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HTTP Action Command Tab

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This tab of the HTTP action specifies the HTTP request information.

 

HTTPCommand

 

Command: The command to perform (Get to file, Get to macro, Put file, Post file, Post form data, Delete).

 

Local file/Macro name: For file operations, the name of the local file; For Get to macro and Post from data, the name of a temporary macro to store the response in (required).

 

URL: The URL on the server to submit the request to (required)

 

Transfer type: The transfer mode:

Binary: the resource data is copied to the local system exactly as it is stored on the server.
ASCII: If the resource being downloaded from the server is textual, the data is automatically converted so that the end of line character sequence is compatible with the Windows platform. Individual carriage return or linefeed characters are converted to carriage return/linefeed character sequences.

 

Form data/Form field: For the Post form data command, enter the form data to be posted; For the Post file command, enter the name of the form field name that the script expects (if empty, a default field name of "File1" is used).

 

Logging: Level of logging to perform on network communications or file transfers:

None: No logging (other than a count of files transferred)
All: All network communications logged
Errors: Only errors logged
Errors/warnings: Any errors and warnings logged
All + Hex dump: Logs all networks communications and a hex dump of all data transferred
Filenames: The filename of each file processed is logged when transfer of the file begins
Filenames + Progress: Logs each file transferred and logs a period (.) to the Output pane/log file every 10 seconds while transferring files

 

Note: The FTP action will create the destination folder for a file if it doesn't already exist.