How can I correctly pass an array parameter as a JSON string in my n8n AI Agent workflow?

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I’m using an n8n AI Agent with HTTP tools where the agent generates the request parameters.

The issue is that when I try to pass an array of strings such as ["ID"], the HTTP request fails with a 400 error unless it’s formatted with extra curly braces ({{ ["ID"] }}). I updated my HTTP tool description to suggest using JSON.stringify, for example:

JS
{{ JSON.stringify(["propertyID"]) }}

However, after several tests the parameter is still not accepted as valid JSON.

How do I ensure that the array parameter is correctly formatted as a JSON string so that the API accepts it?

The workflow I’m using is detailed below:

JSON
{  
  “nodes”: [  
    {  
      “parameters”: {  
        “options”: {  
          “systemMessage”: “You are a helpful airbnb assistant. You can look up with HTTP requests details on customer inquiries, reservations and messages.”  
        }  
      },  
      “type”: “[@n8n](/u/n8n)/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent”,  
      “typeVersion”: 1.7,  
      “position”: [  
        -180,  
        -720  
      ],  
      “id”: “b5f954f4-d05a-47c4-90ca-30481ef5ddc6”,  
      “name”: “AI Agent1”  
    },  
    {  
      “parameters”: {  
        “chatId”: “6628085877”,  
        “text”: “={{ $json.output }}”,  
        “additionalFields”: {}  
      },  
      “type”: “n8n-nodes-base.telegram”,  
      “typeVersion”: 1.2,  
      “position”: [  
        240,  
        -720  
      ],  
      “id”: “78acffbd-42f2-40de-8663-8756ff88276b”,  
      “name”: “Telegram”,  
      “webhookId”: “5b621e74-8db8-4144-bfec-93eb8bba627d”,  
      “credentials”: {  
        “telegramApi”: {  
          “id”: “SDHAvgyE0txhRBWn”,  
          “name”: “Telegram account”  
        }  
      }  
    },  
    {  
      “parameters”: {  
        “model”: {  
          “_*rl": true,  
          “mode”: “list”,  
          “value”: “gpt-4o-mini”  
        },  
        “options”: {}  
      },  
      “type”: “[@n8n](/u/n8n)/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi”,  
      “typeVersion”: 1.2,  
      “position”: [  
        -360,  
        -440  
      ],  
      “id”: “a5232dad-625e-47af-a183-fbf8b359e90f”,  
      “name”: “OpenAI Chat Model1”,  
      “credentials”: {  
        “openAiApi”: {  
          “id”: “05HBYW1SZlBycNuI”,  
          “name”: “OpenAi account”  
        }  
      }  
    },  
    {  
      “parameters”: {  
        “inputText”: “={{ $json.chatInput }}”,  
        “categories”: {  
          “categories”: [  
            {  
              “category”: “Guest Inquiry”  
            },  
            {  
              “category”: “Reservation”  
            },  
            {  
              “category”: “Inventory”,  
              “description”: "Any items needed inside a rental or airbnb listing (clean sheets, towels, toilet paper, soap, etc) "  
            },  
            {  
              “category”: “Random”  
            }  
          ]  
        },  
        “options”: {}  
      },  
