Specifying header fields in the HTTP adapter


This section explains how to specify header fields needed for an HTTP request using the HTTP adapter. 

The header fields are specified in the < http-connection-properties> element of the HTTP adapter request. The header fields are set in the request header of the HTTP request. The <include-expect-header-in-request> element is used to specify whether to use the expect header in the adapter request. 

Note

The <user-name> and <password> elements are not set in the HTTP request header. They are used for basic authentication only.

The following figure shows an XML sample of the HTTP adapter request with the header fields. 

XML sample of the HTTP adapter request with header fields

<httpadapterRequest>
   <action>http://www.someURL.com</action>
   <use-ssl-certificate></use-ssl-certificate>
   <install-certificate></install-certificate>
   <allow-unsigned-certificate></allow-unsigned-certificate>
   <passphrase></passphrase>
   <data-format>XHTML</data-format>
   <http-connection-properties>
           <user-name></user-name>
           <password></password>
           <Content-Type>text/html</Content-Type>
           <Connection>close</Connection>
           <include-expect-header-in-request>true</include-expect-header-in-request>
           <ntlm-authentication>true</ntlm-authentication>
   </http-connection-properties>
</httpadapterRequest>

The following table describes the format of the HTTP adapter response based on the values provided in the <data-format> and <Content-Type> elements of the HTTP adapter request.

<data-format>

<Content-Type>

Perform JTidy 
on HTTP response

Perform post processing

Returned response 
is a 
well formed XML 
or XHTMLYes (Success)

Returned response 
is a 
well formed XML 
or 
XHTMLNo (Failure)

HTML

TEXT or HTML, or XML

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable HTTP response is added as 
TEXT to the <message-body> element.

XHTML

TEXT or HTML

Yes

Tags are eliminated (if present)

The response is added as a child of 
the <message-body> element in the HTTP adapter response.

The response is added as TEXT to the <non-xml-data-response> element.

The <non-xml-data-response> element is added as a child of the <message-body> element in the HTTP adapter response.

XHTML

XML

Not applicable

Not applicable

 

XML

TEXT or HTML

Yes

Not processed

 

XML

XML

Not applicable

Not applicable

 

 

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