# Alumio EDI Deserialize Transformer

**URL:** <https://forum.alumio.com/t/alumio-edi-deserialize-transformer/586>\
**Category:** Transformers\
**Tags:** entity-transformers, edi\
**Created:** [May 11, 2023, 4:00am UTC](https://forum.alumio.com/t/alumio-edi-deserialize-transformer/586 "2023-05-11T04:00:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![h.kiting](https://forum.alumio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/aeb1de/32.png) [@h.kiting](https://forum.alumio.com/u/h.kiting)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 4:00am UTC](https://forum.alumio.com/t/alumio-edi-deserialize-transformer/586/1 "2023-05-11T04:00:23Z")

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## Alumio – EDI – Deserialize

This transformer can be used for reads an EDI file and returns its contents translated to JSON as an array of EDI objects.

### Usage

#### **Get from URL**

- In Alumio Dashboard, go to Connections \> Entity Transformers. Create new or open existing entity transformer.
- In the setting field, choose “Alumio - EDI - Deserialize”. Or you may choose “Alumio - EDI – Deserialize" in any entity transformer selector.
- Choose the available supported EDI Format from the dropdown option.
- Select “Get from URL” from the source field and fill in the “URL to the data source” with the URL to the source data.
- Next, choose the HTTP Client to connect to URL.
- Then, fill in the “Destination” field with name of the property where Alumio will put the deserialized result.
- In the Request Parameters, Alumio provides default options that you can adjust based on your needs.

#### **Get from the data**

- In Alumio Dashboard, go to Connections \> Entity Transformers. Create new or open existing entity transformer.
- In the setting field, choose “Alumio - EDI - Deserialize”. Or you may choose “Alumio - EDI – Deserialize" in any entity transformer selector.
- Choose the available supported EDI Format from the dropdown option
- Select “Get from the data” from the source field and fill in the “Path to data” with the name of the property that holds the source data.
- Then, fill in the “Destination” field with name of the property where Alumio will put the deserialized result.
- In the Request Parameters, Alumio provides default options that you can adjust based on your needs.

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**Author:** ![abubakar](https://forum.alumio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@abubakar](https://forum.alumio.com/u/abubakar)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.alumio.com/t/alumio-edi-deserialize-transformer/586/2 "2023-06-29T12:03:39Z")

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Hello everyone,

I would like to share that I have attempted to deserialize the EDI response from the FTP in Alumio and convert it to JSON. While the conversion is taking place, it seems that some information is missing, indicating that the content null value.