From 4403b2fb2282a29bf92f516693a9ba22fb34e758 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mel O'Hagan <mel@budibase.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 16:28:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Decode id if needed

---
 packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/ExternalRequest.ts | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/ExternalRequest.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/ExternalRequest.ts
index dc62453f77..0af6ed12af 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/ExternalRequest.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/ExternalRequest.ts
@@ -282,8 +282,12 @@ module External {
         const linkTablePrimary = linkTable.primary[0]
         // one to many
         if (isOneSide(field)) {
+          let id = row[key][0]
+          if (isNaN(id)) {
+            id = decodeURIComponent(row[key]).match(/\[(.*?)\]/)?.[1]
+          }
           newRow[field.foreignKey || linkTablePrimary] = breakRowIdField(
-            row[key][0]
+            id
           )[0]
         }
         // many to many