Thanks Bryan. I will take a look. I might have a few questions to resolve errors from the UI once I try again.
On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 10:14 AM, Bryan Bende <[email protected]> wrote: > If you can share a little more info about what the API that you're trying > to interact with looks like, we can likely provide more concrete guidance. > > As a very basic test, to familiarize yourself with the Expression > Language, you could create a "dummy flow" such as: > - GenerateFlowFile to create a new FlowFile on a timer > - UpdateAttribute to set attributes you want to be passed to your API, you > can use expression language here to create dynamic date/time values > - InvokeHttp to call your API > - You could then route the "Response" relationship from InvokeHttp to some > other processor to possibly extract information from the response for > further use > > Let us know if we can help more. > > On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 9:51 AM, Christopher Hamm <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I am trying to query api based on date/time and possibly based on results >> from fields of another query. >> On Nov 3, 2015 9:41 AM, "Bryan Bende" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Christopher, >>> >>> In terms of templates, the best resources we have right now are: >>> >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NIFI/Example+Dataflow+Templates >>> https://github.com/xmlking/nifi-examples >>> >>> For expression language we have the EL guide: >>> >>> https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/html/expression-language-guide.html >>> >>> Is there a specific flow you are trying to tackle? >>> >>> -Bryan >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 9:36 AM, Christopher Hamm < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Is there a repo of nifi templates with advanced features that use lots >>>> of expression language expecially when used to make requests? I can't find >>>> enough docs or youtube videos that really dig into it. >>>> >>> >>> > -- Sincerely, Chris Hamm (E) [email protected] (Twitter) http://twitter.com/webhamm (Linkedin) http://www.linkedin.com/in/chrishamm
