HTTP Post 
You can use this action to do the following:
Post a document to a URL and process results
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Call a Web service where a valid WSDL definition does not exist, such as in some legacy cases.
The ContentType value must match the posted document content.
Features
The properties for this action are listed in the following table:
Property |
Data Type |
Access |
Description |
URL |
String |
In and out |
The URL to which the document is sent. |
PostData |
String |
In and out |
The document to be posted. You load the document or retrieve it from another location, link it to the property through the Link Editor screen, and then post it. |
Encoding |
String |
In and out |
The default value is UTF-8. |
UserName |
String |
In and out |
If credentials are required to access the URL, this value is used. |
UserPassword |
String |
In and out |
The password for the user name. |
ContentType |
String |
In and out |
Dependent on the document and what the receiving URL expects. The default is application/x-www-form-urlencoded. |
ReturnAsString |
String |
In and out |
Results of the post are stored as a string in this property. The return on any error is written to it. |
ReturnAsXML |
XML |
In and out |
If you expect XML returned from the post, use this property to access the document. |
CredentialAlias |
String |
In |
The selected credential alias will use the defined alias from the server to authenticate to the target URL. |
UseDestinationService |
Boolean |
In |
Forces post calls to use the destination service. This configures the action for basic authentication and HTTPS. However the destination service may have problems connecting to servers through proxy. |
KeystoreName |
String |
In |
Used for X.509 authentication. The property must match the keystore name as configured on the target server. |
CertificateName |
String |
In |
Used for X.509 authentication. The property must match the certificate name as configured on the target server. |
Success |
Boolean |
Out |
Indicates whether the action succeeded or failed. If it failed, errors are displayed in the server trace log. |