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Overview

The Dynamic Options node displays a message with choices loaded from a variable at runtime. This allows you to present options from API responses, database queries, or other dynamic sources.

How It Works

Load Options: Retrieves options from the specified variable (supports dot notation like api.products or response.data)
Display Choices: Shows the message and options to the user
Store Selection: Saves the selected option as a variable
Continue: Proceeds to the next connected node

Supported Formats

The options variable can be in any of these formats:
- Array of objects: [{"id": "opt1", "label": "Option 1"}, ...] (recommended)
- Array of primitives: ["Apple", "Banana", "Orange"]
- Object/Hash: {"key1": "Display Text 1", "key2": "Display Text 2"}
- JSON string: Any of the above formats as a JSON string (automatically parsed)

Note: Array index access (e.g., items.0 or items[0]) is not supported.

Output Variable

The selected option is stored as an object containing both the id and label:

You selected: {{nodeId.label}}
Option ID: {{nodeId.id}}

Configuration Fields

Message handlebars Required

The message to display to the user above the options.

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Supports Handlebars syntax:

{{variable_name}}

Options Variable variable Required

The variable containing the options to display.

optionsVariable variable Required

Options Variable

The variable containing the options to display.

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Supports dot notation for nested paths:

variable_name api.body.products results.0.items

Supported formats:

Array of objects: [{"id": "1", "label": "Option 1"}, ...]
Array of primitives: ["Apple", "Banana", "Orange"]
Object/Hash: {"key1": "Value 1", "key2": "Value 2"}

Output Variables

This node stores its output in a variable that can be referenced in subsequent nodes using the {{variable}} syntax.

{{variable}}.id string

Selected option ID

{{variable}}.label string

Selected option label

Connection Points

Input

Accepts incoming connections from other nodes

Output

Connects to the next node in the flow

Dynamic Options