Cannot beautify JSON with variables in request body

[Ayersss]

variable :sub_order_id=00011 { "merchant_id":{{merchant_id}}, "mobile":{{mobile}}, "sub_order_id":{{sub_order_id}}
} error:could not beautify

but: { "merchant_id":{{merchant_id}}, "mobile":{{mobile}}, "sub_order_id": "00011" } it is OK; why??????

[DannyDainton]

To provide more context to the issue:

Description of the problem

When the {{var_name}} syntax is used anywhere in the Request Body, the Beautify feature doesn't change the JSON formatting in any way. It also gives the user no indication of the problem or the reason why it didn't work.

The user is just left clicking the button repeatedly and left wondering what happened.

If the {{var_name}} syntax is wrapped in double quotes, then it will get formatted.

This can be seen in the .gif below:

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create a request in a new tab
2. Select the Body tab and the raw type
3. Select application/json from the dropdown option to set the header
4. Paste the following JSON

{
"hello": {{world}}
}

5. Hit the Beautify button

When using some basic sample code, you will notice the issue straight away but if the request body is a relatively large JSON payload, that might have just a single {{var_name}} somewhere, it might be harder to spot, as you wouldn't see it all in the Postman UI without scrolling.

[
{
"id": 1,
"first_name": "Sampson",
"last_name": "Dewerson",
"email": "sdewerson0@narod.ru",
"gender": "Male",
"ip_address": "114.134.166.86"
},
{
"id": 2,
"first_name": "Monika",
"last_name": "Newbury",
"email": "mnewbury1@bloglovin.com",
"gender": "Female",
"ip_address": "97.235.160.63"
},
{
"id": 3,
"first_name": "Town",
"last_name": "Oke",
"email": "toke2@timesonline.co.uk",
"gender": "Male",
"ip_address": "162.166.25.41"
},
{
"id": 4,
"first_name": "Egbert",
"last_name": "Stoddard",
"email": "estoddard3@wikimedia.org",
"gender": "Male",
"ip_address": "182.130.67.73"
},
{
"id": 5,
"first_name": "Ricoriki",
"last_name": "Fist",
"email": "rfist4@yolasite.com",
"gender": "Male",
"ip_address": "113.207.64.103"
},
{
"id": 6,
"first_name": "Griffin",
"last_name": "Mico",
"email": "gmico5@oracle.com",
"gender": "Male",
"ip_address": "2.39.65.30"
},
{
"id": 7,
"first_name": "Egbert",
"last_name": "Wishart",
"email": "ewishart6@apple.com",
"gender": "Male",
"ip_address": "136.110.196.122"
},
{
"id": 8,
"first_name": "Cosme",
"last_name": "Redborn",
"email": "credborn7@telegraph.co.uk",
"gender": "Male",
"ip_address": "210.90.253.18"
},
{
"id": 9,
"first_name": "Bronnie",
"last_name": "Conkie",
"email": "bconkie8@ft.com",
"gender": "Male",
"ip_address": "50.220.87.26"
},
{
"id": 10,
"first_name": "Iona",
"last_name": "Solon",
"email": "isolon9@wikipedia.org",
"gender": {{var_name}},
"ip_address": "145.64.3.219"
}
]

Environment Details

Postman Native Desktop App Version 7.1.1 MacOS

Additional Information

This issue shows the same problem - https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-app-support/issues/6133

You only see the warning message in the Dev Tools console - This should probably be brought forward into the UI so the users are aware of a problem.

[mohitranka]

This issue has been resolved and works in the latest version of the app.