URL Adapter Reference
All URL adapter parameters, that are specified on the URL alias, can also be supplied dynamically via action script. Find below a list of all relevant parameters of the URL adapter and their description.
With the URL adapter, it is possible to get and put messages via file transfer protocols: FTP, FTPS and SFTP. These protocols often get confused and mixed up due to the similarity in function and names. Please refer to Using the URL Adapter with the FTP Protocol and Related Protocols for a distinction and more information on the usage with the URL adapter.
Stereotype Attributes
URL Alias
Attribute | Description | Allowed Values / Examples | |
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Name | Specify a name for the alias. | any string | |
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protocol | Transport protocol. | one of: ldap, ldaps, file, ftp, ftps, sftp, gopher, http (default), https, telnet | |
port | Machine port number the service is binding to. This port number can be given at service level only. | a valid port number (default: 80) | |
path | HTTP path for the SOAP request. | ||
host | Host name. Default is "localhost" if no value is specified. | a valid hostname (default: localhost) | |
method | HTTP method of the URL adapter call. Default is "POST" if no value is specified. | one of: get, post (default), read, write, put, list, patch, head, options, delete | |
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user | Username/password. | ||
followRedirects | Specify here the maximum number of redirects to follow. Default value is 0 (no redirects). | any positive integer or 0 | |
ignoreHttpErrors | If true, HTTP error codes > 300 will not cause an exception in the model. This implies, that the response body is accessible even if HTTP errors occur. The default value is false. | true | Ignore HTTP error codes > 300. |
false | Do not ignore HTTP errors (default). | ||
options | Native cURL options as listed on Setting cURL Options on the URL Adapter. Use one of the following syntax rules:
| valid cURL options, e.g. | |
requestHttpHeaderRoles | In the context of HTTP based adapters (URL, REST), enable automatic header generation for the listed headers. These definitions overwrite the default behavior, and X-Transaction-Id, X-Request-Id, X-Sender-Host and/or X-Sender-Service will be substituted by this definition. In the context of HTTP based adapters (URL, REST), enable automatic header generation for the listed headers. These definitions overwrite the default behavior, and X-Transaction-Id, X-Request-Id, X-Sender-Host and/or X-Sender-Service will be substituted by this definition. | client_host | Provide the client host in a header |
client_service | Provide the client service in a header | ||
correlation_id | Provide the correlation ID in a header | ||
transaction_id | Provide the transaction ID in a header | ||
passthrough | Pass a present header | ||
passthrough= | Pass an incoming header | ||
digestAlgorithm | Generates a HTTP digest header using the specified algorithm. When applied, a digest header is generated using the specified algorithm, and sent with the request. The generated header conforms with RFC3230 and RFC5843. Only one value is supported (no multi-value header). | None | No header generated (default). |
MD5 | Generate header using MD5 algorithm. | ||
SHA | Generate header using SHA algorithm. | ||
SHA-1 | Generate header using SHA-1 algorithm. | ||
SHA-256 | Generate header using SHA-256 algorithm. | ||
SHA-512 | Generate header using SHA-512 algorithm. | ||
Proxy | |||
proxyURL | URL of the proxy server. | ||
proxyUser | Proxy user. | ||
proxyType | Type of the proxy. | one of: | |
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sslCAInfo | Name of the file containing additional certificates for the connection verification (e.g. additional root CAs). | ||
sslCertificateFile | Name of the file that contains the client certificate. | ||
sslPrivateKeyFile | Name of the file that contains the private key. | ||
sslPrivateKeyPassword | Password for the private key. | ||
sslCertificateType | Type of the certificate. | one of: PEM (default), DER | |
sslVerifyHost | Whether to verify the host information form the SSL connection. | On | Verification on. |
Off | Verification off (default). | ||
Existence | Limit verification to the mere existence of the host. | ||
sslVerifyPeer | Whether to verify the peer information from the SSL connection. | On | Verification on (default). |
Off | Verification off. | ||
sslPrivateKeyType | Type of the private key. | one of: PEM (default), DER |
URL Adapter
The Runtime uses Transfer-encoding: chunked for POST requests. You can override this behavior by setting
Transfer-Encoding: <empty string>
Content-Length: <length of the body>"
Attribute | Type | Description | Allowed Values | |
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alias | Specify the URL alias the adapter should use to establish the connection. | any valid URL alias | ||
headerParameters | Array of HeaderField | Supply additional header information for the URL adapter call in form of name and value pairs (see type HeaderField below). The xUML Runtime assigns a correlation ID to each adapter call. This ID is stored in header field X-Bridge-CorrelationID. Adapter calls can be identified by this ID. Also, it is logged to the transaction log. If you set this header manually, the new header will be send to the target URL. Nevertheless, the correlation ID logged to the transaction log will still be the one generated by the Runtime! | ||
digestAlgorithm | Generates a HTTP digest header using the specified algorithm. When applied, a digest header is generated using the specified algorithm, and sent with the request. The generated header conforms with RFC3230 and RFC5843. Only one value is supported (no multi-value header). | None | No header generated (default). | |
MD5 | Generate header using MD5 algorithm. | |||
SHA | Generate header using SHA algorithm. | |||
SHA-1 | Generate header using SHA-1 algorithm. | |||
SHA-256 | Generate header using SHA-256 algorithm. | |||
SHA-512 | Generate header using SHA-512 algorithm. |
URL Adapter Operations
In general, three adapter operations can be used: request, streamFromFile and streamToFile. Exceptions are ldap and ldaps where streamToFile is not available. Depending on the protocol used, the parameters of the operation differ slightly.
