HttpCaller - Parameter output filename has always local directory from FME Desktop

Hi @mattenp

Do you want to be able to write the HTTPCaller output to a directory under Resources on FME Server? You can do that by using a private parameter in the workspace. For example, if you wanted to write the file to a directory under Resources > Data on FME Server, you could set the output filename in the HTTPCaller to something like the following:

 

$(FME_SHAREDRESOURCE_DATA)\\HTTPCallerOutput\\filename.txt

Here's how I set mine up:

Hi Laura,

 

thanks, that worked, but the next problem is to read the file with the transformer FeatureReader.

 

There, I can't use the Dataset

 

$(FME_SHAREDRESOURCE_DATA)\\HTTPCallerOutput\\filename.txt

 

Best regards,

 

Matthias

mattenp wrote:

Hi Laura,

 

thanks, that worked, but the next problem is to read the file with the transformer FeatureReader.

 

There, I can't use the Dataset

 

$(FME_SHAREDRESOURCE_DATA)\\HTTPCallerOutput\\filename.txt

 

Best regards,

 

Matthias

Hi @mattenp,

 

Sorry, I didn't see your response come in until just now. What type of file are you downloading with the HTTPCaller?

 

The $(FME_SHAREDRESOURCE_DATA) parameter should also work inside the FeatureReader. When you do that, change the Output port setting on the transformer to 'Single Output Port', then any data FME reads from Resources will be sent out the <Generic> port on the FeatureReader. The workspace won't run on FME Desktop when it's set up like this, but it should run on FME Server.

 

If that still doesn't work, could you please share a copy of your logfile to this question? Any errors reported may help with sorting out what's going wrong.