HTTP Connector

Receive data from connected objects by using the HTTPS protocol.

With this connector, your Products or IoT Platform (if any) can publish IoT data by invoking an HTTP endpoint.

Once this plugin as been enabled you can configure the HTTP Connector mapping, and start exchanging data.

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Optionally, you can also specify an external HTTP endpoint to be invoked anytime an update (command execution, configuration parameter or firmware update) must be sent to the remote product.
Note that, the DPS cannot establish an HTTP connection to the remote product, sending the data to the connected product will be the responsibility of the external IoT service.

Plugin Configuration

To enable this plugin, you need to:

  1. Go to the Integrations / Plugins page.

  2. Select the IoT Connectors category.

  3. Locate the HTTP Connector card.

  4. Click on the card switch to activate the plugin.

  5. Configure the plugin properties and save.

Here is the list of all the properties that can be used in the plugin configuration.

PROPERTIES

Method

The method of the service endpoint to be used by the request.
Type: SELECTION | Optional

Endpoint URL

The URL of the remote service endpoint to be invoked.
Type: STRING | Optional

Query String Parameters

The list of additional parameters to be included to the query string.
Type: KEY_VALUE | Optional

Headers

The list of additional request headers.
Type: KEY_VALUE | Optional