Has anyone used ChatGPT to create snippets for Xano?

Brandon Hassler

I've been curious to test out having ChatGPT generate pieces of Javascript that I would then copy into my function stack using the Lambda feature but can't seem to nail down what works and what doesn't. I'll try simple things like Javascript that generates a number 1-10, or one that generates the current date and time and even when I ask it to make it compatible with node.js, I still don't have luck.

I'm curious if anybody has used AI to write custom snippets that are compatible with Xano. If so, any words of advice to a JavaScript noob on how to better write these prompts to ChatGPT?

Brandon Hassler

Here are a couple of examples of snippets that I made that all returned a "null" in Xano:

EXAMPLE 1

const randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random() * 10) + 1;
console.log(randomNumber);

EXAMPLE 2

(This one actually returned something about not being able to find the crypto library)

const crypto = require('crypto');


const password = 'password123';
const hash = crypto.createHash('sha256').update(password).digest('hex');


console.log(hash);

EXAMPLE 3

const result = 2 + 2;
console.log(result);

Chris Coleman

Hey, Brandon. Add the following line to the end of your code:

return result;

to populate the return variable for the Lambda. Except for the second one; we support the NodeJS crypto library, this example is using crypto.js. (I had to specifically ask ChatGPT to not use crypto.js and instead use the NodeJS crypto library)

Brandon Hassler

Thank you Chris! The return line wasn't working at first, but it's because it was trying to import the "random" module in so I had it rewrite it not using that (and added the return) and it worked.

I'm still struggling with the crypto one. No matter what I tell ChatGPT, it will keep opening up with that line of:

const crypto = require('crypto');

It will even humor me and say "ahh yes, try this code which uses the built-in crypto function of NodeJS rather than crypto.js and it still just returns the same thing. After some playing around I realized that simple removing that single line solved the issues 😂