HTTP Request

Activity	Http
Description	Execute HTTP requests

Input :

PropertyName	Type	Required	Default Value	Description
uri	URL	YES		Target URI
method	STRING	NO	GET	Http method (GET/POST/PUT/DELETE)
jsonContent	JSON	NO		Body of the request to send to the server (cannot be used with GET and DELETE method) Override contentFileToken if specified
contentFileToken	URL	NO		FileContent containing the body of the request to send to the server (cannot be used with GET and DELETE method)
timeout	INT	NO	60	HTTP Request Timeout in seconds
failIfError	BOOL	NO	TRUE	Set the activity result as failed if the request return a failed status. This flag can be usefull if you want to test the result of the request even if it’s an error in other States
httpHeaders	DICTIONARY	NO		List of http headers
httpQueryParams	DICTIONARY	NO		List of query parameter
outputFileName	STRING	NO		Name of the file for the http response. If not specified, the file name will be retrieved from (in order) The Response Content-Disposition header The latest segment of the Url (http://sample.com/download/test.doc) Unique file name will be computed : “http_default_XXXXXXXXX”
outputFileStoreName	STRING	NO		Name of the store where to save the http response
RequestContentType	STRING	NO		Expected MIME type of the request’s response https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/MIME_types/Common_types

Output

PropertyName	Type	Optional	Description
jsonContent	JSON	NO	HTTP Response if content-type is “application/json”
contentFileToken	URL	NO	FileContent containing the body of the response (see outputFileName and outputFileStore input parameters)
length	INT	NO	HTTP Response Length in bytes
StatusCode	INT	NO	HTTP Response Status code ( https://developer.mozilla.org/fr/docs/Web/HTTP/Status )
reason	STRING	NO	The reason phrase which typically is sent by servers together with the status code.
httpHeaders	DICTIONARY<STRING,STRING[]>	NO	Http headers of the response

Example:

Download a file using HTTP

Input

JSON

{
   "uri" : "https://sample.com/download/test.csv.gz",
   "method" : "GET",
   "outputFileStoreName" : "local",
   "httpHeaders": {
      "X-Custom-Header":"Sample value"
   }
}

Output

JSON

{
   "contentFileToken":"file://local/test.csv.gz",
   "length": 45846468,
   "statusCode": 200,
   "httpHeaders": {
    "Date": [
      "Mon, 18 Jul 2022 10:09:14 GMT"
    ],
    "Server": [
      "gws"
    ],
    "X-XSS-Protection": [
      "0"
    ],
    "X-Frame-Options": [
      "SAMEORIGIN"
    ],
    "Alt-Svc": [
      "h3=\":443\"; ma=2592000",
      "h3-29=\":443\"; ma=2592000",
      "h3-Q050=\":443\"; ma=2592000",
      "h3-Q046=\":443\"; ma=2592000",
      "h3-Q043=\":443\"; ma=2592000",
      "quic=\":443\"; ma=2592000"
    ]
  }
}