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Set the URL of a Request Using a Template

Problem​

You want to dynamically set the URL of an HTTP request where only parts of the url change between requests.

Solution​

Configure the HTTP Request node to generate a URL dynamically using a mustache URL template.

Example​


Flow JSON
[{"id":"41747a17.54ffd4","type":"http request","z":"c9a81b70.8abed8","name":"","method":"GET","ret":"txt","url":"https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/{{post}}","tls":"","x":550,"y":480,"wires":[["d682318c.36823"]]},{"id":"d682318c.36823","type":"debug","z":"c9a81b70.8abed8","name":"","active":true,"console":"false","complete":"payload","x":710,"y":480,"wires":[]},{"id":"90bfea22.dd2b98","type":"inject","z":"c9a81b70.8abed8","name":"post id","topic":"","payload":"2","payloadType":"str","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"x":250,"y":480,"wires":[["e67a0cc.596d4f"]]},{"id":"e67a0cc.596d4f","type":"change","z":"c9a81b70.8abed8","name":"","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"post","pt":"msg","to":"payload","tot":"msg"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":390,"y":480,"wires":[["41747a17.54ffd4"]]}]

In this flow, the Inject node sends an id for a post we would like to request from an API. The Change node changes this to msg.post. The HTTP Request node generates a URL by substituting msg.post of the URL property configured as shown:

https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/{{post}}

The JSON output from this API in the debug panel will look as follows:

{
  "userId": 1,
  "id": 2,
  "title": "qui est esse",
  "body": "est rerum tempore vitae\nsequi sint nihil reprehenderit dolor beatae ea dolores neque\nfugiat blanditiis voluptate porro vel nihil molestiae ut reiciendis\nqui aperiam non debitis possimus qui neque nisi nulla"
}

Discussion​

By default, mustache will escape any HTML entities in the values it substitutes. To ensure HTML escaping is not used in your URL use <b>Flow JSON</b>{{{triple}}} braces.