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  • May 18, 2019
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scobierob

I have been using FME for some simple tasks but I would like to take it to the next level. I have workbench is a simple conversion from .pbf format and it loads this information into a geodatabase.

Next up I would like to have this workbench download an updated pbf file before it starts the conversion.

Is there a way to run an HTTPCaller and then automatically read a file that is downloaded from this transformer within a workspace? I am not sure how I would connect the output of the HTTPcaller so that is readable within my workspace.

 

 

Best answer by takashi

If you downloaded a file with the HTTPCaller, the output feature would have an attribute (named "_response_file_path" by default) that stores the file path. A possible way to read the file is: connect a FeatureReader to the HTTPCaller output port and set the file path attribute to its Dataset parameter.

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If you downloaded a file with the HTTPCaller, the output feature would have an attribute (named "_response_file_path" by default) that stores the file path. A possible way to read the file is: connect a FeatureReader to the HTTPCaller output port and set the file path attribute to its Dataset parameter.

Why not inspect features with Visual/Data Preview and Feature/Record Information before writing them into a destination dataset?

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