Summary
The article will review the specifications and actions supported under the Standard provider. The Standard provider is used to collect generic actions that can call multiple endpoints.
“Standard” is the Provider name used on the Provider Settings page. When selecting the Provider on the Profile screen, the name of the Provider may vary based on the action.
Available Actions
Provider | Action | Available |
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HTTP Provider | Make HTTP Request | 21.2 |
Action Detail
The section below reviews the available parameters for the supported action.
Make HTTP Request
The Make HTTP Request action will perform an HTTP request from the Provisioning system to a specified address. It allows you to specify the method, the body of the request, as well as any desired HTTP headers.
Using the Make HTTP Request action, you can:
Easily integrate with CostGuard APIs
Integrate with arbitrary third-party APIs
Achieve greater flexibility than the existing Web API action
Name | Type | Required* | Notes |
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Address | String | Yes | The address to which the HTTP request should be made |
Method | List | Yes | The HTTP method to use when making the request. Supported methods are: GET, DELETE, PATCH, POST, PUT. |
Headers |
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Include IDI Security Token | Boolean | No | If set to “Yes”, the request send will include an Authorization header that specifies a token that will allow integration with other CostGuard APIs. Note that this will take precedence over the Authorization parameter, as well as any “Authorization” headers specified in Additional Headers. |
Authorization | String | No | The value specified here will be sent as the value of the Authorization header in the request. Note that this will take precedence over any “Authorization” headers specified in Additional Headers. |
Content-Type | String | No | The value specified here will be sent as the value of the Content-Type header in the request. |
Additional Headers | String | No | A JSON object that represents any additional headers to be sent in the request. (The keys of the object should be the name of the HTTP header; the values should be the value of the header.) |
Body | String | No | The body of the request. |