⚡ (bot) Improve variables parsing and predictability

packages/bot-engine/src/contexts/AnswersContext.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
-import { Answer, ResultValues, VariableWithValue } from 'models'
+import {
+  Answer,
+  ResultValues,
+  VariableWithUnknowValue,
+  VariableWithValue,
+} from 'models'
 import React, { createContext, ReactNode, useContext, useState } from 'react'
+import { safeStringify } from 'services/variable'
 
 const answersContext = createContext<{
   resultId?: string
@@ -7,7 +13,7 @@ const answersContext = createContext<{
   addAnswer: (
     answer: Answer & { uploadedFiles: boolean }
   ) => Promise<void> | undefined
-  updateVariables: (variables: VariableWithValue[]) => void
+  updateVariables: (variables: VariableWithUnknowValue[]) => void
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
   //@ts-ignore
 }>({})
@@ -39,13 +45,18 @@ export const AnswersContext = ({
     return onNewAnswer && onNewAnswer(answer)
   }
 
-  const updateVariables = (variables: VariableWithValue[]) =>
+  const updateVariables = (newVariables: VariableWithUnknowValue[]) => {
+    const serializedNewVariables = newVariables.map((variable) => ({
+      ...variable,
+      value: safeStringify(variable.value),
+    })) as VariableWithValue[]
+
     setResultValues((resultValues) => {
       const updatedVariables = [
         ...resultValues.variables.filter((v) =>
-          variables.every((variable) => variable.id !== v.id)
+          serializedNewVariables.every((variable) => variable.id !== v.id)
         ),
-        ...variables,
+        ...serializedNewVariables,
       ]
       if (onVariablesUpdated) onVariablesUpdated(updatedVariables)
       return {
@@ -53,6 +64,7 @@ export const AnswersContext = ({
         variables: updatedVariables,
       }
     })
+  }
 
   return (
     <answersContext.Provider

packages/bot-engine/src/contexts/TypebotContext.tsx

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import React, {
   useEffect,
   useState,
 } from 'react'
+import { safeStringify } from 'services/variable'
 
 export type LinkedTypebot = Pick<
   PublicTypebot | Typebot,
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ const typebotContext = createContext<{
   linkedBotQueue: LinkedTypebotQueue
   isLoading: boolean
   setCurrentTypebotId: (id: string) => void
-  updateVariableValue: (variableId: string, value: string | number) => void
+  updateVariableValue: (variableId: string, value: unknown) => void
   createEdge: (edge: Edge) => void
   injectLinkedTypebot: (typebot: Typebot | PublicTypebot) => LinkedTypebot
   popEdgeIdFromLinkedTypebotQueue: () => void
@@ -71,8 +72,9 @@ export const TypebotContext = ({
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   }, [typebot.theme, typebot.settings])
 
-  const updateVariableValue = (variableId: string, value: string | number) => {
+  const updateVariableValue = (variableId: string, value: unknown) => {
-    const formattedValue = formatIncomingVariableValue(value)
+    const formattedValue = safeStringify(value)
+
     setLocalTypebot((typebot) => ({
       ...typebot,
       variables: typebot.variables.map((v) =>
@@ -140,14 +142,4 @@ export const TypebotContext = ({
   )
 }
 
-const formatIncomingVariableValue = (
-  value?: string | number
-): string | number | undefined => {
-  // This first check avoid to parse 004 as the number 4.
-  if (typeof value === 'string' && value.startsWith('0') && value.length > 1)
-    return value
-  if (typeof value === 'number') return value
-  return isNaN(value?.toString() as unknown as number) ? value : Number(value)
-}
-
 export const useTypebot = () => useContext(typebotContext)

packages/bot-engine/src/services/integration.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
   VariableWithValue,
   MakeComBlock,
   PabblyConnectBlock,
+  VariableWithUnknowValue,
 } from 'models'
 import { stringify } from 'qs'
 import { byId, sendRequest } from 'utils'
@@ -34,8 +35,8 @@ type IntegrationContext = {
   resultValues: ResultValues
   groups: Group[]
   resultId?: string
-  updateVariables: (variables: VariableWithValue[]) => void
+  updateVariables: (variables: VariableWithUnknowValue[]) => void
-  updateVariableValue: (variableId: string, value: string | number) => void
+  updateVariableValue: (variableId: string, value: unknown) => void
   onNewLog: (log: Omit<Log, 'id' | 'createdAt' | 'resultId'>) => void
 }
 
