable"
},
"Initialize_Result": {
"inputs": {
"variables": [
{
"name": "Result",
"type": "array",
"value": "#result('Scope')"
}
]
},
"runAfter": {
"Scope": [
"Succeeded",
"FAILED"
]
},
"type": "InitializeVariable"
},
"Scope": {
"actions": {
"Set_Integer_Variable_(Step_1)": {
"inputs": {
"name": "Integer Variable",
"value": 2
},
"runAfter": {},
"type": "SetVariable"
},
"Set_Integer_Variable_(Step_2)": {
"inputs": {
"name": "Integer Variable",
"value": "#string('Test')"
},
"runAfter": {
"Set_Integer_Variable_(Step_1)": [
"Succeeded"
]
},
"type": "SetVariable"
},
"Set_Integer_Variable_(Step_3)": {
"inputs": {
"name": "Integer Variable",
"value": 3
},
"runAfter": {
"Set_Integer_Variable_(Step_2)": [
"Succeeded"
]
},
"type": "SetVariable"
}
},
"runAfter": {
"Initialize_Integer_Variable": [
"Succeeded"
]
},
"type": "Scope"
}
},
"contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
"outputs": {},
"parameters": {},
"triggers": {
"Recurrence": {
"evaluatedRecurrence": {
"frequency": "Month",
"interval": 12
},
"recurrence": {
"frequency": "Month",
"interval": 12
},
"type": "Recurrence"
}
}
},
"parameters": {}
}
Naturally, it's a little more intensive and follows the same principals as a normal flow for continuing to the next step after a failure but this will help you with larger flows.
This is what the test flow looks like ...
To explain it quickly, the middle steps are simple Set Variable actions that can be changed to cause the failure.
In the definition I've given you, step 2 will fail but you can change it to step 1 or 3 and you should still see the error come out at the end regardless of the step in the scope action that fails.
I suggest playing with it and looking at the output to the scope action, which is written to variable Result in the Initialize Result step.
For reference, this is the sort of information that comes out of the Scope action that you can use to determine what has failed.
{
"variables": [
{
"name": "Result",
"type": "Array",
"value": [
{
"name": "Set_Integer_Variable_(Step_1)",
"inputs": {
"name": "Integer Variable",
"value": 2
},
"outputs": {
"body": {
"name": "Integer Variable",
"value": 2
}
},
"startTime": "2022-04-22T06:55:57.8965917Z",
"endTime": "2022-04-22T06:55:57.9281959Z",
"trackingId": "0c93fa70-a552-4776-bce1-8ac889933de9",
"clientTrackingId": "08585509963278112157168286283CU11",
"status": "Succeeded"
},
{
"name": "Set_Integer_Variable_(Step_2)",
"startTime": "2022-04-22T06:55:57.9434709Z",
"endTime": "2022-04-22T06:55:57.9434709Z",
"trackingId": "f82b494b-0ecd-412b-887a-d4b08f4a5751",
"clientTrackingId": "08585509963278112157168286283CU11",
"code": "BadRequest",
"status": "Failed",
"error": {
"code": "BadRequest",
"message": "The variable 'Integer Variable' of type 'Integer' cannot be initialized or updated with value of type 'String'. The variable 'Integer Variable' only supports values of types 'Integer'."
}
},
{
"name": "Set_Integer_Variable_(Step_3)",
"startTime": "2022-04-22T06:55:57.9590957Z",
"endTime": "2022-04-22T06:55:57.9590957Z",
"trackingId": "f761d71f-8ec0-4a29-9a8a-a39a81faf660",
"clientTrackingId": "08585509963278112157168286283CU11",
"code": "ActionSkipped",
"status": "Skipped",
"error": {
"code": "ActionConditionFailed",
"message": "The execution of template action 'Set_Integer_Variable_(Step_3)' is skipped: the 'runAfter' condition for action 'Set_Integer_Variable_(Step_2)' is not satisfied. Expected status values 'Succeeded' and actual value 'Failed'."
}
}
]
}
]
}
Take note, you still need to apply the Configure run after properties to ensure it continues on after the Scope action finishes ...
You'd need to put some more error checking in but my suggestion would be to wrap all of that functionality into another LogicApp that you can reuse across your tenant. That's the thinking anyway.

Azure deployment via SDK

I'm running out of time to get this done, but I just can't seem to find my issue.
I'm trying to deploy an ARM template that creates a new MCA subscription. The template works when deployed via Azure PowerShell, but when using the Azure SDK it gives the following error:
Microsoft.Rest.Azure.CloudException: 'Deployment template validation failed: 'The resource 'Microsoft.Subscription/aliases/devtestdeployasp22' referenced in output is not defined in the template. Please specify resource identifier and api version if the resource is outside of the template. Please see https://aka.ms/arm-template-expressions/#reference for usage details.'.'
var subscription = azure.Deployments
.Define("deployment_temp")
.WithNewResourceGroup("temprg", Region.USEast)
.WithTemplate(Utils.GetArmTemplate("<path_to_file_removed_for_privacy>"))
.WithParameters("{}")
.WithMode(Microsoft.Azure.Management.ResourceManager.Fluent.Models.DeploymentMode.Incremental)
.Create();
The template used with this contains:
{
"$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-08-01/managementGroupDeploymentTemplate.json#",
"contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
"parameters": {
"subscriptionAliasName": {
"type": "string",
"metadata": {
"description": "Provide a name for the alias. This name will also be the display name of the subscription."
}
},
"billingScope": {
"type": "string",
"defaultValue": "<Removed>",
"metadata": {
"description": "Provide the full resource ID of billing scope to use for subscription creation."
}
},
"mgName": {
"type": "string",
"defaultValue": "mg-mission-default-dev",
"metadata": {
"description": "management group name"
}
}
},
"variables": {
"mgId": "[concat('Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/',parameters('mgName'))]"
},
"resources": [
{
"scope": "[variables('mgId')]",
"name": "[parameters('subscriptionAliasName')]",
"type": "Microsoft.Subscription/aliases",
"apiVersion": "2021-04-01",
"properties": {
"workLoad": "Production",
"displayName": "[parameters('subscriptionAliasName')]",
"billingScope": "[parameters('billingScope')]"
}
}
],
"outputs": {
"subscriptionID": {
"type": "string",
"value": "[reference(resourceId('Microsoft.Subscription/aliases', parameters('subscriptionAliasName'))).subscriptionId]"
}
}
}
Any help would be appreciated, or even an alternate path I could take but the goal is to create a new MCA subscription (with some resources) using C#.

