Node.js Query Parameters for Smartsheet API

Question

I am trying to send include parameters with a get-sheet request smartsheet.sheets.getSheet(options) using the Node.js sdk. The API documentation is vague on how to add the include parameters in the API call.

I found a Smartsheet Developers Blog post Demystifying Query Parameters in the Smartsheet API that provides more guidance, but the Node.js example code they provide is invalid javascript:

// Set options
var options = {
    queryParameters: {
    include: "attachments",
    include: "source",
    includeAll: true
    }
};

// List sheets
smartsheet.sheets.listSheets(options)
    .then(function(response) {

    ... 

In the above code the last include query parameter will override all of the prior values and you will be left with a options variable that looses the "attachements" parameter:

  queryParameters: {
    include: "source",
    includeAll: true
  }

To me the obvious solutions would be for include to take an array like:

    include: ["attachments", "source"],

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Outside of using the SDK whatever values needed for the include query string are added to the URL as a comma separated list. The SDK will take the value you provide for the include parameter of the queryParameters object and add that as the value for the include query string and append it to the URL. Instead of providing the include parameter multiple times in the queryParameters object or providing an array you would give a single string value for include with all of the options you wish to use comma separated.
For example, a GET Sheet request that asks for the source info and attachments to be included would look like this:

const options = {
    id:<SHEET_ID>,
    queryParameters : {
        include: 'source,attachments',
        includeAll: true
    }
}

smartsheet.sheets.getSheet(options)
.then(sheet => {
    console.log(sheet);
})
.catch(err => {
    console.log(err);
})

Note, the includeAll query string is for pagination and can be used separately to have all rows of the sheet included in the response.
Also, if you are running test requests in your console and set logLevel: 'info' when creating your Smartsheet client with the access token you can see the URL being used for the request get printed out above the sheet data response and it will show you how the URL is being structured.