      “type”: “[@n8n](/u/n8n)/n8n-nodes-langchain.textClassifier”,  
      “typeVersion”: 1,  
      “position”: [  
        -840,  
        -520  
      ],  
      “id”: “4bcf5bd3-5f55-4c96-a20d-46fe18376bdd”,  
      “name”: “Text Classifier1”  
    },  
    {  
      “parameters”: {  
        “model”: {  
          “**rl": true,  
          “mode”: “list”,  
          “value”: “gpt-4o-mini”  
        },  
        “options”: {}  
      },  
      “type”: “[@n8n](/u/n8n)/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi”,  
      “typeVersion”: 1.2,  
      “position”: [  
        -840,  
        -320  
      ],  
      “id”: “6d43c757-129f-41ab-bc68-47eccebac81e”,  
      “name”: “OpenAI Chat Model2”,  
      “credentials”: {  
        “openAiApi”: {  
          “id”: “05HBYW1SZlBycNuI”,  
          “name”: “OpenAi account”  
        }  
      }  
    },  
    {  
      “parameters”: {  
        “options”: {}  
      },  
      “type”: “[@n8n](/u/n8n)/n8n-nodes-langchain.chatTrigger”,  
      “typeVersion”: 1.1,  
      “position”: [  
        -1220,  
        -240  
      ],  
      “id”: “d5317790-00f9-4c57-96dc-79b4d8f181ea”,  
      “name”: “When chat message received”,  
      “webhookId”: “54c2cc85-4964-47d4-8233-75cf05789be0”  
    },  
    {  
      “parameters”: {  
        “toolDescription”: “Gets customer inquiries based on property, The param is a JSON array of property IDs and must be formatted as a JSON string. \nUse JSON.stringify to convert the array into a JSON format like this: {{ JSON.stringify([\"propertyID\"]) }}.\n”,  
        “url”: “<https://public.api.hospitable.com/v2/inquiries>”,  
        “sendQuery”: true,  
        “parametersQuery”: {  
          “values”: [  
            {  
              “name”: “properties”  
            }  
          ]  
        },  
        “sendHeaders”: true,  
        “parametersHeaders”: {  
          “values”: [  
            {  
              “name”: “Authorization”,  
              “valueProvider”: “fieldValue”,  
              “value”: "Bearer iJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJWNiM2RhN2ViZDhiN2E1Y2ViNDhjYzk0ODRjOTljNzNmZTg3MTRkNGYxNDdmODMzOGJiYTQ5ZGE0ZGZhKmqDZ36LH1hgDbmaLVdFOh8sufUGq6XYbEzHD0oXdUZtwrg8IfgYgEK2KZBjboK3ywAYokLErzCHdWF-b-ekGywdU8ocMkLd5iAi17UW84zNg_XsbZc1fcW8d-5HjOgawgWbfYA0zbaMGAmVPS6kQbqb_33mRIWCc5hp0YY1GE983kdP6_x0wy_RVclyfN_sO9SU7Rte5bV6VLUpw_Kn2XMqoRAanRXjmYVS9ebz1Dr61r99hLHKFrAS0Z_N_cThCS818No76P_9crzDd7LWFsslb-lUaz-ZdZ3CNAoEcPq7jhUwLuSf3yaHzvAlsYvHuZThgOoNswGAa-eXo2PQrzvwsQJVmtH-Nnk7DnJFtsJMEPUZ7-P97i6Aw9id7bdxYHEOgCDx7y2Ljxlk4ijDwMFnxetxQO3TkAUiXmZyEyl0tFBhEu-kdpWuIVAZ3u85_YdDlbwQKvdVAHw*-EBCvVdc7YzAlEPnrrwiEbUOBhWgOyn9x-me83dXzoje9h2ndIy64vLikvcqVS73aBhDWR9iJ4uBOlmBHlY-xw3oJNyY0lJqgzvPpXapfgrM"  
            }  
          ]  
        }  
      },  
      “type”: “[@n8n](/u/n8n)/n8n-nodes-langchain.toolHttpRequest”,  
      “typeVersion”: 1.1,  
      “position”: [  
        100,  
        -360  
      ],  
      “id”: “fcb65428-906f-4ce0-a036-030e51043576”,  
      “name”: “Inqueries”  
    },  
    {  
      “parameters”: {  
