write

write(value: Any, contentType: String = "application/dw", writerProperties: Object = {}): String | Binary

Writes a value as a string or binary in a supported format.

Returns a String or Binary with the serialized representation of the value in the specified format (MIME type). This function can write to a different format than the input. Note that the data must validate in that new format, or an error will occur. For example, application/xml content is not valid within an application/json format, but text/plain can be valid. It returns a String value for all text-based data formats (such as XML, JSON , CSV) and a Binary value for all the binary formats (such as Excel, MultiPart, OctetStream).

Parameters

Name Description

Name	Description
`value`	The value to write. The value can be of any supported data type.
`contentType`	A supported format (or MIME type) to write. Default: `application/dw`.
`writerProperties`	Optional: Sets writer configuration properties. For writer configuration properties (and other supported MIME types), see Supported Data Formats.

value

The value to write. The value can be of any supported data type.

contentType

A supported format (or MIME type) to write. Default: application/dw.

writerProperties

Optional: Sets writer configuration properties. For writer configuration properties (and other supported MIME types), see Supported Data Formats.

Example

This example writes the string world in plain text (text/plain"). It outputs that string as the value of a JSON object with the key hello.

Source

%dw 2.0
output application/json
---
{ hello : write("world", "text/plain") }

Output

{ "hello": "world" }

Example

This example takes JSON input and writes the payload to a CSV format that uses a pipe (|) separator and includes the header (matching keys in the JSON objects). Note that if you instead use "header":false in your script, the output will lack the Name|Email|Id|Title header in the output.

Source

%dw 2.0
output application/xml
---
{ "output" : write(payload, "application/csv", {"header":true, "separator" : "|"}) }

Input

[
  {
    "Name": "Mr White",
    "Email": "white@mulesoft.com",
    "Id": "1234",
    "Title": "Chief Java Prophet"
  },
  {
    "Name": "Mr Orange",
    "Email": "orange@mulesoft.com",
    "Id": "4567",
    "Title": "Integration Ninja"
  }
]

Output

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="US-ASCII"?>
<output>Name|Email|Id|Title
Mr White|white@mulesoft.com|1234|Chief Java Prophet
Mr Orange|orange@mulesoft.com|4567|Integration Ninja
</output>