Getting URLs
In certain scenarios, obtaining URLs pointing to uploaded documents for use in integrations is essential. This process involves adding a custom action to your workflow that requests URLs from the Documents plugin.
Prerequisites
Before retrieving document URLs, ensure:
-
Access Permissions: Ensure that the user account has the necessary access rights.
-
Kafka Configuration:
- Verify Kafka Setup: Ensure proper configuration and accessibility of the Kafka messaging system.
- Kafka Topics: Understand the Kafka topics used for these operations.
- Document Types: Prepare information for updating or deleting files:
types
: A list of document types.
Configuring the getting URLs process
To obtain document URLs, follow these steps:
-
Create a process with the following nodes:
- Send Message Task (Kafka) - to send the get URLs request
- Receive Message Task (Kafka) - to receive the get URLs reply
- User Task node - where to perform the file upload action
- Start / End Milestone nodes - to create a page
-
Configure the User Task node:
Node Config
- Data stream topics: Add the topic where the response will be sent; in this example
ai.flowx.updates.document.html.persist.v1
and its key:uploadedDocument
.
Actions
- Upload File action with two child actions:
- Business Rule
- Send Data to User Interface
- Save Data action
- Configure the parameters for the Upload Action:
For more details on uploading a document and configuring the file upload child actions, refer to the following sections:
- Next, configure the Message Event Send node by adding a Kafka Send Action and specifying the
..in
Kafka topic to send the request.
Identify defined topics in your environment:
- Navigate to Platform Status > FlowX Components > document-plugin-mngt and press the eye icon on the right side.
- In the details screen, expand the
KafkaTopicsHealthCheckIndicator
line and then details → configuration → topic → document → get. Here will find the in and out topics for getting URLs for documents.
- Fill in the body of the request message for the action:
types
: A list of document types.
Message request example
Example of a message following the custom integration data model:
- Configure the Receive Message Task (Kafka) by adding the
..out
kafka topic on which the response will be sent.
Receiving the reply
The response body should include the following values:
- success: A boolean indicating whether the document exists and the URL was generated successfully.
- fullName: The full name of the document file, including the directory path.
- fileName: The name of the document file without the extension.
- fileExtension: The extension of the document file.
- url: The full download URL for the document.
Message response example
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