        “toolDescription”: "Get A List Of All The Properties and there ID’s you need property ID’s as params to use your other HTTP tools. You Will Need The Property ID’s To look up reservations, inquiries and messages. ",  
        “url”: “<https://public.api.hospitable.com/v2/properties>”,  
        “sendHeaders”: true,  
        “parametersHeaders”: {  
          “values”: [  
            {  
              “name”: “Authorization”,  
              “valueProvider”: “fieldValue”,  
              “value”: "Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiJ9.eyJhdWQiOiI5YTYyNGRmMC0xMmYxLTQ0OGUtYjg4NC00MzY3ODBNAKlcBMVOXjmYVS9ebz1Dr61r99hLHKFrAS0Z_N_cThCS818No76P_9crzDd7LWFsslb-lUaz-ZdZ3CNAoEcPq7jhUwLuSf3yaHzvAlsYvHuZThgOoNswGAa-eXo2PQrzvwsQJVmtH-Nnk7DnJFtsJMEPUZ7-P97i6Aw9id7bdxYHEOgCDx7y2Ljxlk4ijDwMFnxetxQO3TkAUiXmZyEyl0tFBhEu-kdpWuIVAZ3u85_YdDlbwQKvdVAHw*-EBCvVdc7YzAlEPnrrwiEbUOBhWgOyn9x-me83dXzoje9h2ndIy64vLikvcqVS73aBhDWR9iJ4uBOlmBHlY-xw3oJNyY0lJqgzvPpXapfgrM"  
            }  
          ]  
        }  
      },  
      “type”: “[@n8n](/u/n8n)/n8n-nodes-langchain.toolHttpRequest”,  
      “typeVersion”: 1.1,  
      “position”: [  
        -160,  
        -340  
      ],  
      “id”: “8f3222bf-75d1-4495-9226-2a4c862416b9”,  
      “name”: “Properties”  
    },  
    {  
      “parameters”: {  
        “toolDescription”: “Gets reservations (parameter takes in property ID as array of strings)”,  
        “url”: “<https://public.api.hospitable.com/v2/reservations>”,  
        “sendQuery”: true,  
        “parametersQuery”: {  
          “values”: [  
            {  
              “name”: “properties”  
            },  
            {  
              “name”: “include”,  
              “valueProvider”: “fieldValue”,  
              “value”: “financials, guest, properties, listings”  
            }  
          ]  
        },  
        “sendHeaders”: true,  
        “parametersHeaders”: {  
          “values”: [  
            {  
              “name”: “Authorization”,  
              “valueProvider”: “fieldValue”,  
              “value”: "Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiJ9.eyJhdWQiOiI5YTYyNGRmMC0xMmYxLTQ0OGUtYjg4NC00MzY3ODBhNWQzY2QiLCJqdGkiOiIyOWJmNjRiM2NmYWNiM2RhN2ViZDhiN2E1Y2ViNDhjYzk0ODRjOTljNzNmZTg3MTRkNGYxNDdmODMzOGJiYTQ5ZGE0ZGZhZGMwYzQxN2Q2NSIsImlhdCI6MTczOTQ4OTA3NS45NzEzMDgsIm5iZiI6MTczOTQ4OTA3NS45NzEzMTIsImV4cCI6MTc3MTAyNTA3NS45NjU4MTQsInN1YiI6IjI2NDE2MCIsInNjb3BlcyI6WyJwYXQ6cmVhZCIsInBhdDp3cml0ZSJdpTj_tv13KmqDZ36LH1hgDbmaLVdFOh8sufUGq6XYbEzHD0oXdUrAS0Z_N_cThCS818No76P_9crznk7DnJFtsJMEPUZ7-P97i6Aw9id7dDlbwQKvdVAHw*-EBCvVdc7YzAlEPnrrwiEbUOBhWgOyn9x-me83dXzoje9h2ndIy64vLik0lJqgzvPpXapfgrM"  
            }  
          ]  
        }  
      },  
      “type”: “[@n8n](/u/n8n)/n8n-nodes-langchain.toolHttpRequest”,  
      “typeVersion”: 1.1,  
      “position”: [  
        360,  
        -340  
      ],  
      “id”: “f8e49712-1320-46c9-96ff-f410b3cb1175”,  
      “name”: “Reservations”  
    }  
  ],  
  “connections”: {  
    “AI Agent1”: {  
      “main”: [  
        [  
          {  
            “node”: “Telegram”,  
            “type”: “main”,  
            “index”: 0  
          }  
        ]  
      ]  
    },  
    “Telegram”: {  
      “main”: [  
        [  
          
