HTTP Poll

HTTP Poll (http-poll)

Run HTTP queries.

Http binary json raw

Minimal example

input:
  http-poll:
    url: ""

JSON

{
  "input": {
    "http-poll": {
      "url": ""
    }
  }
}

Contents

• Minimal example

• Fields

• Trigger

• Reliability

• Processing

• Request

• Behavior

• Authentication

• Pagination

• Response

• Security

• Schema

Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
url Request	url (string)	✅	The URL for this request. Examples: https://example.com/path
trigger Trigger	Trigger		When and how to run this input. If omitted, runs exactly once.
retry Reliability	Retry		How to retry operation if it fails.
batch Processing	Batch		Mark each group of input events in a distinct way.
json Behavior	boolean (bool)		Use for when data is text or already JSON.
payload-mode Behavior	Payload Mode		Select how the response body should be interpreted (auto, json, raw, binary). Allowed values: auto, json, raw, binary
ignore-line-breaks Behavior	boolean (bool)		Do not treat separate lines as distinct events.
events-field Processing	field (string)		extract events from this field of the response, assumed to be an array. Body is assumed to be JSON and we ignore line breaks. Examples: data_field
document-mode Processing	boolean (bool)		collect all the output together as a single document (will affect batching on the output).
headers Request	map (string)		Headers to send with the query.
query Request	map (string)		Query parameters to send with the query.
auth Authentication	Auth		HTTP authentication / signing strategy.
pagination Pagination	Pagination		Optional pagination handler configuration.
body Request	multiline-text (string)		The payload to send.
form-urlencoded-body Request	map (string)		Payload as key-value pairs posted as form-urlencoded.
method Request	Method		HTTP method to use for the query - default is GET. Allowed values: get, post, put, patch, delete, options, head
timeout Reliability	time-interval (string)		Timeout for the request (e.g. 500ms, 2s, etc. - the default is 30 seconds). Examples: 500ms, 2h
response Response	Response		Fields to include in returned event.
insecure Security	boolean (bool)		Ignore TLS certificate validation errors (This is unsafe to use).

Trigger

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Field	Type	Required	Description
trigger	Trigger		When and how to run this input. If omitted, runs exactly once.

Reliability

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Field	Type	Required	Description
retry	Retry		How to retry operation if it fails.
timeout	time-interval (string)		Timeout for the request (e.g. 500ms, 2s, etc. - the default is 30 seconds). Examples: 500ms, 2h

Processing

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Field	Type	Required	Description
batch	Batch		Mark each group of input events in a distinct way.
events-field	field (string)		extract events from this field of the response, assumed to be an array. Body is assumed to be JSON and we ignore line breaks. Examples: data_field
document-mode	boolean (bool)		collect all the output together as a single document (will affect batching on the output).

Request

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Field	Type	Required	Description
url	url (string)	✅	The URL for this request. Examples: https://example.com/path
headers	map (string)		Headers to send with the query.
query	map (string)		Query parameters to send with the query.
body	multiline-text (string)		The payload to send.
form-urlencoded-body	map (string)		Payload as key-value pairs posted as form-urlencoded.
method	Method		HTTP method to use for the query - default is GET. Allowed values: get, post, put, patch, delete, options, head

Behavior

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Field	Type	Required	Description
json	boolean (bool)		Use for when data is text or already JSON.
payload-mode	Payload Mode		Select how the response body should be interpreted (auto, json, raw, binary). Allowed values: auto, json, raw, binary
ignore-line-breaks	boolean (bool)		Do not treat separate lines as distinct events.

Authentication

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Field	Type	Required	Description
auth	Auth		HTTP authentication / signing strategy.

Pagination

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Field	Type	Required	Description
pagination	Pagination		Optional pagination handler configuration.

Response

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Field	Type	Required	Description
response	Response		Fields to include in returned event.

Security

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Field	Type	Required	Description
insecure	boolean (bool)		Ignore TLS certificate validation errors (This is unsafe to use).

