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Parse JSON action used fixed "Content" values instead of dynamic

  • January 29, 2026
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I am an absolute PA novice, but Docebo helped me out with instructions in creating a flow to automatically generate coupon codes for eCommerce.  

For the Parse JSON actions, I know you fill in the Content field with the “body” output from the previous action (for example, the HTTP action to get a token).  However, even if the token changes, which obviously it will when running the flow again after it expires, the Parse JSON action keeps using the same access_token value in the Content field which obviously causes the rest of the flow to fail.

Am I doing something wrong in PA in the Content field to make it dynamic instead of using the same constant value?  I thought the whole point of the Content field was to provide an example of input, not use those exact values, and the Schema field tells the action how to parse the input and extract values from the input.

I feel like I’m missing something very basic here.

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  • January 29, 2026

Well, I think I solved this myself right after I posted!

I was thinking that you had to paste the actual output Body text (the JSON code itself) from the previous HTTP action when in fact you should use the dynamic Body variable in the Content field.  Clicking the little lightning bolt shows the outputs from the previous action and I just clicked “Body” and that uses the dynamic output from the previous action.

I don’t know why I didn’t realize this.  Over complicating things as usual.  Hope this helps some other PA noob in the future!