Get URL

Get URL

The get URL Deluge task corresponds to a HTTP GET request. It is normally supported by services to perform read-only operations like fetching data from external websites. By default, it supports websites running in port 80 and 443.

Syntax

a. To get a simple response with only the response content as String:

where,

<string-variable> - the name of the string variable to hold the response content in string format.
<url string> - the URL to be accessed, for example, "http://www.zoho.com"

b. To pass header information along with GET request, the information need to passed for third argument as map-variable

where,
header map variable holds the header values.

c. To get a detailed response that returns the response code (http status code) and response content as a key-value pair.

where,

<map-variable> - the name of the map variable to hold the response code and response content.
<URL String> - the URL to be accessed, for example, "http://www.zoho.com"

Syntax to get response code and response text

If the reponse text is of type XML, the executeXPath statement can be used to select nodes from the document. If the response text is of type JSON, it can be converted to XML.

Using Script Builder

To add the Get URL task in Script Builder,

1. Drag-n-drop the Web Data - get URL from the left-side task tree.
2. Click on Edit to display the Edit dialog.
3. Specify the URL string of the external website
4. Select "Simple Response" to get only the response content as a string or the "Detailed Response" to get the response code and response content as a key-value pair.
5. Specify the response variable name.
6. Click Done to add the value to the script editor, as shown in the screen-shot given below:

Example

Refer the example Tips & Tricks -> Get Data From External Websites