Send HTTP request

This Flow Companion action allows you to send HTTP requests to a specified URL and handle the response.

Configuration

Action Parameters

• URL (required): The endpoint to which the HTTP request will be sent. You can use variables to dynamically set the URL.
• Body: The request payload, if applicable. For JSON payloads, you may find it convenient to prepare the data using the Run code action.

Request configuration

• Method: The HTTP method for the request (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)
• Content type: The media type of the request body.
• Authentication: The type of authentication for the request. Available options:
  • None: No authentication
  • Basic: Basic authentication using username and password
  • Bearer token: Authentication using a bearer token
  • Custom header: Authentication using a custom header

Response configuration

• Retry on: Conditions under which the request should be retried. Available options:
  • Too many requests (429 HTTP status code): Retry if the server indicates too many requests.
• Fail workflow on: Conditions under which the workflow should fail. Available options:
  • 3XX HTTP status codes: Fail on redirection status codes.
  • 4XX HTTP status codes: Fail on client error status codes.
  • 5XX HTTP status codes: Fail on server error status codes.

Output

The action returns the following fields:

• body: The response body. Can be parsed in a Run code action for structured data processing.
• ok: Indicates if the request was successful (status in the range 200-299). Can be used in conditions for further response handling.
• status: The HTTP status code of the response. Can be used in conditions to handle different response scenarios.