Incoming Parameters
Attribute | Type | Direction | Restrictions | Description | |
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to listed protocol only | to listed method only | ||||
authentication | in | ldap, ftp, ftps, sftp, http, https | This parameter provides an object of type Authentication containing the user and the password. | ||
commands | Array of String | in | ftp, ftps | Use this parameter to specify ftp commands. All commands are executed after executing the ftp method. For a list of available ftp commands see RFC 959. | |
content | Blob | in | post, put, write | Use this parameter to supply the content to be used by the listed method. | |
followRedirects | Integer | in | http, https | Specify here the maximum number of redirects to follow. Default value is 0 (no redirects). | |
headerParameters | Array of HeaderField | in | http, https | Use this parameter to supply additional header information for the URL adapter call in the form of name and value pairs. | |
ignoreHTTPErrors | Boolean | in | http, https | If true, HTTP error codes > 300 will not cause an exception in the model. This implies, that the response body is accessible even if HTTP errors occur. The default value is false. | |
method | String | in | HTTP method of the URL adapter call. Default is "POST" if no value is specified. | ||
options | Array of Option | in | ldap, ftp, ftps, sftp, http, https | Use this parameter to specify cURL options for the URL adapter call. | |
proxy | in | ldap, ftp, ftps, sftp, http, https | Use this parameter to supply necessary proxy information. | ||
ssl | in | https, ftps | Use this parameter to supply SSL information. | ||
streamSource | String | in | ftp, ftps, sftp, http, https | post, put | If you want to use file streaming with streaming method toFile, supply the streaming target here. Then, response is not used. |
streamTarget | String | in | ftp, ftps, sftp, http, https | get, post, put, list | If you want to use file streaming with streaming method toFile, supply the streaming target here. Then, response is not used. |
url | String | in | This parameter contains the URL that will be accessed by the adapter. The URL contains protocol, port and path. |
Outgoing Parameters
Attribute | Type | Direction | Restrictions | Description | |
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to listed protocol only | to listed method only | ||||
httpHeaderMap | Map of Entry | out | Header information as a map. The map contains arrays of header value strings whereas the header name is the key of the map.
Refer to HTTP Header Support for more information on the standard xUML HTTP headers. | ||
httpStatus | Integer | out | http, https | Contains the HTTP status code of the response. | |
response | Blob | out | get, post, put, list, read | Contains the response content in relation to the used method. |
URL Utility Functions
Function | Parameter | Direction | Return Value | Description | Example |
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parseUrl() | urlString of type String | in | object of type URL | Parses an URL given in a String variable into a data structure. |
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composeUrl() | urlStructure of type URL | in | String | Builds a String containing a URL from an object of type URL. |
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URL Adapter Parameter Types
Authentication
Name | Type | Description |
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password | String | Password needed for authentication. |
username | String | Username needed for authentication. |
Certificate
Name | Type | CURL Option | Description | Allowed Values / Examples |
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file | String | Name of the file containing the client certificate. | ||
type | String | Type of the certificate. | PEM, DER |
Entry
Name | Type | Description |
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key | String | The header name is the key of the map. |
value | Any | Value of the header field. |
HeaderField
Name | Type | Description |
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name | String | Name of the header field. |
value | String | Value of the header field. |
Key
Name | Type | CURL Option | Description | Allowed Values / Examples |
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file | String | Name of the file containing the private key. | ||
type | String | Type of the key. | PEM, DER | |
password | String | Password for the private key. |
Option
Name | Type | Description | Allowed Values / Examples |
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name | String | Native cURL option. |
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value | String | Value of the cURL option. |
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Proxy
Name | Type | CURL Option | Description | Allowed Values / Examples |
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url | String | URL of the proxy server. | ||
type | String | Type of the proxy. | HTTP, SOCKS5 | |
authentication | Proxy user. |
SSL
Name | Type | CURL Option | Description | Allowed Values / Examples | |
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verifyPeer | String | Whether to verify the peer information from the SSL connection. | On | Verification on (default). | |
Off | Verification off. | ||||
verifyHost | String | Whether to verify the host information form the SSL connection. | On | Verification on (default). | |
Off | Verification off. | ||||
Existence | Limit verification to the mere existence of the host. | ||||
caInfo | String | Name of the file containing additional certificates for the connection verification (e.g. additional root CAs). | |||
certificate | Client certificate. | ||||
key | Key | Private key of client certificate. |
URL
Name | Type | Description | Allowed Values / Examples |
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scheme | String | URL scheme. |
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user | String | User. | |
password | String | Password. | |
host | String | Name of the host. |
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port | Integer | Machine port number the service is binding to. This port number can be given at service level only. |
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path | String | HTTP path for the SOAP request. |
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query | String | Query parameters. |
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fragment | String | URL fragment. |
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UrlAdapter_Example
Click here to download a simple example model that shows the usage of the URL adapter in Scheer PAS Designer.