HTTP

Creating an HTTP Connection

In the Flow Designer, click the icon in the Connection pane, select HTTP, and enter a name for the connection. Enter the connection properties in the inspector.

You can create system or user connections in the management console: click Settings > Connection > HTTP > New.

Setting HTTP Connection Properties

Property	Description
Connection Name	Enter a unique name.
URL	Enter the HTTP or HTTPS URL.
Encoding	Select the URL encoding, UTF-8 by default.
Timeout	Enter the time-out period in seconds in case the HTTP(S) server does not return a response. The default is 60 seconds. If you set the time-out to longer than the OS-defined time-out, the OS-defined time-out is used. For example, if you set Timeout to 60 seconds, and the OS-defined time-out is 30 seconds, the connection's time-out will be 30 seconds.
Proxy Server	Select whether to use the HTTP proxy configured for the Flow Service. To configure the proxy, go to the Settings > Proxy page in the management console. Don't Use [false] Don't proxy connections using the Flow Service's HTTP proxy (default). Use [true] Proxy connections using the Flow Service's HTTP proxy.
User	Enter the username if HTTP authentication is required. The following authentication types are supported: Basic authentication Digest authentication WSSE authentication
Password	Enter the password if authentication is required.
Use User Client Cert	Select whether to enable HTTP client authentication. You can register a user's cert on the Tools > Account page of the management console. To use client authentication, enable this option and set the User Client Alias property. false Don't use HTTP client authentication (default). true Authenticate with the certificate specified by User Client Alias.
User Client Alias	Enter the alias that identifies the client cert.
Dynamic	Enable this option to use the DynamicConnection component to change the connection definition while the flow is running. false Disable dynamic connections (default). true Enable dynamic connections.