Jim, You can check first if the key is in the results dictionary and then if the value is in the valid values dictionary:
... and 'environment' in result and result['environment'] in valid_environment ... if a missing value is "valid", then you can use "or" instead of "and" and put the clause in parens: ... and ('environment' in result or result['environment'] in valid_environment) ... If I misunderstood what you were asking please let me know and I'll try again :) Regards, Matt On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 9:12 PM, James McMahon <jsmcmah...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good evening. I am in a Jython 2.7.0 environment, using NiFi 1.3.0. > > In my script I check for validity in dictionary key values, like so: > > if ( > result['application'] in valid_application > and result['environment'] in > valid_environment > and result['fromComponent'] in valid_from > and result['toComponent'] in valid_to > and result['messageComponent'] in > valid_messageComponent > and result['messageTypeState'] in > valid_messageTypeState > and result['messageType'] in > valid_messageType > ) : > flowFile = session.putAttribute(flowFile, > 'isValidMessage', 'True') > else : > flowFile = session.putAttribute(flowFile, > 'isValidMessage', 'False') > > I curl an Http POST that populates all the key values. When they are all > there, the script works wonderfully. But when any one has no value in the > incoming json submitted via POST, it throws an error. For example, like so > , "messageComponent":"" > > The error thrown and logged by NiFi to nifi-app.log is this: > > 2017-07-12 01:03:55,578 ERROR [Timer-Driven Process Thread-3] > o.a.nifi.processors.script.ExecuteScript > ExecuteScript[id=61381fb9-1012-115d-2a56-9f9e7fe9f382] Failed to process > session due to org.apache.nifi.processor.exception.ProcessException: > javax.script.ScriptException: KeyError: 'environment' in <script> at line > number 254: {} > org.apache.nifi.processor.exception.ProcessException: > javax.script.ScriptException: KeyError: 'environment' in <script> at line > number 254 > at > org.apache.nifi.processors.script.ExecuteScript.onTrigger(ExecuteScript.java:230) > at > org.apache.nifi.controller.StandardProcessorNode.onTrigger(StandardProcessorNode.java:1120) > at > org.apache.nifi.controller.tasks.ContinuallyRunProcessorTask.call(ContinuallyRunProcessorTask.java:147) > at > org.apache.nifi.controller.tasks.ContinuallyRunProcessorTask.call(ContinuallyRunProcessorTask.java:47) > at > org.apache.nifi.controller.scheduling.TimerDrivenSchedulingAgent$1.run(TimerDrivenSchedulingAgent.java:132) > at > java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511) > at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.runAndReset(FutureTask.java:308) > at > java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$301(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:180) > at > java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:294) > at > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) > at > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) > Caused by: javax.script.ScriptException: KeyError: 'environment' in <script> > at line number 254 > at > org.python.jsr223.PyScriptEngine.scriptException(PyScriptEngine.java:202) > at org.python.jsr223.PyScriptEngine.eval(PyScriptEngine.java:42) > at org.python.jsr223.PyScriptEngine.eval(PyScriptEngine.java:31) > at > javax.script.AbstractScriptEngine.eval(AbstractScriptEngine.java:264) > at > org.apache.nifi.script.impl.JythonScriptEngineConfigurator.eval(JythonScriptEngineConfigurator.java:59) > at > org.apache.nifi.processors.script.ExecuteScript.onTrigger(ExecuteScript.java:220) > ... 11 common frames omitted > Caused by: org.python.core.PyException: null > at org.python.core.Py.KeyError(Py.java:249) > at org.python.core.PyObject.__getitem__(PyObject.java:738) > at org.python.pycode._pyx15333737.f$0(<script>:245) > at org.python.pycode._pyx15333737.call_function(<script>) > at org.python.core.PyTableCode.call(PyTableCode.java:167) > at org.python.core.PyCode.call(PyCode.java:18) > at org.python.core.Py.runCode(Py.java:1386) > at org.python.core.__builtin__.eval(__builtin__.java:497) > at org.python.core.__builtin__.eval(__builtin__.java:501) > at > org.python.util.PythonInterpreter.eval(PythonInterpreter.java:259) > at org.python.jsr223.PyScriptEngine.eval(PyScriptEngine.java:40) > ... 15 common frames omitted > > What can I do to avoid this error, since I am unable to determine why the > empty incoming value is causing it to occur? > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > Cheers, > > Jim