You need to fetch the Subscription ID by using tenantResourceId -
tenantResourceId - Returns the unique identifier for a resource deployed at the tenant level.
"outputs": {
"subscriptionId": {
"type": "string",
"value": "[reference(tenantResourceId('Microsoft.Subscription/aliases', parameters('subscriptionAliasName'))).subscriptionId]"
}
}
Please refer this documentation.

TFS 2015: Release Definition REST API Issue

Visual Studio 2017 15.7.5
.Net Core 2.1
TFS 2015 Update 3
I'm trying to make a POST request to create a release. This is the documentation I'm referring to. But I get the following error message:
"VS402881: No artifact version is specified corresponding to artifact
source 'example0'. Specify a valid value and try
again.\",\"typeName\":\"Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.ReleaseManagement.Data.Exceptions.InvalidRequestException,
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.ReleaseManagement2.Data,
Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=...\",\"typeKey\":\"InvalidRequestException\",\"errorCode\":0,\"eventId\":3000}"
This is an example of my request.
{
"definitionId": 1,
"description": "Creating Sample release",
"artifacts": [
{
"alias": "example0",
"instanceReference": [
{
"id": "39194",
"name": "example"
}
]
},
{
"alias": "example0",
"instanceReference": [
{
"id": "39194",
"name": "example"
}
]
}
]
}
EDIT1: Although the documentation doesn't refer to any "artifact version", I've found the variable through this GET call which returns a "version" under the artifacts. I've updated my Request Body with the version number as seen below but I still receive the same error.
{
"definitionId": 1,
"description": "Creating Sample release",
"artifacts": [
{
"alias": "example0",
"instanceReference": [
{
"id": "123",
"name": "example0_0"
}
],
"version": {
"id": "12345"
}
},
{
"alias": "exmaple1",
"instanceReference": [
{
"id": "1234",
"name": "example1_0"
},
{
"id": "42616",
"name": "example1_1"
},
{
"id": "42617",
"name": "example1_2"
}
],
"version": {
"id": "123456"
}
}
]
}

The REST API to create a release in TFS 2015 is as below, you could check your api:
POST http://TFS2015:8080/tfs/DefaultCollection/{teamproject}/_apis/Release/releases?api-version=2.3-preview.1
{
"definitionId":1,
"description":"",
"artifacts":[
{
"alias":"CAT0604",
"instanceReference":{
"name":"20180621.2",
"id":"57",
"sourceBranch":"$/Scrum-TFVC"
}
}
],
"isDraft":false,
"manualEnvironments":[]
}
You could also press F12 and create a release in web portal to capture the api to see which part of your api is incorrect.

Found a solution to my problem. It turns out for the Instance Reference, you need to refer to the builds not the build artifacts as one of the documentation suggests.

Why Won't Any C# JSON Class Generators Process this JSON Object?

I've tried 3 different JSON class generators, but I get an error when I try to generate a C# class from the following JSON output:
{
"status": "REQUEST_STATUS",
"language": "DOCUMENT_LANGUAGE",
"url": "REQUESTED_URL",
"text": "DOCUMENT_TEXT",
"entities": [
"entity": {
"type": "DETECTED_TYPE",
"relevance": "DETECTED_RELEVANCE",
"count": "DETECTED_COUNT",
"text": "DETECTED_ENTITY"
"disambiguated": {
"name": "DISAMBIGUATED_ENTITY",
"subType": "ENTITY_SUBTYPE",
"website": "WEBSITE",
"geo": "LATITUDE LONGITUDE",
"dbpedia": "LINKED_DATA_DBPEDIA",
"yago": "LINKED_DATA_YAGO",
"opencyc": "LINKED_DATA_OPENCYC",
"umbel": "LINKED_DATA_UMBEL",
"freebase": "LINKED_DATA_FREEBASE",
"ciaFactbook": "LINKED_DATA_FACTBOOK",
"census": "LINKED_DATA_CENSUS",
"geonames": "LINKED_DATA_GEONAMES",
"musicBrainz": "LINKED_DATA_MUSICBRAINZ",
"crunchbase": "CRUNCHBASE_WEB_LINK",
},
"quotations": [
{
"quotation": "ENTITY_QUOTATION"
}
],
"sentiment": {
"type": "SENTIMENT_LABEL",
"score": "SENTIMENT_SCORE",
"mixed": "SENTIMENT_MIXED"
}
}
]
}
The error is on the following line, at the bracket:
"entities": [
But all the examples I have found using the above two tools do have examples of using arrays like mine, so why does mine cause an exception. The exception is, "Invalid character and line 7 position 17.
If I change the straight brackets to currly brackets it will generate but that's changing the class, right?

things inside of arrays dont themselves have names so just change
"entities": [
"entity": {
"type": "DETECTED_TYPE",
to
"entities": [ {
"type": "DETECTED_TYPE",