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  • January 28, 2019
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oliver.morris
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Hi I am trying to run this POST request but it doesn't pass the parameter correctly, can anyone kindly suggest what I am doing wrong? I am trying in Postman first and then will change it to work in SQL Server

Thank you

 

POST /fmerest/v3/transformations/transactdata/office_tasks/ROCK_PROPERTY_TO_TEAM.fmw?fmetoken=41544e72aac7b3da0b9095eac0cbdc23120b6d97 HTTP/1.1

Host: xxx.fmecloud.com

Content-Type: application/json

cache-control: no-cache

{ "publishedParameters": [

{"name": "file_path","value": "Rock_Properties_Upload_TEST1.xlsx"}

]}

Best answer by gerhardatsafe

Hi @olivermorris The POST /fmerest/v3/transformations/transactdata endpoint is expecting a file as body and not a published parameters with the filename in it:

https://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME_REST/apidoc/v3/index.html#!/transformations/post_post_24

If you want to submit a job with certain published parameters please have a look one these endpoints:

POST /transformations/transact/< repository >/< workspace >

POST /transformations/submit/< repository >/< workspace >

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oliver.morris
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  • January 28, 2019

it is something to do with the body, when i just use the default, without the body it works fine.

{

"timeRequested": "2019-01-28T16:33:33Z",

"requesterResultPort": 46477,

"numFeaturesOutput": 16510,

"requesterHost": "10.0.0.81",

"timeStarted": "2019-01-28T16:33:33Z",

"id": 325702,

"timeFinished": "2019-01-28T16:34:12Z",

"priority": -1,

"statusMessage": "Translation Successful",

"status": "SUCCESS"

}

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  • January 28, 2019

I took the published parameters straight from the FME server Rest API page which when run works fine:

{ "publishedParameters": [ { "name": "file_path", "value": "Rock_Properties_Upload_TEST.xlsx" } ] }

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  • January 28, 2019

What exactly do you mean by "doesn't pass the parameter correctly "? What does the job log say about this parameter?

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  • January 28, 2019

What exactly do you mean by "doesn't pass the parameter correctly "? What does the job log say about this parameter?

thanks for the help David,

 

I just get:

{

"timeRequested": "2019-01-28T17:02:57Z",

"requesterResultPort": 45111,

"numFeaturesOutput": 0,

"requesterHost": "10.0.0.81",

"timeStarted": "2019-01-28T17:02:57Z",

"id": 325729,

"timeFinished": "2019-01-28T17:02:58Z",

"priority": -1,

"statusMessage": "java.nio.file.DirectoryNotEmptyException: /data/fmeserver/resources/temp/geochem/office_loader",

"status": "FME_FAILURE"

}

 

Which basically is telling me it is trying to create a file where a folder currently is (from a previous run) the reason it is trying to create a file is that the parameter isnt being included in the POST

 

yet run I run it with the FME Server RestAPI webpage interface it is fine and shows up in the published parameters.

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  • January 28, 2019

Could you also post the failed job log?

oliver.morris
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  • January 28, 2019

Could you also post the failed job log?

job_325770.txt

The real reason is that the parameter isnt being passed, so there is something wrong with the api call I think - is it to do with the location of the fme token?

 

Thank you

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  • January 28, 2019

Hi @olivermorris The POST /fmerest/v3/transformations/transactdata endpoint is expecting a file as body and not a published parameters with the filename in it:

https://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME_REST/apidoc/v3/index.html#!/transformations/post_post_24

If you want to submit a job with certain published parameters please have a look one these endpoints:

POST /transformations/transact/< repository >/< workspace >

POST /transformations/submit/< repository >/< workspace >

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  • January 29, 2019

job_325770.txt

The real reason is that the parameter isnt being passed, so there is something wrong with the api call I think - is it to do with the location of the fme token?

 

Thank you

Regardless, I would not recommend passing the token on the URL, for security reasons. My recommendation is to put the token in the header.

Other than that, I suspect that @GerhardAtSafe is right.

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  • January 29, 2019

Hi @olivermorris The POST /fmerest/v3/transformations/transactdata endpoint is expecting a file as body and not a published parameters with the filename in it:

https://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME_REST/apidoc/v3/index.html#!/transformations/post_post_24

If you want to submit a job with certain published parameters please have a look one these endpoints:

POST /transformations/transact/< repository >/< workspace >

POST /transformations/submit/< repository >/< workspace >

Thank you, I was just using the wrong endpoint, worked immediately after the change. Thanks Gerhard.

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  • January 29, 2019

Regardless, I would not recommend passing the token on the URL, for security reasons. My recommendation is to put the token in the header.

Other than that, I suspect that @GerhardAtSafe is right.

Thanks David, yes I agree, although this is embedded within a stored procedure on sql server so the end user doesnt see any of it and it is just for internal use. Thanks for the help.

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