This seems to have created something like

[{ 
  "keys": "key1",
  "values": 1
}]

I expect the result to be

{ "key1": 1 }

Questions:

1. where did the list come from?
2. I am not sure about the "keys" and "values" fields 🤔

Since there is no data type in Variant that can directly represent a map,
I converted the map into the following structure:

[
{ 
  "keys": "key1",
  "values": 1
},
{ 
  "keys": "key2",
  "values": 2
}
]

Using an object might be a better idea, but the keys can only be strings. 🤔

I think object is the more expected result

Maybe you can all the keys of the MapArray into strings using the cast_to_variant kernel ?

We could also potentially cast this directly to a string aray here, somethin glike

And then you wouldn't have to worry about dealing with Variants

I think what you have here, other than the unwrap, is looks good to me