        ]  
      ],  
    },  
    “OpenAI Chat Model1”: {  
      “ai_languageModel”: [  
        [  
          {  
            “node”: “AI Agent1”,  
            “type”: “ai_languageModel”,  
            “index”: 0  
          }  
        ]  
      ]  
    },  
    “Text Classifier1”: {  
      “main”: [  
        [  
          {  
            “node”: “AI Agent1”,  
            “type”: “main”,  
            “index”: 0  
          }  
        ],  
        [  
          {  
            “node”: “AI Agent1”,  
            “type”: “main”,  
            “index”: 0  
          }  
        ],  
        ,  
        
      ]  
    },  
    “OpenAI Chat Model2”: {  
      “ai_languageModel”: [  
        [  
          {  
            “node”: “Text Classifier1”,  
            “type”: “ai_languageModel”,  
            “index”: 0  
          }  
        ]  
      ]  
    },  
    “When chat message received”: {  
      “main”: [  
        [  
          {  
            “node”: “Text Classifier1”,  
            “type”: “main”,  
            “index”: 0  
          }  
        ]  
      ]  
    },  
    “Inqueries”: {  
      “ai_tool”: [  
        [  
          {  
            “node”: “AI Agent1”,  
            “type”: “ai_tool”,  
            “index”: 0  
          }  
        ]  
      ]  
    },  
    “Properties”: {  
      “ai_tool”: [  
        [  
          {  
            “node”: “AI Agent1”,  
            “type”: “ai_tool”,  
            “index”: 0  
          }  
        ]  
      ]  
    },  
    “Reservations”: {  
      “ai_tool”: [  
        [  
          {  
            “node”: “AI Agent1”,  
            “type”: “ai_tool”,  
            “index”: 0  
          }  
        ]  
      ]  
    }  
  },  
  “pinData”: {},  
  “meta”: {  
    “instanceId”: “8bfab7d91a93691a937ed7de52a3e7b9311163521c230ac9f559877a208d60e9”  
  }  
}

The output from the last node is:

JSON
[  
  {  
    “ok”: true,  
    “result”: {  
      “message_id”: 43,  
      “from”: {  
        “id”: 7778979559,  
        “is_bot”: true,  
        “first_name”: “voiceBot”,  
        “username”: “HVTAIvoiceBot”  
      },  
      “chat”: {  
        “id”: 6628085877,  
        “first_name”: “Jeffrey”,  
        “last_name”: “Jensen”,  
        “type”: “private”  
      },  
      “date”: 1739511763,  
      “text”: “It seems there was an issue retrieving the reservation details for the property \"Paddington second floor.\" The request returned an error.\n\nIf you’re looking for current reservations, it may be helpful to check back later, or if you have specific dates in mind, let me know, and I can assist you further!\n\nThis message was sent automatically with n8n”,  
      “entities”: [  
        {  
          “offset”: 305,  
          “length”: 41,  
          “type”: “italic”  
        },  
        {  
          “offset”: 346,  
          “length”: 3,  
          “type”: “text_link”,  
          “url”: “[Powerful Workflow Automation Software & Tools - n8n](https://n8n.io/?utm_source=n8n-internal&utm_medium=powered_by&utm_campaign=n8n-nodes-base.telegram_8bfab7d91a93691a937ed7de52a3e7b9311163521c230ac9f559877a208d60e9)”  
        }  
      ],  
      “link_preview_options”: {  
        “is_disabled”: true  
      }  
    }  
  }  
]

Additional n8n setup details:

n8n version: n8n@1.76.3
Running n8n via: n8n cloud
Operating system: Windows

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Answer by StackOverflow TychoAI Agent • 20 days ago

The issue is that the HTTP Request node expects you to send a valid JSON string for an array parameter, but the AI agent is generating a raw JavaScript array. Without proper conversion, the API doesn’t interpret the parameter as a JSON array—which is why the request returns a 400 error.

In your node’s description you’ve noted the need to use an expression like:

JS
{{ JSON.stringify(["propertyID"]) }}

Instead of sending something like:

JS
["ID"]

You must wrap the array with JSON.stringify (and the double curly brackets) to format it as a valid JSON string. This ensures the value is sent as the proper JSON format that the API expects.

Review your parameter generation so that the AI agent outputs the correctly formatted JSON string. This will allow the HTTP Request node to successfully pass the array to your target endpoint.

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