RED Connector HTTP

This connector can be used for HTTP and HTTPS connections.

Current CLI version: 1

Installation

pip3 install --user --upgrade red-connector-http==1.0

Additionally, if you would like to use mount-dir functionality, the HTTPDirFS CLI tools must be installed from source.

Inputs

receive-file

Access Type Optional Default Description
url string no   URL starting with http:// or https://
method enum: GET, PUT, POST yes GET HTTP method
auth dict yes   Authentication information
auth.username string no   Username
auth.password string no   Password
auth.method enum: BASIC, DIGEST yes BASIC Authentication method
disableSSLVerification boolean yes False Disable verification of SSL cert
command: "red-connector-http"
access:
  url: "http://example.com/files/data.csv"
  method: "GET"
  auth:
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    method: "BASIC"
  disableSSLVerification: False

receive-dir

Access Type Optional Default Description
url string no   URL starting with http:// or https://
method enum: GET, PUT, POST yes GET HTTP method
auth dict yes   Authentication information
auth.username string no   Username
auth.password string no   Password
auth.method enum: BASIC, DIGEST yes BASIC Authentication method
disableSSLVerification boolean yes False Disable verification of SSL cert
command: "red-connector-http"
access:
  url: "http://example.com/files/data.csv"
  method: "GET"
  auth:
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    method: "BASIC"
  disableSSLVerification: False

Listing

This connector requires a listing. The connector will automatically combine the provided base URL with the directories and files in the listing to form new URLs.

Example:

inputs:
  mydata:
    class: "Directory"
    connector:
      command: "red-connector-http"
      access:
        url: "http://example.com/files"
    listing:
      - class: 'File'
        basename: 'hello.txt'
      - class: 'Directory'
        basename: 'foo'
        listing:
          - class: 'File'
            basename: 'world.json'
          - class: 'Directory'
            basename: 'bar'
            listing:
              - class: 'File'
                basename: 'table.csv'

This will download files from the following URLs:

  • http://example.com/files/hello.txt
  • http://example.com/files/foo/world.json
  • http://example.com/files/foo/bar/table.csv

They will be stored as:

  • ${GENERATED_DIR}/mydata/hello.txt
  • ${GENERATED_DIR}/mydata/foo/world.json
  • ${GENERATED_DIR}/mydata/foo/bar/table.csv

mount-dir

Access Type Optional Default Description
url string no   URL starting with http:// or https://
auth dict yes   Authentication information
auth.username string no   Username
auth.password string no   Password
command: "red-connector-http"
mount: true
access:
  url: "http://example.com/files"
  auth:
    username: "username"
    password: "password"

Listing

Optional. Only used for verification.

Outputs

send-file

Access Type Optional Default Description
url string no   URL starting with http:// or https://
method enum: GET, PUT, POST yes POST HTTP method
auth dict yes   Authentication information
auth.username string no   Username
auth.password string no   Password
auth.method enum: BASIC, DIGEST yes BASIC Authentication method
disableSSLVerification boolean yes False Disable verification of SSL cert
command: "red-connector-http"
access:
  url: "http://example.com/files/data.csv"
  method: "GET"
  auth:
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    method: "BASIC"
  disableSSLVerification: False

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