Definition:

Webservice Listener is a connector that triggers an iXPath session after receiving the files in a webservice configuration.

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Configuration:

There is 2 parts in configuring of the webservice Listener:

• Configuring the Webservice Listener in the ConfigurationCOM menu:

In order to use the WebserviceListener, you have first to configure it in the ConfigurationCOM menu in the portal. This configuration is unique to the environment, and cannot be reused in another environment.   

There are 4 parameters to configure for the WebService Listener:

• Active: it is a boolean value to determine if the listener is active.

• URI: The Server domain name or IP address to communicate with.

• Port: It means The port of listening.

• Asynchronous: A boolean variable that determine if the nature of the Webservice to be used.

   

• Configuring the Webservice Listener in the scenario:

Then you have to configure the connector in the Scenario menu.

The parameters mentioned in the connector properties are : 

• WebserviceID: It is Websevice ID that is configured previously in the ConfigurationCOM menu of the environment.
• Method: signifies the calling method: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE…
• Mask:  a regex pattern for the input file name. it is set by default to '.*', meaning all files.