Send HTTP Request

Send HTTP Web Request.

This activity performs HTTP requests to a user-specified web API.

Input

• End Point:String Argument Specifies the URL to which you want to make the request.
• Request Method: Specifies the request method to be used when calling the API.

  • Get(default) - Used to request data from a specified resource

  • Post - Used to send data to a server to create/update a resource.

  • Put - Used to send data to a server to create/update a resource.

  • Delete - Deletes the specified resource.

  • Head - Almost identical to GET, but without the response body.

  • Patch - Similar to the PUT method as it modifies an existing resource. Contains a set of instructions describing how the resource should be changed.

  • Options - Describes the communication options for the target resource.

• Accept Response As: Specifies the format in which to receive the web server's response.

  • JSON(default) - Response will be in JSON format

  • Any- Response will be either in JSON or XML format

  • XML- Response will be in XML format.

  • None- None

• Parameters:Dictionary Argument Specifies the request parameters.

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• Headers:Dictionary Argument Enables you to include custom headers in the HTTP request.

• Body: Launches the Web Request Builder with the Body section opened to input the body section of the web request to be sent

• Request Builder: Launches the Web Request Builder

• Resource Path: Specifies the resource path where the file returned by the Url needs to be saved.

Options

• Timeout (in millisecond): Integer Argument Specifies the amount of time (in milliseconds) to wait for the activity to run before an error is thrown.

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Output

• Result:String Variable Stores the response received from the HTTP request in the String Variable.