@@ -252,7 +253,7 @@ const executeWebhook = async (
     details: JSON.stringify(error ?? data, null, 2).substring(0, 1000),
   })
   const newVariables = block.options.responseVariableMapping.reduce<
-    VariableWithValue[]
+    VariableWithUnknowValue[]
   >((newVariables, varMapping) => {
     if (!varMapping?.bodyPath || !varMapping.variableId) return newVariables
     const existingVariable = variables.find(byId(varMapping.variableId))
@@ -262,13 +263,8 @@ const executeWebhook = async (
       `return data.${parseVariables(variables)(varMapping?.bodyPath)}`
     )
     try {
-      const value = func(data)
+      const value: unknown = func(data)
-      updateVariableValue(
+      updateVariableValue(existingVariable?.id, value)
-        existingVariable?.id,
-        typeof value !== 'number' && typeof value !== 'string'
-          ? JSON.stringify(value)
-          : value
-      )
       return [...newVariables, { ...existingVariable, value }]
     } catch (err) {
       return newVariables

packages/bot-engine/src/services/logic.ts

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {
   PublicTypebot,
   Typebot,
   Edge,
-  VariableWithValue,
+  VariableWithUnknowValue,
 } from 'models'
 import { byId, isDefined, isNotDefined, sendRequest } from 'utils'
 import { sanitizeUrl } from './utils'
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ type LogicContext = {
     typebotId: string
   }) => void
   setCurrentTypebotId: (id: string) => void
-  updateVariableValue: (variableId: string, value: string) => void
+  updateVariableValue: (variableId: string, value: unknown) => void
-  updateVariables: (variables: VariableWithValue[]) => void
+  updateVariables: (variables: VariableWithUnknowValue[]) => void
   injectLinkedTypebot: (typebot: Typebot | PublicTypebot) => LinkedTypebot
   onNewLog: (log: Omit<Log, 'id' | 'createdAt' | 'resultId'>) => void
   createEdge: (edge: Edge) => void
@@ -97,10 +97,8 @@ const executeComparison =
     if (!comparison?.variableId) return false
     const inputValue = (
       variables.find((v) => v.id === comparison.variableId)?.value ?? ''
-    )
+    ).trim()
-      .toString()
+    const value = parseVariables(variables)(comparison.value).trim()
-      .trim()
-    const value = parseVariables(variables)(comparison.value).toString().trim()
     if (isNotDefined(value)) return false
     switch (comparison.comparisonOperator) {
       case ComparisonOperators.CONTAINS: {

packages/bot-engine/src/services/variable.ts

@@ -23,30 +23,44 @@ export const parseVariables =
       if (options.fieldToParse === 'id') return variable.id
       const { value } = variable
       if (isNotDefined(value)) return ''
-      if (options.escapeForJson) return jsonParse(value.toString())
+      if (options.escapeForJson) return jsonParse(value)
-      return value.toString()
+      const parsedValue = safeStringify(value)
+      if (!parsedValue) return ''
+      return parsedValue
     })
   }
 
+export const safeStringify = (val: unknown): string | null => {
+  if (isNotDefined(val)) return null
+  if (typeof val === 'string') return val
+  try {
+    return JSON.stringify(val)
+  } catch {
+    console.warn('Failed to safely stringify variable value', val)
+    return null
+  }
+}
+
 const jsonParse = (str: string) =>
   str
     .replace(/\n/g, `\\n`)
     .replace(/"/g, `\\"`)
     .replace(/\\[^n"]/g, `\\\\ `)
 
-export const evaluateExpression = (variables: Variable[]) => (str: string) => {
+export const evaluateExpression =
-  const evaluating = parseVariables(variables, { fieldToParse: 'id' })(
+  (variables: Variable[]) =>
-    str.includes('return ') ? str : `return ${str}`
+  (str: string): unknown => {
-  )
+    const evaluating = parseVariables(variables, { fieldToParse: 'id' })(
-  try {
+      str.includes('return ') ? str : `return ${str}`
-    const func = Function(...variables.map((v) => v.id), evaluating)
+    )
-    const evaluatedResult = func(...variables.map((v) => v.value))
+    try {
-    return isNotDefined(evaluatedResult) ? '' : evaluatedResult
+      const func = Function(...variables.map((v) => v.id), evaluating)
-  } catch (err) {
+      return func(...variables.map((v) => v.value))
-    console.log(`Evaluating: ${evaluating}`, err)
+    } catch (err) {
-    return str
+      console.log(`Evaluating: ${evaluating}`, err)
+      return str
+    }
   }
-}
 
 export const parseVariablesInObject = (
   object: { [key: string]: string | number },

packages/models/typebot/variable.ts

@@ -3,10 +3,21 @@ import { z } from 'zod'
 export const variableSchema = z.object({
   id: z.string(),
   name: z.string(),
-  value: z.string().or(z.number()).optional(),
+  value: z.string().optional().nullable(),
 })
 
+/**
+ * Variable when retrieved from the database
+ */
 export type VariableWithValue = Omit<Variable, 'value'> & {
   value: string
 }
+
+/**
+ * Variable when computed or retrieved from a block
+ */
+export type VariableWithUnknowValue = Omit<VariableWithValue, 'value'> & {
+  value: unknown
+}
+
 export type Variable = z.infer<typeof variableSchema>