http

An http step is used to make an HTTP request.

Arguments

Argument	Type	Optional?	Description
url	String	Required	The URL for the request. Supported schemes are http and https
basic_auth	Block	Optional	A basic_auth block to specify a username and password using Basic Authentication
ca_cert_pem	String	Optional	Certificate data of the Certificate Authority (CA) in PEM (RFC 1421) format.
insecure	Boolean	Optional	Disables verification of the server's certificate chain and hostname. Defaults to false
method	Boolean	Optional	The HTTP Method for the request. Allowed methods are a subset of methods defined in RFC7231 namely, get,head, and post, put, patch, delete. The default is post.
request_body	String	Optional	The request body as a string.
request_headers	Map	Optional	A map of request header field names and values.

This step also supports the common step arguments and attributes.

Attributes (Read-Only)

Attribute	Type	Description
response_body	String or object	The response body. If the Content-Type is application/json then Flowpipe will decode it and return it as an object, otherwise, it is returned as a string.
response_headers	Map of String	A map of response header field names and values. Duplicate headers are concatenated according to RFC2616.
status_code	Number	The HTTP response status code.

Basic Authentication

To use basic authentication, include a basic_auth block specifying a username and password. This will create the appropriate Authorization header and add it to the request.

Attribute	Type	Description
username	String	The basic auth username
password	String	The basic auth password