BRYTER Custom Actions has an event log which contains an entry for each time you execute a Custom Action as part of an Application. It is the best place to start to try and understand what went wrong.

Follow the steps outlined in Get a list of events for a custom action and you should be seeing the list of events. In many cases it will contain information which is useful for you to understand what went wrong.

Below is a sample for an error event which indicates that there is something wrong when trying to read JSON data.

[{
	"createdAt": "2023-03-29 20:55:39.44709",
	"name": "error",
	"id": "BQ9cV4K1TTqCC_8_c26jjA",
	"data": {
		"error": {
			"code": 500,
			"message": "SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input"
		},
		"logs": []
	}
},]

I get an Error Message when executing my Custom Action

If you get an error message such as or similar

Then we advice you to follow the steps described above to verify the actions logs where more details are provided. If the logs are not helpful we also recommend you to include more details from your function code such as the example provided in our sample where some detailed logs are captured in case of error.

Text completion with Open AI

Leverage ChatGPT capabilities to draft content for you. It could be for an email or an actual contract, as the format is quite open with the ability to add the prompt you like when connecting this custom action in your application. This example runs with ChatGPT3 API.

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My Custom Action code does not work

Your Custom Action is setup correctly, but something is not correct with the code. It could be that a calculation is wrong, there is an invalid result returned or similar.

Regardless of the problem, one way to learn more is by adding log statements to your code.

Here is a sample BRYTER module enables users to add a list of numbers which are sent to an action to be doubled and then output the sum of all numbers.

Below is the code for a Custom Action which should double all items in a list.

function main(numbers: number): number {
	return numbers
		.map(num => num +2)
		.reduce((partialSum, num) => partialSum + num, 0)
}

However when running this module the sum comes back as 12 when a user adds the number 1, 2 and 3. The double sum of those numbers is not 12, so there is something wrong here and we need to figure out if it is the sum or the doubling which fail. Below is one way to get more insights into what is going on.

function main(numbers: number[]): number {
	const doubledList = numbers
		.map(num => {
			const result = num +2
			console.log(`${num} x2 = ${result}`)
	    return result
		})
	console.log('doubled list', doubledList)
	const sum = doubledList.reduce((partialSum, num) => partialSum + num, 0)
	console.log('Sum', sum)
	return sum
}

When looking at the event log, you will be seeing this:

[{
	"createdAt": "2023-06-15 07:57:17.487392",
	"name": "success",
	"id": "BQ9cV4K1TTqCC_8_c26jjA",
	"data": {
		"timings": {
			"duration": 419,
			"startTime": 1686815837014
		},
		"logs": [{
				"message": "1 x2 = 3",
				"parameters": []
			},
			{
				"message": "2 x2 = 4",
				"parameters": []
			},
			{
				"message": "3 x2 = 5",
				"parameters": []
			},
			{
				"message": "doubled list",
				"parameters": [
					[3, 4, 5]
				]
			},
			{
				"message": "Sum",
				"parameters": [12]
		}]
	}
}]

When investigating, you will see that you’re adding 2 and not multiplying as expected. This was perhaps obvious from reading the code, however in more advanced cases this technique of logging will help you figure out what is going wrong in your action.

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