Header Fields in HTTP Adapter

[Former Member]

Hi,

Can anyone please explain meaning of "Header fields in HTTP adapter" ? It has "Name" and "Value" fields in the receiver HTTP channel.

If I enter values like:

Name Value

Source XYZ

Destination ABC

Where will these appear in outbound HTTP post ?

Also, is this different from "HTTP Header Fields" checkbox available in "Adapter specific message attributes" section ?

Thanks

Bhaven

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

The HTTP protocol supports transporting besides the payload a list of headers (key/value pairs). These headers are for example used to transport basic authentication. Other examples are the soap action header, the agent header and so on. Each server/client application could add/require it's own headers. That is why you may add individual headers.

[stefan_grube]

> Also, is this different from "HTTP Header Fields" checkbox available in "Adapter specific message attributes" section ?

You use this, when you want to have dynamic header fields. You put here a key, but instead of a value you put a parameter name, which can be filled with a value during mapping runtime.

Regards

Stefan

[Former Member]

The Adapter specific attributes checkbox configures whether adapter specific attributes are to be used for configuration of the headers (as explained above).