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Is there a way to have query responses automatically parsed to JSON?

Issue

I am using Appsmith and I am facing an issue where my query responses' data is being loaded on JS as plain strings, requiring me to JSON-parse it every time I want to use it anywhere on the app. I can't find any configuration to set up a response parse setting on the query configuration or in the data sources' settings. I was wondering if there would be a way to do this parsing just once, right after receiving the query response. I reported this issue to the Appsmith team, and they have started working on a fix but have not provided an ETA yet. They have shared a GitHub issue to track updates on the progress.

Resolution

The user reported an issue where query responses' data was loaded on JS as plain strings in Appsmith, which required JSON-parsing every time the data was used on the app. The user asked if there was any configuration they were missing or if there was a way to parse the data just once after receiving the query response. Appsmith's support team acknowledged the issue and informed the user that their engineers had started working on a fix. They also shared a GitHub issue to track updates on the progress. No code examples were provided as this was an issue related to Appsmith's backend.