WebServiceDataSource Wizard
The Web Service Data Source Wizard allows you to create a new or edit an existing WebServiceDataSource component based on several settings. After the wizard appears you have to perform the following steps:
Configure data retrieval
Setup the properties of the HTTP request which will retrieve data from the web service:
Setting
Description
Service URL
The URL the request is sent to. Returns the data from the web service. Required.
Authentication Type
The authentication type. We support Basic and 2-step authentications.
Encoding
Data encoding. Default is UTF-8.
Method
HTTP request method. GET and POST are the supported methods.
Body
The body of the POST method. Applicable only for POST HTTP request method.
Data Selector
The JSONPath expression string which will be used to query the data. For more information please refer to How to: Use JSONPath to filter JSON data.
And/or enter data inline:
Setting
Description
Source
The inline data string containing the data. Required if Service URL or external data file is not set.
Data Selector
The JSONPath expression string which will be used to query the JSON data. For more information please refer to How to: Use JSONPath to filter JSON data.
And/or reference an external data file:
Setting
Description
Source
The external data file containing the data. The URI to the file might be relative or absolute. Required if Service URL or inline data string is not set.
Data Selector
The JSONPath expression string which will be used to query the JSON data. For more information please refer to How to: Use JSONPath to filter JSON data.
Configure request parameters
The parameters of the HTTP request to be applied. The supported types are Query, Header, Cookie, and Inline. The inline parameters are parameters that are used to replace parameter tokens (@param1) in the URL and the Body fields with the expression result or static value.
Basic Authentication
Setting
Description
Username
The username used to authenticate. Required.
Password
The password used to authenticate.
2-Step Authentication
Setting
Description
Login URL
This URL returns the authentication token or session key that allows you to access the API. Required.
Username
The username used to authenticate. The username and password are needed only when the Login URL uses Basic Authentication to retrieve the authentication token/key.
Password
The password used to authenticate.
Response
Specifies the type of the expected response from the Login URL. JSON and plain text are supported.
Login Method
Specifies the HTTP request method to be used.
Token Path
This is a regular expression that allows to retrieve the authentication or session key from the response received via the Login URL. For example, when the Login URL returns a JSON response containing the authentication token in the form:
{"access_token":"cbm9W3MeTeVPuO5CIq_DTvG5KbzydpRQ","token_type":"bearer","expires_in":1799,"userName":"demouser",".issued":"Tue, 15 May 2018 08:42:32 GMT",".expires":"Tue, 15 May 2018 09:12:32 GMT"}
the token path regular expression to retrieve the token would be:
(?:"access_token":")(.*?)(?:")
Logout URL
This URL is called if the resource features a lockout for having too many sessions open. Refresh the report and try again after successfully logging out.
Logout Method
Specifies the HTTP request method used for the Logout URL.
Body
The body of the login HTTP request. Applicable only for POST HTTP request method.
2-Step Authentication Parameters
The parameters of the HTTP request to be applied. The supported types are Query, Header, Cookie and Inline. The inline parameters are parameters that are used to replace parameter tokens (@param1) in the URL and the Body fields with the expression result or static value.