HTTP

A BDK Book containing procedures for making HTTP requests.

Prerequisites

Learning the HTTP Book (BDK)

Connectivity

This Book supports the following connectivity methods.

Note: If connect is set, "Authorization" header will be added automatically to the request and manually set "Authorization" header will be ignored.

Username and Password

Connect to the HTTP server using basic authentication.

Label	Description	Type
Username	The username for basic authentication.	text
Password	The password for basic authentication.	text

Token URL, Client ID and Client Secret

Connect to the HTTP server using client credentials method.

Label	Description	Type
Token URL	The token URL for client credentials.	text
Client ID	The client ID for client credentials.	text
Client Secret	The client secret for client credentials.	text

Username and Password

Connect to the HTTP server using digest authentication.

Label	Description	Type
Username	The username for digest authentication.	text
Password	The password for digest authentication.	text

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Configuration

The following table details all the available configuration options for this Book.

Concept	Description	Type	Default Value
timeout	Get the value of the timeout.	number	30
allow insecure transport	Get the value of the allow insecure transport.	boolean	False

Configuration can be set or retrieved as shown in the following examples:

the department's HTTP's timeout is 30