Check if webservice is available

Description

The Check If Webservice Is Available transform checks if a webservice URL in the data stream is valid, can be connected to and can be read. If it connects within the given time and data can be read, it returns 'true' as a boolean result value, otherwise 'false'. Further information of the failing reason can be found in the log when debug logging is enabled.

Supported Engines

Hop Engine

Supported

Spark

Maybe Supported

Flink

Maybe Supported

Dataflow

Maybe Supported

Options

Option	Description
Transform name	Name of the transform.
URL field	Specifies the URL fieldname in the data stream. The URL is checked for every row that is coming into this transform.
Connect timeout (ms)	The connect timeout in ms. The value is depending on the quality of service of this URL and experiences.
Read timeout (ms)	After connection, the transform tries to read data. This value gives the read timeout in ms. The value is depending on the quality of service of this URL and experiences.
Result fieldname	If it connects within the given timeout and data can be read, it returns 'true' as a boolean result value, otherwise 'false'

Option

Description

Transform name

Name of the transform.

URL field

Specifies the URL fieldname in the data stream. The URL is checked for every row that is coming into this transform.

Connect timeout (ms)

The connect timeout in ms. The value is depending on the quality of service of this URL and experiences.

Read timeout (ms)

After connection, the transform tries to read data. This value gives the read timeout in ms. The value is depending on the quality of service of this URL and experiences.

Result fieldname

If it connects within the given timeout and data can be read, it returns 'true' as a boolean result value, otherwise 'false'