Liquid: Can I add a variable to abort_message() function

2000andjames

Is there a way to pass in a variable or attribute when using abort_message() function?

I've checked the documentation but I can't see a way to do it.

I've tested variations and can only get plain text to work.

// this works
abort_message('my abort reason')

// this doesn't work
{% assign abort_reason = 'reason1' %}
abort_message({{reason1}})
abort_message('{{reason1}}')

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Arso

The Braze documentation explicitly says that you can't use Liquid within the abort statement – you must use strings. That's not explained on the documentation page you've linked above, but it is on the connected content documentation page.

I imagine that you would conditionally assign a value to the abort_reason variable. Why not do the abort_message conditionally? Something along the lines of:

{% if criteria for abort reason 1 %}
{% abort_message('reason1') %}
{% elsif criteria for abort reason 2 %}
{% abort_message('reason2') %}
{% else %}
{% endif %}

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Arso

I imagine that you would conditionally assign a value to the abort_reason variable. Why not do the abort_message conditionally? Something along the lines of:

{% if criteria for abort reason 1 %}
{% abort_message('reason1') %}
{% elsif criteria for abort reason 2 %}
{% abort_message('reason2') %}
{% else %}
{% endif %}

TedScott

Taking it a step further, you cannot nest liquid (liquid inside of liquid), it's a limitation of liquid.

2000andjames

Thanks for the documentation.

Exactly, I'll continue with conditional statements.