EXTERENAL DATA
External data node allows you to query external web services using standard HTTP request methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) and URL address, and add appropriate headers by entering their names and values and clicking Add. Added headers are presented in the list below. In the node user also defines response type (JSON or XML), request timeout and retry values, using cache and catching an error, merge type of variables added by this node and a prefix of these variables.
Specific parameters:
URL – endpoint of service
Method – HTTP method
Headers – HTTP headers
Request timeout – the maximum waiting time for response in miliseconds
Request retry – number of polling attempts
Response type – type of response (JSON, XML,CSV, FORM, HTML, TEXT)
Catch error – should the error be captured and passed to the scenario
Use cache, cache time - enable the cache mechanism
For the POST, PUT method: request type (JSON, XML, CSV, TEXT), the content of the query
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