Type Of
This function card returns the type of any provided input.
This card is useful if you don't know beforehand what data type might be returned from an API response or a card output. Detecting the type of a field allows you to go into nested API responses or card output objects and find matching property names that you can map to card outputs.
Input
| Field | Definition | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
|
value |
The input value for which you want to determine the type. For example, Text, Number, True/False, Date & Time, or any other valid Okta field type. This also determines if the input value is a list, returning the result in the collection output field. The value field accepts all field types as input. You don't have to specify a type for the field. |
Various |
TRUE |
Output
| Field | Definition | Type |
|---|---|---|
|
type |
The type of the value, provided as a text string. Possible outputs:
|
Text |
|
collection |
If True, then the value contains a list of that type. Otherwise, False. If the value is a list containing mixed types, then the returned type is the type of the first element in the list. |
True/False |
Examples
| value | type | collection |
|---|---|---|
|
True |
True/False |
False |
|
False |
True/False |
False |
|
sdfsdf |
Text |
False |
|
["sdfsdf"] |
Text |
True |
|
123 |
Number |
False |
|
2025-01-10T04:49:42.920Z |
Date & Time |
False |
|
{null} |
Empty |
False |
|
[] |
Empty |
True |
|
[45, "asdasd", "gdfgdf"] |
Number |
True |
|
["sdfsdf", 12, 13] |
Text |
True |
|
{"input 1":"hbk"} |
Object |
False |