I have some undisciplined samples [1] in Groovy with HttpBuilder, also you could use httplib in Python [2] (some 2.4-based examples at [3]). For Java you can use OkHttp [4] as some of the NiFi processors do, or Apache HttpComponents (example [5]), etc.
Regards, Matt [1] https://github.com/mattyb149/nifi-client/tree/master/src/main/groovy/nifi/client [2] https://docs.python.org/2/library/httplib.html [3] https://docs.python.org/2.4/lib/httplib-examples.html [4] http://square.github.io/okhttp/ [5] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3324717/sending-http-post-request-in-java On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 7:29 PM, James McMahon <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Matt. This helps me configure NiFi to field the request. Is there > an example you can point me towards that shows how to build, issue, and send > such a request - in Python or java, for example? > > On Sun, Sep 4, 2016 at 8:22 AM, Matt Burgess <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> James, >> >> For simple calls that return immediately, ListenHttp probably works >> fine. For more flexible and powerful processing of HTTP requests (and >> responses), you might be better off with HandleHttpRequest and >> HandleHttpResponse. There is an example of this under >> Hello_NiFi_Web_Service [1]. >> >> Regards, >> Matt >> >> [1] >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NIFI/Example+Dataflow+Templates >> >> On Sun, Sep 4, 2016 at 7:40 AM, James McMahon <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > I have a series of applications, each of which I need to redesign so >> > that >> > they post raw data to NiFi. Is there an example showing how to to >> > construct >> > and execute RESTful calls that push data to NiFi? My assumption is that >> > I >> > would establish a ListenHTTP processor in my workflow to receive the >> > incoming content. Is that correct, or should this be handled >> > differently? My >> > apps are in java and are simple, so I can readily port them to nodeJS, >> > Python, Groovy, etc. Thanks in advance for your help. > >
