Save the HTTP response to a file

Overview

We often need to save the content of an HTTP response to a file, for example, if we want to parse it later. 

Process

To save response to a file, enter the name of the file in the Response File Name field when configuring the HTTP Connection. For example: {app.data}/response.json. This will create the actual file in the home folder, and the name of the file will be response_uuid.json. You can use token {app.data} as a part of the response file name. {app.data} is the home folder.

You can also use the token {destination} as part of the Response File Name. The {destination} token will be automatically replaced for the value provided in the TO field of the file management operation or source to destination transformation.

For example:

• Response File Name: {app.data}/response/{destination}
• TO: replace(_processing.xml, _response.json)
• Source file: order_processing.xml

The response file will be created in the home folder and will have the name order_response.json.

You can configure an HTTP Connection to create a response file only if the HTTP request was executed with an error. Just enable the option Save Response only on Error.

Use the Copy Files flow to save the HTTP response

Alternatively, you can copy the unmodified response from the HTTP request to any of the supported file or cloud storage connections using the Copy Files flow. Read more.