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Operation Parameters for Published REST

Last modified: June 29, 2022

1 Introduction

When a client calls a published REST operation, they call a URL with an optional query string and possibly a body. These parameters can be passed to the microflow and import mapping as path parameters, query parameters, and body parameters respectively.

When you add or edit a parameter in a published REST operation, you can specify the settings described below. These settings are in the add parameter pop-up dialog in the add operation for resource dialog.

2 General

2.1 Parameter Type

Specify where the parameter comes from. Possible values are the following:

  • Query – when the request contains a query string such as ?name=John&age=42, you can pass these to the microflow by adding query parameters. For more information, see Published REST Query Parameters.
  • Path The operation path can contain parameters as well. If you add a path parameter, make sure you add it to the operation path as well. For more information, see Published REST Path Parameters.
  • Body – the microflow can have 0 or 1 body parameters. A body parameter is taken from the body of the request. If the body is a file document or an image, its contents will be filled with the body of the request. If the body parameter is an other type of object or a list, an import mapping is needed to convert the body content of the request into an object or a list. GET, HEAD and OPTIONS operations shouldn’t have body parameters.
  • Header – the value of a header parameter is taken from the (first) request header with that name

2.2 Name

The name of the parameter. For a header parameter, this should be the name of the request header.

2.3 Type

Specify the type of the parameter. Object or list parameters can only come from the body of the request.

2.4 Microflow Parameter

Specify the microflow parameter that will be filled with the value from this operation parameter. You should always select one, except for when you defined a path parameter to be passed to the import mapping.

3 Mapping

The mapping group is only shown for body parameters.

3.1 Import Mapping

Specify the import mapping that converts the body of the request (JSON or XML) into an Object or a List.

You can use an import mapping that takes a primitive parameter (string, integer, etcetera) if the operation has no more than one path parameter with that type. The value of that path parameter will be passed to the microflow. If there is no path parameter, and empty value will be passed to the import mapping.

3.2 If No Object Was Found

You can indicate what should happen if no object was found when the import mapping has checked the box decide this at the place where the mapping gets used. Typically this is Create for POST operations and Error for PUT and PATCH operations.

3.3 Commit

You can indicate whether the import mapping should commit the objects that it creates or changes. You can choose between the following:

  • Yes – commits the changes and triggers events such as validation rules
  • Yes without events – commits the changes without triggering events such as validation rules
  • No – does not commit the changes, so you can commit them in your microflow. This is useful if you want to add some additional checks in your microflow, and skip the commit if one of those checks fail