question invoke http. i want to make form Authorisation before data send to api,i have been given a post http link (other than host url), content type and username and password , where and how to add them in nifi in invoke http in Support Questions

invoke http. i want to make form Authorisation before data send to api,i have been given a post http link (other than host url), content type and username and password , where and how to add them in nifi in invoke http

san_re — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 07:18:22 GMT

i have got the below details other than normal host url,

POST /j_security_check
Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

j_username=<userid>&j_password=<password>

stevenmatison — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 12:11:53 GMT

@san_re The configuration of Remote Url in InvokeHTTP should be as follows:

/j_security_check?j_username=${j_username}&j_password=${j_password}

Notice the credential values are passed to the url with the ?. This is the only change in the processor config.

Here is a demo flow:

GenerateFlowFile - starts flow for testing

UpdateAttribute - sets user, pass,and mime type attributes needed in InvokeHttp

InvokeHttp - sends POST

You can find this template on my GitHub to inspect the entire flow: