'Unable to apply step' error while reading data in map state

Question

This the asl I added
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Return statement in "pdf split function" is:
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I got this error
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I did not understand what is the exact error. Help me in solving this.

Accepted Answer

Hi Jyothsna,

the Step Function state machine is expecting an object with a property `pages` however your input is a **string** that contains JSON.

You need to remove the `json.dumps()` in your return statement.

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