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Version: 0.0.17

HttpExtractor

Input type: None

Output type: File

Description​

Extracts a File from the web.

Example 1​

block CarsFileExtractor oftype HttpExtractor {
  url: "tinyurl.com/4ub9spwz";
}

Fetches a file from the given URL.

Properties​

url​

Type text

Description​

The URL to the file in the web to extract.

Example 1​

url: "tinyurl.com/4ub9spwz"

Specifies the URL to fetch the data from.

retries​

Type integer

Default: 0

Description​

Configures how many retries should be executed after a failure fetching the data.

Example 1​

retries: 3

Executes up to 3 retries if the original retry fails (so in total max. 4 requests).

retryBackoffMilliseconds​

Type integer

Default: 2000

Description​

Configures the wait time in milliseconds before executing a retry.

Example 1​

retryBackoff: 5000

Waits 5s (5000 ms) before executing a retry.

retryBackoffStrategy​

Type text

Default: "exponential"

Description​

Configures the wait strategy before executing a retry. Can have values "exponential" or "linear".

Example 1​

retryBackoffStrategy: "linear"

Waits always the same amount of time before executing a retry.

Example 2​

retryBackoffStrategy: "exponential"

Exponentially increases the wait time before executing a retry.

followRedirects​

Type boolean

Default: true

Description​

Indicates, whether to follow redirects on get requests. If false, redirects are not followed. Default true

Example 1​

url: "tinyurl.com/4ub9spwz" 
 followRedirects: true

Specifies the URL to fetch the data from and allows redirects.