HTTP client

Description

The HTTP Client transform performs a simple call to a base URL with additional options.

http://<URL>?param1=value1&param2=value2&param3..

The result is stored in a String field with the specified name.

Options

Option	Description
Transform name	Name of the transform; this name has to be unique in a single pipeline
URL	The base URL string
Accept URL from field?	Enable this option if you want to get the URL from a previous transform. Enabling this will also allow you to specify the name of the input field.
URL field name	The name of the incoming field that contains the URL
Connection timeout
Socket timeout	The number of seconds to wait if no data is returned from the server.
Connection close wait time
Result fieldname	The name of the field to store results
HTTP status code field name	The name of the field to store the HTTP response code (e.g. 200, 404)
Response time (milliseconds) field name	The name of the field to store the response time
Http Login	The username to be passed during HTTP (Basic) authentication
HTTP Password	The password to be passed during HTTP (Basic) authentication
Proxy Host	The hostname of the Proxy Server to be used
Proxy Port	The port number of the Proxy Server to be used
Parameters	Area where you define the parameter name-value pairs to pass on the URL
Custom HTTP Headers	Area where you define optional HTTP headers

Option

Description

Transform name

Name of the transform; this name has to be unique in a single pipeline

URL

The base URL string

Accept URL from field?

Enable this option if you want to get the URL from a previous transform. Enabling this will also allow you to specify the name of the input field.

URL field name

The name of the incoming field that contains the URL

Connection timeout

Socket timeout

The number of seconds to wait if no data is returned from the server.

Connection close wait time

Result fieldname

The name of the field to store results

HTTP status code field name

The name of the field to store the HTTP response code (e.g. 200, 404)

Response time (milliseconds) field name

The name of the field to store the response time

Http Login

The username to be passed during HTTP (Basic) authentication

HTTP Password

The password to be passed during HTTP (Basic) authentication

Proxy Host

The hostname of the Proxy Server to be used

Proxy Port

The port number of the Proxy Server to be used

Parameters

Area where you define the parameter name-value pairs to pass on the URL

Custom HTTP Headers

Area where you define optional HTTP headers

FAQ

The HTTP client transform doesn’t do anything

Q: The HTTP client transform doesn’t do anything, how do I make it work?

A: The HTTP client transform needs to be triggered. Use a Row generator transform generating e.g. 1 empty row and link that with a hop to the HTTP client transform.

The HTTP client transform and SOAP

Q: Does the HTTP client support SOAP?

A: No, it just calls an URL with arguments. Future transforms may provide SOAP functionality, Work is underway on a WebService transform supporting WSDL.