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The TIBCO StreamBase® Web Input Adapter allows the StreamBase application to receive JSON-formatted tuples via a HTTP POST
request. When this adapter is placed on the canvas, it takes the input port's schema and creates a REST endpoint based on
the fully qualified path of the adapter, unless specified by the context path property. For example, if the adapter's path
including the container name is default.module1.webinput
then a REST endpoint is created at http://localhost:10090/default/module1/webinput using the default 10090 port. A default
web page is created at the root that lists all available endpoints and their schemas.
The root endpoint also provides a test page for each endpoint; to view the default page visit http://localhost:10090 when your application is running.
This section describes the properties you can set for this adapter, using the various tabs of the Properties view in StreamBase Studio.
Name: Use this required field to specify or change the name of this instance of this component, which must be unique in the current EventFlow module. The name must contain only alphabetic characters, numbers, and underscores, and no hyphens or other special characters. The first character must be alphabetic or an underscore.
Operator: A read-only field that shows the formal name of the operator.
Class name: Shows the fully qualified class name that implements the functionality of this operator. If you need to reference this class name elsewhere in your application, you can right-click this field and select Copy from the context menu to place the full class name in the system clipboard.
Start options: This field provides a link to the Cluster Aware tab, where you configure the conditions under which this operator starts.
Enable Error Output Port: Select this check box to add an Error Port to this component. In the EventFlow canvas, the Error Port shows as a red output port, always the last port for the component. See Using Error Ports to learn about Error Ports.
Description: Optionally enter text to briefly describe the component's purpose and function. In the EventFlow Editor canvas, you can see the description by pressing Ctrl while the component's tooltip is displayed.
Property | Type | Description |
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WebStream Configuration | Edit Button | Shortcut to the StreamBase Configuration File Editor, used for adapter configuration or converting an existing application's adapter-configurations.xml file to HOCON format.
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Context Path | string | The context path for this REST endpoint, if empty the fully qualified path of this operator is used. |
Linked Web Input Response | string | The linked web input response adapter to use to complete a REST response via event flow. If this value is not set, a default REST response is sent for each REST call. |
Output Request Metadata | check box | If enabled, a field is output with each tuple that contains the http request metadata. This metadata field will contain extra details about the request such as headers and method. The output field is named SB_RequestData. |
Timestamp Format | string | The timestamp format used to convert timestamp fields. |
Use the settings in this tab to allow this operator or adapter to start and stop based on conditions that occur at runtime in a cluster with more than one node. During initial development of the fragment that contains this operator or adapter, and for maximum compatibility with TIBCO Streaming releases before 10.5.0, leave the Cluster start policy control in its default setting, Start with module.
Cluster awareness is an advanced topic that requires an understanding of StreamBase Runtime architecture features, including clusters, quorums, availability zones, and partitions. See Cluster Awareness Tab Settings on the Using Cluster Awareness page for instructions on configuring this tab.
The input port is used to determine the schema of the inbound REST request. Any tuples entering this port are sent directly out on the output port untouched.
The output port will emit tuples that either entered this adapter via the input port or were received by the REST endpoint automatically created for this adapter on startup. If the Linked Web Input Response adapter is set, then a SB_ResponseId field is set as a unique Id for each REST called received by this adapter.
This section describes how the REST endpoint protocol works.
The Web Input adapter allows POST, PUT, GET, and DELETE requests with a JSON formatted body. The body must match the schema
of the input port of the adapter. For example, if the input schema is (ID string, Field1 string, Field2 string)
then the resulting JSON request must be {"ID":null,"Field1":null,"Field2":null}
. Fields are optional depending on your application.
Note for GET requests, the path parameters are converted into tuple fields (for example, http://localhost:10090/test?ID=123&Field1=test would create a tuple with the ID and Field1 fields set).
List path parameters are also valid by specifying the path parameter more than once. For example, http://localhost:10090/test?MyList=test1&MyList=test2 would be converted to a (MyList list(string)) in StreamBase.
