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Accessing Http response data
When you do Http calls, you may need to access the data for checks.
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For example:
- to validate if an attribute inside a JSON response is correct
- to validate the status code of the response
There are two methods of selecting data for a check:
- Field selection (JSON Query)
- JavaScript
The below table indicates the different object identifiers that can be used to access attributes.
Note the information you are able to access depends on the task you are making the check on.
Http Call
It's possible to make checks on the metadata collected when you produce to Kafka.
| Attribute | Type | How to access: Field selection (JQ) | How to access: JavaScript |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body | User-defined | .httpResponse.body | context.httpResponse.body |
| Code | User-defined | .httpResponse.code | context.httpResponse.code |
| Headers | {key, value}[] | .httpResponse.headers | context.httpResponse.headers |