add http body

Add a message body into an HTTP request.
NameDescriptionTypeModifier
content

Data of the message body.

StringNone
None
This action may be used within the following project items: test modules and user-defined actions.
The following settings are applicable to this action: remove double quotes from cells.

Suppose that you'd like to test a given Google API to send a message to a recipient with the following information:

  • API under test: Users.messages: send.
  • URI: https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/me/messages/send
  • Authentication scheme: OAuth 2.0
  • In the request body, supply a Users.messages resource with the following property as the metadata.
    Property nameValueDescription
    rawbytesThe entire email message in base64url encoded string.
    Tip:
    To encode a plain text string into a base64url encoded string, you can use the Online Base64URL encoder tool.
    • Raw body content:
                              
                                  To: [email protected]
      Subject: This is a test mail
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      This is a test mail
                              
                          
    • Base64url encoded body content:
      VG86IGxvZ2lnZWFyZXBndGVzdDJAZ21haWwuY29tClN1YmplY3Q6IFRoaXMgaXMgdGVzdCBtYWlsCgpUaGlzIGlzIGEgdGVzdCBtYWls
    • Request body declared in JSON format {"raw":"base64url encoded string"}
                                
                                    	name	value			
local variable	access token	ya29.Ci-fa76X0cjJXa2Lx0RM-fRyAQ6-6pboEX-iuT7PR-yYv6D-Rfbos7bs151wiL-O7w			
local variable	uri	https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/[email protected]/messages/send			
local variable	encoded body content	VG86IGxvZ2lnZWFyZXBndGVzdDJAZ21haWwuY29tClN1YmplY3Q6IFRoaXMgaXMgdGVzdCBtYWlsCgpUaGlzIGlzIGEgdGVzdCBtYWls			
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create http request					
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	schema	value			
authenticate	oauth 2	# access token			
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	key	value			
add http header	Content-type	application/json			
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	content				
add http body	# "{""raw"":""" & encoded body content & """}"				
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	uri	method	timeout	variable	expected code
send http request	# uri	POST	200	>>response	200
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	response	status	header	body	
parse http response	# response	>>status	>>header	>>body	
                                
                            
  • An HTTP request must be instantiated via create http request before calling this built-in action.
  • Properties of the request body must be written in JSON format.
  • This action supports the <ignore> modifier. If the string <ignore> is present as the value of the argument, or the argument contains an expression that evaluates to <ignore>, the action is skipped during execution.

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