Schema

• Trigger - Cron - Window - Start Options
• Trigger - Interval - Window - Start Options
• Trigger Options
• Auth Options
• Pagination Options
• Trigger - Message Fields
• Trigger - Cron - Window - Start - Start Time Fields
• Trigger - Cron - Window Fields
• Trigger - Cron Fields
• Trigger - Interval - Window - Start - Start Time Fields
• Trigger - Interval - Window Fields
• Trigger - Interval Fields
• Retry Fields
• Batch Fields
• Auth - Basic Fields
• Auth - Header Token Fields
• Auth - Facebook App Secret Fields
• Auth - Aws Sig V4 Fields
• Pagination - Cursor Fields
• Pagination - Link Header Fields
• Response Fields
• Headers Table
• Query Table
• Form Urlencoded Body Table
• Trigger - Message - Filter Kind Options
• Trigger - Message - Filter Source Options
• Trigger - Message - Filter Type Options
• Payload Mode Options
• Method Options

Trigger - Cron - Window - Start Options

Option	Name	Type	Description
start-time	Start Time	object
tracked	Tracked	string	Examples: /path/to/file, c:\users\joe\data\file.txt

Trigger - Interval - Window - Start Options

Option	Name	Type	Description
start-time	Start Time	object
tracked	Tracked	string	Examples: /path/to/file, c:\users\joe\data\file.txt

Trigger Options

Option	Name	Type	Description
message	Message	object
cron	Cron	object
interval	Interval	object

Auth Options

Option	Name	Type	Description
basic	Basic	object
header-token	Header Token	object
facebook-app-secret	Facebook App Secret	object
aws-sig-v4	Aws Sig V4	object

Pagination Options

Option	Name	Type	Description
cursor	Cursor	object
link-header	Link Header	object

Trigger - Message Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
limit	number (integer)		The number of times to run the input. Examples: 42, 1.2e-10
filter-kind	Filter Kind		Specifies whether the message originated from the “system” or by the “user”. Allowed values: system, user, runtime-artifact-fetch, runtime-artifact-fetch-error, runtime-artifact-clear, runtime-artifact-clear-ack, runtime-artifact-fetch-reply, runtime-artifact-update, …
filter-source	Filter Source[]		Specifies what process generated the message. Was it a “server”, “worker” or “job”? Allowed values: job, worker, server
filter-worker	string		Specifies what worker to select.
filter-job	string		Specifies the name of the job that the message came from.
filter-type	Filter Type[]		Specifies that particular types of message ought to match. Allowed values: worker-licensed, worker-unlicensed, variable, variable-deleted, begin-shutting-down-job, begin-shutting-down-server, begin-shutting-down-worker, broadcast-job-thread-state, …
filter-tag	string		Specifies that messages matched ought to carry a tag with a particular value. This only matches against user-generated messages.

Trigger - Cron - Window - Start - Start Time Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
start-time	time-format (string)	✅	Allows the windowing to start at a specified time. Hint: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S%.3f %z
highwatermark-file	path (string)	✅	Specify file where timestamp would be stored in order to resume, for when Job has been restarted. Examples: /path/to/file, c:\users\joe\data\file.txt

Trigger - Cron - Window Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
size	duration (string)	✅	Window size.
offset	duration (string)		Window offset.
start	Start		Specify file where timestamp would be stored in order to resume, for when Job has been restarted.

Trigger - Cron Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
cron	cron-expression (string)	✅	The Cron pattern.
immediate	boolean (bool)		Run as soon as invoked, instead of waiting for the specified cron interval.
random-offset	duration (string)		Sets a random offset to the schedule, then sticks to it.
window	Window		Optional window definition when the schedule should only read a bounded range.

Trigger - Interval - Window - Start - Start Time Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
start-time	time-format (string)	✅	Allows the windowing to start at a specified time. Hint: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S%.3f %z
highwatermark-file	path (string)	✅	Specify file where timestamp would be stored in order to resume, for when Job has been restarted. Examples: /path/to/file, c:\users\joe\data\file.txt

Trigger - Interval - Window Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
size	duration (string)	✅	Window size.
offset	duration (string)		Window offset.
start	Start		Specify file where timestamp would be stored in order to resume, for when Job has been restarted.

Trigger - Interval Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
duration	duration (string)	✅	Duration to wait between events.
random-offset	duration (string)		Sets a random offset to the schedule, then sticks to it.
window	Window		Optional window definition when the interval should only cover a bounded range.

