I am trying to configure Blue Prism to make an API call, and then response of this API is a csv file.
Currently I have configured the webservice with "GET" command on the base URL.
But I am not sure what needs to be done in order to download / save the csv file that the API sends. I am assuming that it needs to be explicitly told.
Please help!
In your process, make the HTTP request to the API using the Utility - HTTP VBO's HTTP Request action. Store the Result output parameter in a Text-typed Data Item.
If you need to process the data in a tabular format...
Once the CSV data is there, you can use the Get CSV As Collection action in the Utility - Strings VBO to parse the CSV content into a collection:
If you need to simply save the file...
... use the Utility - File Management VBO's Write Text File action and point it to the location you need to save the CSV to:
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I am working on a webapp where the user provides an image file-text sequence. I am compressing the sequence into a single ZIP file uisng JSZip.
On the server I simply use PHP move_uploaded_file to the desired location after having checked the file upload error status.
A test ZIP file created in this way can be found here. I have downloaded the file, expanded it in Windows Explorer and verified that its contents (two images and some HTML markup in this instance) are all present and correct.
So far so good. The trouble begins when I try to fetch that same ZIP file and expand it using JSZip.loadAsync which consistently reports Corrupted zip: missing 210 bytes. My PHP code for squirting back the ZIP file is actually pretty simple. Shorn of the various security checks I have in place the essential bits of that code are listed below
if (file_exists($file))
{
ob_clean();
readfile($file);
http_response_code(200);
die();
} else http_response_code(399);
where the 399 code is interpreted in my webapp as a need to create a new resource locally instead of trying to read existing resource data. The trouble happens when I use the result text (on an HTTP response of 200) and feed it to JSZip.loadAsync.
What am I doing wrong here? I assume there is something too naive about the way I am using readfile at the PHP end but I am unable to figure out what that might be.
What we set out to do
Attempt to grab a server-side ZIP file from JavaScript
If it does not exist send back a reply (I simply set a custom HTTP response code of 399 and interpret it) telling the client to go prepare its own new local copy of that resource
If it does exist send back that ZIP file
Good so far. However, reading the existent ZIP file into PHP and sending it back does not make sense + is fraught with problems. My approach now is to send back an http_response_code of 302 which the client interprets as being an instruction to "go get that ZIP for yourself directly".
At this point to get the ZIP "directly" simply follow the instructions in this tutorial on MDN.
Im doing some json validating. I need to be able to add a local json file to a response in dummy sampler.
This because i need to validate new json files every day.
I figure out that i might use the JSR223 Post Response to get the file from a folder then set the Sampleresult.setResponseData to JSON.
Is there anyone who have a clue how i fo this?
The easiest is using __FileToString() function, you can put it to the "Response Data" field of the Dummy Sampler and it will read the file from the file system and respond with the file's contents:
If you have a folder with multiple JSON files and want to read them sequentially or randomly - consider using Directory Listing Config Plugin
Team,
I have service to register a user with certain data along with unique mail id and phone no in JSON file format as a body (for ex: registerbody.json).
Before Post call I am generating unique mail id , phone no and updating the same json file (registerbody.json) fields which is in the same folder where feature file locates. I see the file is updated with the required data during runtime.
I used read () method and performed POST request
Surprisingly read method is not taking updated JSON file instead it is reading old data in the registerbody.json file.
Do you have any idea on this, why it is picking up old data even though file is updated with the latest information?
Please assist me with this.
Karate uses the Java classpath, which is typically target/test-classes. So if you edit a file in src/test/java Karate won't see it unless it is copied. This copying is automatically done when you build / compile your code.
My suggestion is use target/ as a temp folder and then you can read using the file: prefix:
* def payload = read('file:some.json')
Before Post call I am generating unique mail id , phone no and updating the same json file (registerbody.json)
You are making a big mistake here, Karate specializes in updating JSON based on variables. I suggest you take 5 minutes and read this part of the docs VERY carefully: https://github.com/intuit/karate#reading-files
Especially the part about embedded expressions: https://github.com/intuit/karate#embedded-expressions
Having launched a scheduled report in SAP BO, is it possible to somehow download from the file repository server?
I am working with the Web Intelligence RESTful API. While it is possible to export a report synchronously using the GET /documents/<documentID>?<optional_parameters> request, I have not found any non-blocking asynchronous way except for using schedules.
Here's the intended workflow:
Create a scheduled report ("now") using POST /documents/<documentID>/schedules. Use a custom unique <ReportName>, store the scheduleID
Poll the schedule status using GET /documents/<documentID>/schedules/<scheduleID>
If the schedule status is 1 (success), find the file using a CMS query
Send a POST /cmsquery with content {query: "select * from ci_infoObjects where si_instance=1 and si_schedule_status in (1) and si_name = '<ReportName>'"}
From the result, read "SI_FILES": {"SI_FILE1": "<generatedName>.pdf","SI_VALUE1": 205168,"SI_NUM_FILES":1,"SI_PATH": "frs://Output/<Path>"}
Using the browser or the RESTful API, download the file
Is step 4 possible at all? What would be the URL?
The internal base path can be configured in the CMC, and the file location would be <Path>/<generatedName>.pdf. But how can this file be accessed programmatically OR using an URL without the need to log into the BO BI interface?
As a workaround, it is possible to use the openReport method, thereby passing the scheduleID (which is equal to the SI_ID from the infostore) as parameter.
GET /BOE/OpenDocument/opendoc/openDocument.jsp?iDocID=<scheduleID>&sIDType=InfoObjectID&token=<token>
For file type PDF, the browser internal PDF viewer is displayed. For XLS, the download is immediately initiated.
Another option is to generate report directly into shared location for example to FTP server. Here is how:
In the "Folders" management area of the CMC, select an object.
Click Actions > Schedule, and access the "Destination" page.
If you are scheduling a Web Intelligence document, click Formats
and Destinations.
Select FTP Server as the destination.
For Web Intelligence document, select FTP Server under "Output Format Details"and then
click Destination Options and Settings.
Here is the adm guide where it is explained in more details (p. 858)
https://help.sap.com/doc/24e00820a014406495980dea5d768d52/XI.3.1/en-US/xi31_sp3_bip_admin_en.pdf
Or you can check also exact steps who already done this:
https://blogs.sap.com/2015/06/10/scheduling-webi-report-output-to-ftp-shared-file-location/
After that you can expose your FTP server to internet and construct an URL for download.
I tried below steps to retrieve the scheduled instance of a WEBI report in any format.
Get the list of all the schedule instance with their IDs.
Method: Get
Headers: X-SAP-LogonToken: <token>
API: <base_url>/raylight/v1/documents/<Report ID>/schedules
Select the instance ID you received from step 1 API's response which you want to download and pass the instance ID to below API.
Method: Get
Headers: X-SAP-LogonToken: <token>
API: <base_url>/infostore/folder/<Instance ID>/file
Save the response to .wid/.xlsx/.pdf format using Save response -> Save to a file option on the response body of step 2 API.
I tried it and this works :)
I need to create an endpoint which return some form of a report. Something like:
api-v1/report?format=XML. And it report with custom XML-report.
What should I do in case xsl?
api-v1/report?format=XSL is it normal to answer on such request with XSL(Excel) file?
the resource (data) should be independent from the formatting/encoding
whether it is xml, json, xls, csv, etc should be determined through "content negotiation" usually accomplished by using the "accept" header.
One solution is to respond with the URL of where the file can be downloaded from, instead of sending the contents of the file.