Yes, I passed a header with key "Accept" and value "application/json". I followed your instruction and add a new property in the InvokeHTTP process called "Accept" and value of "application/json", but I now had an error said "'Accept' validated against 'application/json' is invalid because 'Accept' is not a supported property."
Did I do something wrong? Thanks, Indus On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Joe Percivall <[email protected]> wrote: > I see, as for the request I'm guessing you mean you pass a header with key > "Accept" and value "application/json"? If so in the configuration tab for > the processor properties create a new dynamic one (using the plus in the > top right) with a key of "Accept" and value of "application/json". > > You use the "Attributes to Send" property when you already have the header > value as an attribute of the flowfile and want to send an attribute with > that name and it's value. > > Joe > > - - - - - - > Joseph Percivall > linkedin.com/in/Percivall > e: [email protected] > > > > > On Friday, December 4, 2015 4:06 PM, indus well <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Thanks, Joe. My use case involves calling a REST service that returns XML > response by default. However, it also has option for JSON which I can pass > "Accept: application/json" along with the request using CURL for example. I > tried to set that on the "Attributes to Send" property in the InvokeHTTP > processor, but it did not work. It always returns XML. > > Thanks, > > Indus > > > On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Joe Percivall <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello Indus, > > > >Are you receiving a specific error when you attempt to receive a JSON > response? > > > >I can configure an InvokeHTTP processor to GET "http://api.randomuser.me/"; > by just setting the URL and it properly receives back a JSON response. > > > >Joe > > > > > >- - - - - - > >Joseph Percivall > >linkedin.com/in/Percivall > >e: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > >On Friday, December 4, 2015 3:27 PM, indus well <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > >Hi All: > > > >How would I configure the InvokeHTTP processor to receive content type of > JSON response? > > > >Thanks, > > > >Indus Well > > >
