I am researching if I can get the HTTP connector to be replaced by the new Web connection action in a process flow. I am struggling to get it to work and mainly because “Headers”
Where do I put this in a Web connection and probably more likely in what format as copy/paste this in any place which seems to have a name similar to Header(s) does not work.
Best answer by Mark Jongeling
Oh sorry Mark, I made a mistake. The name should have been x-api-key and the value the api-key value, like this:
Name = Key, Value = Value 😄
Hope this does the trick!
+23Hi Mark,
This should be the way to do it:
The {api_key_value} needs to be an Endpoint input parameter, after which you can supply a value through the process flow input parameter to this parameter.
Or choose to enter a static value with the API key value, e.g. "ABCDEF123456”
That does not seem to do it.
I have even recreated the most basic HTTP connector to compare it with and that one works, but the Web connection gets rejected.
For my testing purpose I have entered the value as static.
It is also hard to debug these processes as the main thing I can get from like a process flow monitor is that the Web connection gave me a status 0. Looking in Application Insight I see that the url is indeed made the exact way as the HTTP connector version, except I cannot see information about the header.
The endpoint is giving me a 401, which is to be expected when the header is not applied or not applied with the correct information/format.
For completeness what I have in the basic HTTP connector
Any suggestions what should be changed about the Headers in the Web connection or how I might see more information what the Web connection outputs?
+23Oh sorry Mark, I made a mistake. The name should have been x-api-key and the value the api-key value, like this:
Name = Key, Value = Value 😄
Hope this does the trick!
That did the trick!
I am not too familiar with these type of processes, but is the column name “Name” still the correct one to use in this case or would it benefit from a rename to “Key”? (I understand it could mean more work than just a translation change)
Thanks for the help. This at least motivates that reworking our process flows should not be too much trouble and we can get rid of a lot of DB stored information to make HTTP connectors work over different environments.
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