If the Linked Web Input Response is not set then the response from a REST POST request will be a simple JSON encode response, and is one of:
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{"Status":"OK"}
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{"Type":"[exception type here]", "Error":"Reading", "Message":"[error message here]"}
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{"Type":"[exception type here]", "Error":"Parsing", "Message":"[error message here]"}
If the Linked Web Input Response is set, then the response is sent when the tuple produced by this adapter enters the corresponding Web Input Response adapter and the REST response will be based on that adapter's input schema.
Only exactly one webstream configuration is allowed per application, which all adapters will use if found.
This example configuration shows a web server that contains all available values.
name = "WebStream.conf" type = "com.tibco.ep.streambase.configuration.adapter" version = "1.0.0" configuration = { // An adapter group type defines a collection of EventFlow adapter configurations, indexed by adapter type. AdapterGroup = { // A collection of EventFlow adapter configurations, indexed by adapter type. This key is required and must contain at // least one configuration. adapters = { // The root section for an EventFlow adapter configuration. webstreams = { // Section list. This key is optional and has no default value. sections = [ // A configuration for an EventFlow adapter named section. { // Section name. The value does not have to be unique; that is, you can have multiple sections with the same name // in the same array of sections. This key is required. name = "webstreams" // Section property bag. All values must be strings. This key is optional and has no default value. settings = { Enabled = "true" IdleTimeoutMS = "0" OutputBufferSize = "32768" Port = "10090" RequestHeaderSize = "8192" ResponseHeaderSize = "8192" SendDateHeader = "false" SendServerVersion = "true" StartOnStartup = "true" WebSocketAsyncWriteTimeoutMS = "0" WebSocketIdleTimeoutMS = "0" SelectorThreads = "-1" AcceptorThreads = "-1" ReuseAddress = "true" LingerTime = "-1" GZipMimeTypes = "text/html,text/plain,text/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/css,application/javascript,text/javascript,image/svg+xml" SecurePort = "10443" SSLKeyStorePath = "keystore" SSLKeyStorePassword = "tester" SSLKeyStoreManagerPassword = "tester" SSLTrustStorePath = "keystore" SSLTrustStorePassword = "tester" } } ] } } } }
Setting | Type | Description |
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Enabled | true/false | If true the web server and all ports are started. If false no web server is started and all operators become no-ops. |
Port | integer | The port the web server will listen on for connections. |
IdleTimeoutMS | integer | The amount of time in milliseconds to wait for connections to send data. |
OutputBufferSize | integer | Set the size of the buffer into which response content is aggregated before being sent to the client. |
RequestHeaderSize | integer | Set the maximum size of a request header. |
ResponseHeaderSize | integer | Set the maximum size of a response header. |
SendServerVersion | true/false | If true, send the Server header in responses. |
SendDateHeader | true/false | If true, include the date in HTTP headers. |
SelectorThreads | int | The number of selector threads, or less than or equal to 0 for a default value. Selectors notice and schedule established connection that can make IO progress. |
AcceptorThreads | int | The number of acceptor threads to use, or -1 for a default value. Acceptors accept new TCP/IP connections. If 0, then the selector threads are used to accept connections. |
ReuseAddress | true/false | Whether the server socket reuses addresses. |
LingerTime | integer | The linger time. Use -1 to disable. |
GZipMimeTypes | string | Set the mime types associated with GZip requests. Blank or missing means do not use GZip. |
WebSocketAsyncWriteTimeoutMS | integer | The time in milliseconds before a write command times out. |
WebSocketIdleTimeoutMS | integer | The time in milliseconds before a web socket times out from idle behavior. |
SecurePort | integer | Set the TCP/IP port used for CONFIDENTIAL and INTEGRAL redirections. |
* SSLKeyStorePath | string | The file or URL of the SSL keystore. |
* SSLKeyStorePassword | string | The password for the keystore. |
* SSLKeyStoreManagerPassword | string | The password (if any) for the specific key within the keystore. |
* SSLTrustStorePath | string | The file name or URL of the trust store location. |
* SSLTrustStorePassword | string | The password for the trust store. |
* NOTE: Please refer to http://wiki.eclipse.org/Jetty/Howto/Configure_SSL when setting up SSL.