Connection functions

• Connector Functions
• Connector Initialization
• HTTP functions
  • get
  • post
• Connected App Functions
  • getVariable

Connector Functions

Connector Initialization

Syntax:

variable = new Connection(String connectionName);

Example:

connection = new Connection("salesforce"); //salesforce - is the link name of the created connection.

HTTP functions

get

The get function corresponds to a HTTP GET request. It is normally supported by services to perform a read operation like fetching data.

Syntax:

connection.get(String url, Map paramsMap, Map headerMap);

Parameters:

Param	Data type	Description
url	String	The URL which will return the response.
paramsMap	Map	Variable holding param values as key-value pairs.
headerMap	Map	Variable holding header values as key-value pairs.

Returns: String

Example:

url = "http://<some url to be fetched>";paramsMap = {};paramsMap.fetchLimit = 100;
headerMap = {};headerMap.Content-Type = "multipart/form-data";
response = connection.get(url, paramsMap, headerMap);log response; // response content as text

post

The post url task corresponds to a HTTP POST request. It is normally supported by services to perform write operation like adding or updating data.

Syntax:

connection.post(String url, String bodyString, String bodyType,Map headerMap);

Parameters:

Param	Data type	Description
url	String	The URL which will return the response.
bodyString	String	Data to be posted.
bodyType	String	Type of the Data.
headerMap	Map	Variable holding header values as key-value pairs.

Returns: String

Example:

url = "http://<some url to be posted>";
bodyString = "Some dummy content to be posted";bodyType = "type of the content given in bodystring";
headerMap = {};headerMap.Content-Type = "multipart/form-data";
response = connection.post(url,bodyString,bodyType,headerMap);log response; // response content as text

Connected App Functions

getVariable

The getVariable function takes already created connectedApp name and the variable inside the connectedAPP as input and returns the value of that variable.

Syntax:

new NameSpace("connectedApp").getVariable(String connectedAppName, String variableName);

Parameters:

Param	Data type	Description
connectedAppName	String	The name of the connected app.
variableName	String	The name of the variable inside the connected app.

Returns: String

Example:

response = new NameSpace("connectedApp").getVariable("test","testing");log response;