rest

tibco-rest

This activity provides your flogo application the ability to invoke a REST service.

Installation

flogo add activity github.com/TIBCOSoftware/flogo-contrib/activity/rest

Schema

Inputs and Outputs:

{
  "inputs":[
    {
      "name": "method",
      "type": "string",
      "required": true
    },
    {
      "name": "uri",
      "type": "string",
      "required": true
    },
    {
      "name": "params",
      "type": "params"
    },
    {
      "name": "pathParams",
      "type": "params"
    },
    {
      "name": "queryParams",
      "type": "params"
    },
    {
      "name": "content",
      "type": "object"
    }
  ],
  "outputs": [
    {
      "name": "result",
      "type": "object"
    }
  ]
}

Settings

Setting	Description
method	The HTTP method to invoke
uri	The uri of the resource
pathParams	The path parameters
queryParams	The query parameters
content	The message content
params	The path parameters (Deprecated)
Note:

• pathParams: Is only required if you have params in your URI ( i.e. http://.../pet/:id )
• content: Is only used in POST, PUT, PATCH

Configuration Examples

Simple

Configure a task in flow to get pet '1234' from the swagger petstore:

{
  "id": 3,
  "type": 1,
  "activityType": "tibco-rest",
  "name": "Query for pet 1234",
  "attributes": [
    { "name": "method", "value": "GET" },
    { "name": "uri", "value": "http://petstore.swagger.io/v2/pet/1234" }
  ]
}

Using Path Params

Configure a task in flow to get pet '1234' from the swagger petstore via parameters.

{
  "id": 3,
  "type": 1,
  "activityType": "tibco-rest",
  "name": "Query for Pet",
  "attributes": [
    { "name": "method", "value": "GET" },
    { "name": "uri", "value": "http://petstore.swagger.io/v2/pet/:id" },
    { "name": "params", "value": { "id": "1234"} }
  ]
}

Advanced

Configure a task in flow to get pet from the swagger petstore using a flow attribute to specify the id.

{
  "id": 3,
  "type": 1,
  "activityType": "tibco-rest",
  "name": "Query for Pet",
  "attributes": [
    { "name": "method", "value": "GET" },
    { "name": "uri", "value": "http://petstore.swagger.io/v2/pet/:id" },
  ],
  "inputMappings": [
    { "type": 1, "value": "petId", "mapTo": "params.id" }
  ]
}