Thanks Matt On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 3:22 PM, Matt Burgess <mattyb...@apache.org> wrote:
> Mohammed, > > HandleHttpRequest [1] allows you to specify the listening port as well > as Allowed Paths. Using the hostname/IP of the NiFi instance, along > with the Listening Port and Allowed Paths, creates an endpoint to > which you can issue HTTP commands (GET, PUT, POST -- all can be > allowed or denied via the processor properties). I think under the > hood the processor spawns Jetty with the configured properties to > accept the request(s). > > So for a hostname of "nifi.mydomain.com", with a listening port of > 8989 and an Allowed Path of /sendParameters, you could POST to > http://nifi.mydomain.com:8989/sendParameters and the (running) > HandleHttpRequest processor would accept it. Check the documentation > and example Hello_NiFi_Web_Service [2] for usage patterns, such as > using a downstream HandleHttpResponse processor in order to return a > response from the request. > > Regards, > Matt > > [1] https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/components/org. > apache.nifi.processors.standard.HandleHttpRequest/index.html > [2] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NIFI/ > Example+Dataflow+Templates > > On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 11:55 AM, mohammed shambakey > <shambak...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi > > > > I'm sorry if the question is silly, but it is giving me a hard time. We > have > > a web page that contain some inputs (e.g., userid and other parameters) > and > > I want to sent these parameters to a remote nifi-instance. > > > > I think I should use "handlHTTPRequst" processor at the remote instance, > but > > I'm not sure how the web page can specify the address of the > > "handlHTTPRequest" processor at the remote NIFI site (e.g., we have the > IP > > address of the remote NIFI instance, but how to specify the address of > the > > "handleHTTPPequst" processor)? > > > > I've seen some examples on NIFI docs about "hendleHTTPRequest" but they > > don't have the web page to NIFI instance. I wonder if there are other > > examples for this case? > > > > Regards > > > > -- > > Mohammed > -- Mohammed
