Profiled Service Call Builder inputs for an HTTP service

Table 1. General inputs

Input Name	Description
Name	Name for this builder call. The WebSphere Portlet Factory Designer displays this name in the builder call list.
Service Call Type	Enable the HTTP radio button to configure a service call to an HTTP service.

Table 2. Service Call Arguments and Endpoint URL inputs

Input Name	Description
Endpoint URL	Enter the URL for the service.
Arguments	In the Arguments list, enter each argument name and use the reference chooser to set the value of the argument, or enter a text string directly.

Table 3. HTTP Inputs

Input Name	Description
HTTP Request Type	GET or POST. By default, HTTP service calls have a request type of GET unless you specifically enter POST.
HTTP Headers (optional)	In the HTTP Header list, enter any HTTP Header names and set the header values using the reference chooser, or enter a text string directly.
HTTP Headers UI Style	Allows you to specify a single HTTP header reference or multiple header references in the form of an action table. Table If you know how many headers you have to manipulate, enable this to display a table containing multiple HTTP headers. Reference Enable this to display a single input box and reference chooser by which you can select a single HTTP header.
(optional) Cookies	Enter the name for the cookie to include with the request and select the variable or method that contains or returns the cookie object.
Cookies UI Style	Allows you to specify a single cookie reference or multiple cookie references in the form of an action table. Table If you know how many cookies you have to manipulate, enable this to display a table containing multiple cookies. Reference Enable this to display a single input box and reference chooser by which you can select a single cookie.
(optional) Force Content type to	If the response from the HTTP service is something other than HTML, set the content type to the appropriate type. For example, text/xml

Table 4. Advanced Inputs

Input Name	Description
Timeout (seconds)	Time in seconds to wait before terminating service request.
(optional) Log request/response	Enable this input to display the SOAP request and response in the application server console and to log this information in WebSphere Portlet Factory log file.
Dummy Stub Result	Supply a value to be returned instead of actually calling the service. For example, you might enable this functionality for testing purposes during application development so the model this builder is in can run without exercising the service.
Basic Auth User ID	User ID (if needed) for basic authentication at service runtime.
Basic Auth Password	Password (if needed) for basic authentication at service runtime.
Continue on Error	Enable this input to allow the model to continue to run even if this builder returns an error during runtime generation. For example, a generation error occurs if the service is unavailable.
AutoCreate Input Vars	Enable this input to force the builder regeneration to create input variables for each of the service call inputs. You can see these variables in the variable section of the WebApp tree view after clicking Apply on the builder call. The names are in the form of buildername_argN_inputname. These variables do not appear in the builder call list, but you can get and set their values in methods. The variables are listed in the reference chooser. Note: To preserve pre-existing values in the builder input fields, request parameter inputs with existing content do not get automatically populated with the auto-created variable names. To get the automatically created input variable names into the request parameter inputs, clear out the current value, and either choose the new variable with the picker for that input field, or just un-check and re-check the AutoCreate Input Vars input. This technique allows hard coded and auto-created variables to be used in the inputs without loss of pre-existing typed in values.