In my experience, web service credentials and the base url for a web service go hand in hand. For example, if I have credentials for a sandbox instance of a service, that would go along with a sandbox base url (ex. https://sandbox.servicename/api/v2 or https://servicename/sandbox/api/v2 )
But I have found that the pre-built web services do not prompt for a base url.
I realize that I can add a prompt by creating my own Web Service, but how would I access my Base Url parameter within the Request URL in the HTTPCaller?
My idea is:
- Prompt for endpoint base url by default in all Web Services (to be entered while creating a new Web Connection).
- In the HttpCaller transform, rename the “Use Authentication” checkbox to “Use Authentication / Web Connection”
- In HttpCaller, move Request Url below the checkbox
- If there is a non-empty endpoint base url defined in the selected Web Connection, Add a “« base url” marker into the Request Url textbox
- The user can then complete the endpoint (i.e. /employees )
The benefit of this feature is that I can have multiple workspaces all using the same Web Connection, and if either the URL or the credentials change, I can modify this once in FME Flow without having to alter any workspaces in FME Form.
