Change the Value of a Field

The following DataWeave examples show how to use update and mask to change the values of some XML elements.

Before you begin, note that 2.x versions of DataWeave are used by Mule 4 apps. For DataWeave in Mule 3 apps, refer to DataWeave version 1.2 examples. For other DataWeave versions, you can use the version selector in the DataWeave table of contents.

Example: Using Update to Change Values

This example uses:

update to update specified fields of the payload with new values
single-value (.) and multi-value (.*) selectors to navigate the payload and select the fields to update

The following script shows how the update operator works. The example creates a new users list by updating each user in the payload with a new user. The transformation converts first_name, middle_name and last_name to uppercase values:

DataWeave Script:

%dw 2.0
output application/xml
---
payload update {
  case user at .users.*user -> user update {
    case .personal_information.first_name -> upper(user.personal_information.first_name)
    case .personal_information.middle_name -> upper(user.personal_information.middle_name)
    case .personal_information.last_name -> upper(user.personal_information.last_name)
  }
}

Input XML Payload:

<users>
    <user>
        <personal_information>
            <first_name>Emiliano</first_name>
            <middle_name>Romoaldo</middle_name>
            <last_name>Lesende</last_name>
            <ssn>001-08-84382</ssn>
        </personal_information>
        <login_information>
            <username>3miliano</username>
            <password>mypassword1234</password>
        </login_information>
    </user>
    <user>
        <personal_information>
            <first_name>Mariano</first_name>
            <middle_name>Toribio</middle_name>
            <last_name>de Achaval</last_name>
            <ssn>002-05-34738</ssn>
        </personal_information>
        <login_information>
            <username>machaval</username>
            <password>mypassword4321</password>
        </login_information>
    </user>
</users>

Output XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<users>
  <user>
    <personal_information>
      <first_name>EMILIANO</first_name>
      <middle_name>ROMOALDO</middle_name>
      <last_name>LESENDE</last_name>
      <ssn>001-08-84382</ssn>
    </personal_information>
    <login_information>
      <username>3miliano</username>
      <password>mypassword1234</password>
    </login_information>
  </user>
  <user>
    <personal_information>
      <first_name>MARIANO</first_name>
      <middle_name>TORIBIO</middle_name>
      <last_name>DE ACHAVAL</last_name>
      <ssn>002-05-34738</ssn>
    </personal_information>
    <login_information>
      <username>machaval</username>
      <password>mypassword4321</password>
    </login_information>
  </user>
</users>

Example: Using Mask to Change Values

DataWeave provides a simple way to mask values, without specifying the path to each field:

mask updates all simple elements that match the selected name throughout the input with the specified mask.

The following example masks the ssn and password values with a set of asterisks (****):