HTTP for NoFlo

This package provides utility components to create HTTP/HTTPS clients in the NoFlo Node.js runtime. Based on HTTP and HTTPS for Node.js

Package Installation

npm install noflo-http --save

Component Usage

ConfigRequest

Create an object with a few request properties

Port | Name | Datatype | Description -----|------|----------|------------- InPort | href | string | String specifying the URL for the request. It should be of the form '<protocol>://<hostname>:<port>/<path>?<query>'. It supports http and https protocols InPort | method | string | String specifying the request method. Defaults to 'GET' OutPort | url | object | Object with request properties

You can use noflo-objects to add more properties to the url object.

Headers

Add Headers to the URL object

Port | Name | Datatype | Description -----|------|----------|------------- InPort | url | object | Object with request properties InPort | headers | string | String specifying the request headers. It should be of the form '{"<field_name>":"<value>" [, ...]}' Defaults to '{}' OutPort | out | object | Object with request properties and headers

ReceiveResponse

On response event

Port | Name | Datatype | Description -----|------|----------|------------- InPort | request | object | Object with request parameters OutPort | response | string | Raw data received from the server OutPort | message | string | Payload of the data received from the server

SendRequest

Send request

Port | Name | Datatype | Description -----|------|----------|------------- InPort | url | all | object or string. If it is an object, this should have the properties described here. (You can use the ConfigRequest component to build an url object with a few basic properties). If it is a string, this should be of the form '<protocol>://<hostname>:<port>/<path>?<query>'. Supports http and https protocols InPort | data | bang | Data to write in the body of the request InPort | start | bang | Signal to send the request OutPort | request | object | Object with request parameters

Examples

Name | Gist | Flowhub -----|------|-------- HTTP GET Client | code | example