Description:

Performs an HTTP Post with the content of the FlowFile

Tags:

http, https, remote, copy, archive

Properties:

In the list below, the names of required properties appear in bold. Any other properties (not in bold) are considered optional. The table also indicates any default values, whether a property supports the Expression Language Guide, and whether a property is considered “sensitive”, meaning that its value will be encrypted. Before entering a value in a sensitive property, ensure that the nifi.properties file has an entry for the property nifi.sensitive.props.key.

Name	Default Value	Allowable Values	Description
URL			The URL to POST to. The first part of the URL must be static. However, the path of the URL may be defined using the Attribute Expression Language. For example, https://${hostname} is not valid, but https://1.1.1.1:8080/files/${nf.file.name} is valid. Supports Expression Language: true
Max Batch Size	100 MB		If the Send as FlowFile property is true, specifies the max data size for a batch of FlowFiles to send in a single HTTP POST. If not specified, each FlowFile will be sent separately. If the Send as FlowFile property is false, this property is ignored
Max Data to Post per Second			The maximum amount of data to send per second; this allows the bandwidth to be throttled to a specified data rate; if not specified, the data rate is not throttled
SSL Context Service		Controller Service API: SSLContextService Implementation: StandardSSLContextService	The Controller Service to use in order to obtain an SSL Context
Username			Username required to access the URL
Password			Password required to access the URL Sensitive Property: true
Send as FlowFile	false	* true * false	If true, will package the FlowFile's contents and attributes together and send the FlowFile Package; otherwise, will send only the FlowFile's content
Use Chunked Encoding		* true * false	Specifies whether or not to use Chunked Encoding to send the data. This property is ignored in the event the contents are compressed or sent as FlowFiles.
Compression Level	0		Determines the GZIP Compression Level to use when sending the file; the value must be in the range of 0-9. A value of 0 indicates that the file will not be GZIP'ed
Connection Timeout	30 sec		How long to wait when attempting to connect to the remote server before giving up
Data Timeout	30 sec		How long to wait between receiving segments of data from the remote server before giving up and discarding the partial file
Attributes to Send as HTTP Headers (Regex)			Specifies the Regular Expression that determines the names of FlowFile attributes that should be sent as HTTP Headers
User Agent			What to report as the User Agent when we connect to the remote server
Proxy Host			The fully qualified hostname or IP address of the proxy server
Proxy Port			The port of the proxy server
Content-Type	${mime.type}		The Content-Type to specify for the content of the FlowFile being POSTed if Send as FlowFile is false. In the case of an empty value after evaluating an expression language expression, Content-Type defaults to application/octet-stream Supports Expression Language: true

Relationships:

Name	Description
failure	Files that fail to send will transferred to failure
success	Files that are successfully send will be transferred to success

Reads Attributes:

None specified.

Writes Attributes:

None specified.