Updated on 2022-02-22 GMT+08:00

Rest Client

Functions

The Rest Client node is used to respond to RESTful requests in HUAWEI CLOUD. Only the RESTful requests that have been authenticated by IAM Token are supported.

Parameters

Table 1, Table 2, and Table 3 describe the parameters of the Rest Client node.

Table 1 Parameters of RestAPI nodes

Parameter

Mandatory

Description

Node Name

Yes

Name of the node. Must consist of 1 to 128 characters and contain only letters, digits, underscores (_), hyphens (-), slashes (/), less-than signs (<), and greater-than signs (>).

URL Address

Yes

IP address or domain name and port number of the request host. For example: https://192.160.10.10:8080

HTTP Method

Yes

Type of the request. Possible values:

  • GET
  • POST
  • PUT
  • DELETE

Request Header

No

Click to add a request header. The parameters are described as follows:

  • Parameter Name

    Name of a parameter. The options are Content-Type, Accept-Language, and X-Auth-Token.

  • Parameter Value

    The value can contain a maximum of 64 characters and consists only of letters, digits, hyphens (-), underscores (_), slashes (/), and semicolons (;).

URL Parameter

No

Enters a URL parameter. The value is a character string in key=value format. Character strings are separated by newlines. This parameter is available only when HTTP Method is set to GET. Set these parameters as follows:

  • Parameter

    The value can contain a maximum of 32 characters and consists only of letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).

  • Value

    The value can contain a maximum of 64 characters and consists only of letters, digits, hyphens (-), underscores (_), dollar signs ($), open braces ({), and close braces (}).

Request Body

Yes

The request body is in JSON format. This parameter is available only when HTTP Method is set to POST or PUT.

Check Return Value

No

Checks whether the value of the returned message is the same as the expected value. This parameter is available only when HTTP Method is set to GET. Possible values:

  • YES: Check whether the return value is the same as the expected one.
  • NO: No need to check whether the return value is the same as the expected one. A 200 response code is returned (indicating that the node is successfully performed).

Property Path

Yes

Path of the property in the JSON response message. Each Rest Client node can have only one property path. This parameter is available only when Check Returned Value is set to YES.

For example, the returned result is as follows:

{         
  "param1": "aaaa",
  "inner": 
    {                   
      "inner":
        {
          "param4": 2014247437
         },
       "param3": "cccc" 
     },
     "status": 200,
     "param2": "bbbb"
}

The param4 path is inner.inner.param4.

Request Success Flag

Yes

Enter the request success flag. If the returned value of the response matches one of request success flags, the node is successfully performed. This parameter is available only when Check Returned Value is set to YES.

The request success flag can contain only letters, digits, hyphens (-), underscores (_), dollar signs ($), open braces ({), and close braces (}). Separate values with semicolons (;).

Request Failure Flag

No

Enter the request failure flag. If the returned value of the response matches one of request failure flags, the node is successfully performed. This parameter is available only when Check Returned Value is set to YES.

The request success flag can contain only letters, digits, hyphens (-), underscores (_), dollar signs ($), open braces ({), and close braces (}). Separate values with semicolons (;).

Retry Interval (seconds)

Yes

If the return value of the response message does not match the request success flag, the node keeps querying the matching status at a specified interval until the return value of the response message is the same as the request success flag. By default, the timeout interval of the node is one hour. If the return value of the response message does not match the request success flag within this period, the node status changes to Failed. This parameter is available only when Check Returned Value is set to YES.

The response message body parses the transfer parameter.

No

Specify the mapping between the job variable and JSON property path. Separate parameters by newline characters.

For example: var4=inner.inner.param4

var4 is a job variable. The job variable must consist of 1 to 16 characters and contain only letters and digits. inner.inner.param4 is the JSON property path.

This parameter takes effect only when it is referenced by the subsequent node. When this parameter is referenced, the format is ${var4}

Table 2 Advanced parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Description

Max. Node Execution Duration

Yes

Execution timeout interval for the node. If retry is configured and the execution is not complete within the timeout interval, the node will not be retried and is set to the failed state.

Retry upon Failure

Yes

Indicates whether to re-execute a node task if its execution fails. Possible values:

  • Yes: The node task will be re-executed, and the following parameters must be configured:
    • Maximum Retries
    • Retry Interval (seconds)
  • No: The node task will not be re-executed. This is the default setting.
NOTE:

If Timeout Interval is configured for the node, the node will not be executed again after the execution times out. Instead, the node is set to the failure state.

Failure Policy

Yes

Operation that will be performed if the node task fails to be executed. Possible values:

  • End the current job execution plan
  • Go to the next job
  • Suspend the current job execution plan
  • Suspend execution plans of the current and subsequent nodes
Table 3 Lineage

Parameter

Description

Input

Add

Click Add. In the Type drop-down list, select the type to be created. The value can be DLI, DWS, OBS, or CSS.

  • DWS
    • Connection Name: Click . In the displayed dialog box, select a DWS data connection.
    • Database: Click . In the displayed dialog box, select a DWS database.
    • Schema: Click . In the displayed dialog box, select a DWS schema.
    • Table Name: Click . In the displayed dialog box, select a DWS table.
  • OBS
    • Path: Click . In the displayed dialog box, select an OBS path.
  • CSS
    • Cluster Name: Click . In the displayed dialog box, select a CSS cluster.
    • Index: name of the CSS index.
  • DLI
    • Connection Name: Click . In the displayed dialog box, select a DLI data connection.
    • Database: Click . In the displayed dialog box, select a DLI database.
    • Table Name: Click . In the displayed dialog box, select a DLI table.

OK

Click OK to save the parameter settings.

Cancel

Click Cancel to cancel the parameter settings.

Edit

Click to modify the parameter settings. After the modification, save the settings.

Delete

Click to delete the parameter settings.

View Details

Click to view details about the table created based on the input lineage.

Output

Add

Click Add. In the Type drop-down list, select the type to be created. The value can be DLI, DWS, OBS, or CSS.

  • DWS
    • Connection Name: Click . In the displayed dialog box, select a DWS data connection.
    • Database: Click . In the displayed dialog box, select a DWS database.
    • Schema: Click . In the displayed dialog box, select a DWS schema.
    • Table Name: Click . In the displayed dialog box, select a DWS table.
  • OBS
    • Path: Click . In the displayed dialog box, select an OBS path.
  • CSS
    • Cluster Name: Click . In the displayed dialog box, select a CSS cluster.
    • Index: Enter a CSS index name.
  • DLI
    • Connection Name: Click . In the displayed dialog box, select a DLI data connection.
    • Database: Click . In the displayed dialog box, select a DLI database.
    • Table Name: Click . In the displayed dialog box, select a DLI table.

OK

Click OK to save the parameter settings.

Cancel

Click Cancel to cancel the parameter settings.

Edit

Click to modify the parameter settings. After the modification, save the settings.

Delete

Click to delete the parameter settings.

Table Details

Click to view details about the table created based on the output lineage.