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HTTP Request and Response Modules

Getting data from HTTP clients into your Flows has been possible since day one using the built-in HTTP server. Do you know that you can now also return data from your Flows to HTTP clients by using the HTTP Response module?

The HTTP Listener module can now be configured to not respond automatically. Instead you can create the response in your Flow and then send it back to the client using the HTTP Response module. In this way you can for example build a REST API for your SQL database, by using data from the incoming request to make a query with one of the SQL modules and then send the result of the query to the HTTP Response module. Or, you can create an endpoint where you can request data from a PLC, use one of the PLC modules to pull in the current values and deliver them to the HTTP client. Your imagination sets the limits!

HTTP Request & Response modules

Crosser HTTP Request Module

HTTP Request

This module makes a HTTP request to the specified URL and passes the result to the next module(s).
Crosser HTTP Response Module

HTTP Response

Use this module to create a response in your Flow and then send it back to the HTTP client.

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