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Chainlink Node -Job Run: requestData: while unmarshalling JSON: invalid character '$' looking for beginning of value - bad input for task

It appears that the fetch task is not working. I haven't found any bugs, and compared this task to a job that worked.

Fetch task that succeeded ->

fetch [type=bridge name="armanino-trust-token" requestData=
"{\"id\": $(jobSpec.externalJobID), \"data\": { \"tokenName\": $(decode_cbor.tokenName)}}"]

Fetch task that is failing ->

fetch [type=bridge name="rasp-pi-cpu" requestData=
"{\"id\": $(jobSpec.externalJobID), \"data\": { \"pi-temp\": $(decode_cbor.pi-temp)}}"]

This is the error that appears in my logs ->

requestData: while unmarshalling JSON: invalid character '$' looking for beginning of value; js: {"id": { "__chainlink_key_path__": "jobSpec.externalJobID" }, "data": { "pi-temp": $(decode_cbor.pi-temp)}}: bad input for task
Solution

  • Dashes are not allowed in pipeline variable names. Replace pi-temp with pi_temp and it should work.