If i send a payload with {"key": undefined } or {"key" : null } and then use {{ key }} in a notification template but do not set "is_required" or "default" value for key, is it expected that in the activity feed for that in-app notification i see that novu is forcing the payload to be { "key": "" }? i find this somewhat odd because i explicitly set key to null or undefined so i don't expect novu to change it to an empty string. is there an explanation of how this is supposed to work and why? (specifically i would like to use handlebars conditionals to do {{ #if key }} but since novu is overriding the value with an empty string my conditional does not work as expected.
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pliant belfry
gentle moss
You can use empty string check in if condition?
pliant belfry
but is that behavior expected?
i find it very odd that the payload gets changed by novu
if necessary we will do an empty string check but we aren't intending to send an empty spring, we are specifically trying to send null or undefined
is there a list of handlebars helpers that it is possible to use? if we can't use a simple if true check then we need to use some type of string equality helper? but ideally novu shouldn't unexpectedly change the payload variables
gentle moss
pliant belfry
thank you
do you know if the behavior i described is a bug or not? i can't find any documentation of why this would happen
gentle moss
I think this is bug 🐛