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Web Service Connections

A Web Service Connection defines how QIE reaches an external HTTP-based service. Once defined, the same connection can be used by:

  • The Web Service Sender to submit messages to a REST, SOAP, Google Cloud Healthcare API, or DICOMweb endpoint.
  • Mapping scripts that call out to a web service mid-processing.

The connection holds the endpoint URL, authentication settings, TLS/certificate configuration, and (for SOAP) the WSDL.

QIE tracks the revision history of changes made to a web service connection. Click the history icon on the panel menu bar to view who changed what and when. See Revision History for details.

Managing Web Service Connections

Web service connections are created and managed from the Web Service Connections Page. Web service connections are defined at either the global level or the zone level (see Global vs. Zone Scope for more information).

The dialog adapts to the connection type selected in the Type drop-down. Fields not relevant to the selected type are hidden. The sections below describe every field that may appear, grouped by the dialog's fieldsets.

Name and Description

Name

The name associated with the web service connection identifies the connection for use in mapping functions and other related channel activities. The name must be unique within the applicable scope. For example, a connection created at the global level must have a globally unique name. A globally unique name is unique within the global connections and across all zone level connections. A connection created at the zone level must have a name unique to that zone and all global connections.

Description

The description is only visible from the web service connections page and can be used to provide additional information about the connection and how it is used.

Convert HTTP header names to lowercase

When checked, QIE forces all HTTP header names sent on this connection to lowercase. Use this for endpoints that require lowercase header names (some HTTP/2 implementations, for example). Default is unchecked.

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