B2B Data Exchange
- B2B Data Exchange 10.2.3
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Field | Definition |
Basic Tab | |
Label | Specify a label for this action. |
URI | Specify the URI (Uniform Resource Identifier), also known as URL (Uniform Resource Locator), for e.g., '/data/orders.xls' or '/cgi-bin/upload.cgi'. If left blank, the default URI of the server is requested. For e.g., www.domainname.com. |
Input File | Specify the file that contains the data to be posted. |
Content Type | Specify the value to send in the Content-Type header field when making the request. Default Value: text/xml |
Advanced Tab | |
Follow Redirects | Specify whether or not to follow redirects. The default value is true. Default Value: Inherited from the task |
Read Timeout | Specify the maximum amount of time, in seconds, to wait when waiting for a response from the server. A value of 0 (zero) is interpreted as infinite timeout. This defaults to the value specified on the HTTP task. |
Validate Status Code | If true (default), the HTTP status code will be validated and any code not in the 200-299 range will cause the project to fail. If false, the HTTP status code will not be validated and will not cause the project to fail. This allows the response to be accessed later in the project. NOTE: By definition the status codes 204 and 304 do not contain a message body and are therefore do not apply to this setting. |
Response Body Tab | |
Destination | Specify if and where the response body, if any, should be saved. By default, the response body will be saved to the job log. |
File | Specify the location of the file to which the response body, if any, should be saved. This is required if the 'Response Body Destination' is set to 'file'. |
When File Exists | Specify the action to take when the response file already exists. The default value is 'rename'. |
Response Headers Tab | |
Destination | Specify if and where the response headers should be saved. By default, the response headers will be discarded. |
File | Specify the location of the file to which the response headers should be saved. This is required if the 'Response Headers Destination' attribute is set to 'file'. |
When File Exists | Specify the action to take when the response file already exists. The default value is 'rename'. |
Output Variables Tab | |
Status Code Variable | If desired, specify the name of a variable which will contain the HTTP status code returned by the server. The variable may be used in subsequent tasks. The variable will be created if it does not exist. |
Status Message Variable | If desired, specify the name of a variable which will contain the status message returned by HTTP server. The variable may be used in subsequent tasks. The variable will be created if it does not exist. |
Response Body File Variable | If desired, specify the name of a variable which will contain the response body output file. The variable will be of type File and may be used in subsequent tasks that accept File or File List input variables. The variable will be created if it does not exist. |
Response Headers File Variable | If desired, specify the name of a variable which will contain the headers file. The variable will be of type File and may be used in subsequent tasks that accept File or File List input variables. The variable will be created if it does not exist. |