Retry Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
timeout	time-interval (string)	✅	timeout (e.g. 500ms, 2s etc. - default is 30). Examples: 500ms, 2h
retries	number (integer)		number of retries. Examples: 42, 1.2e-10

Batch Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
uuid-field	field (string)		Field where generated uuid, the unique marker for the group, will be stored. Examples: data_field
invocation-time-field	field (string)		Field where invocation time will be stored. Examples: data_field
completion-time-field	field (string)		Field where completion (end of execution) time will be stored. Examples: data_field
begin-marker-field	field (string)		Field used to mark first event in the group. Examples: data_field
end-marker-field	field (string)		Field used to mark last event in the group. Examples: data_field
line-count-field	field (string)		Field used to store the line count of the batch. Examples: data_field
line-num-field	field (string)		Field used to store the line number of the batch. Examples: data_field

Auth - Basic Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
username	string	✅	Name of User.
password	string	✅	Password.

Auth - Header Token Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
strategy	string		Authentication strategy identifier.
token	string	✅	Token value (literal or context/secret/credential reference).
auth-header	string		Header used to carry the token.
prefix	string		Prefix prepended to the token (use an empty string to send the token as-is).

Auth - Facebook App Secret Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
strategy	string		Authentication strategy identifier.
access-token	string	✅	Access token (usually a user or page token). Accepts literal values or context/secret references ({{ ctx.facebook.token }}).
app-secret	string	✅	Facebook App Secret used to compute the HMAC proof (literal or context/secret reference).
proof-param	string		Query parameter name used for the proof.
auth-header	string		Header used to carry the access token.

Auth - Aws Sig V4 Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
strategy	string		Authentication strategy identifier.
access-key-id	string	✅	AWS access key id (literal or context/secret/credential reference).
secret-access-key	string	✅	AWS secret access key (literal or context/secret/credential reference).
session-token	string		Optional AWS session token for temporary credentials (literal or context reference).
region	string	✅	AWS region used to compute the signature (e.g. us-east-1).
service	string		AWS service name (defaults to execute-api when omitted).

Pagination - Cursor Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
namespace	string	✅	Worker KV namespace in tenant:namespace form used to persist cursors.
cursor-key	string	✅	Key used to store the latest cursor for this poller.
cursor-query-param	string		Query parameter appended for cursor pagination.
cursor-pointer	json-pointer (string)		JSON pointer to extract the cursor value.
next-pointer	json-pointer (string)		JSON pointer to extract the next page URL.
max-pages-per-run	number		Maximum number of pages fetched per run.

Pagination - Link Header Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
header	string		Header to parse for pagination links.
rel	string		Link relation to follow (typically next).
max-pages-per-run	number		Maximum number of pages fetched per run.

Response Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
json	boolean (bool)		Return response in JSON format as single line-delimited event.
status-field	field (string)		Field to store HTTP status code. Examples: data_field
headers-field	field (string)		Field to store response headers. Examples: data_field
response-field	field (string)		Field to store the body of the response. Examples: data_field

Headers Table

Header	Value
Header-Name	value

Value format: templated-text.

Query Table

Parameter	Value
param	value

Value format: templated-text.

Form Urlencoded Body Table

Field	Value
field	value

Value format: templated-text.

Trigger - Message - Filter Kind Options

Value	Description
system	System
user	User
runtime-artifact-fetch	Runtime Artifact Fetch
runtime-artifact-fetch-error	Runtime Artifact Fetch Error
runtime-artifact-clear	Runtime Artifact Clear
runtime-artifact-clear-ack	Runtime Artifact Clear Ack
runtime-artifact-fetch-reply	Runtime Artifact Fetch Reply
runtime-artifact-update	Runtime Artifact Update
runtime-artifact-update-ack	Runtime Artifact Update Ack

Trigger - Message - Filter Source Options

Value	Description
job	Job
worker	Worker
server	Server

Trigger - Message - Filter Type Options

Value	Description
worker-licensed	Worker Licensed
worker-unlicensed	Worker Unlicensed
variable	Variable
variable-deleted	Variable Deleted
begin-shutting-down-job	Begin Shutting Down Job
begin-shutting-down-server	Begin Shutting Down Server
begin-shutting-down-worker	Begin Shutting Down Worker
broadcast-job-thread-state	Broadcast Job Thread State
broadcast-server-thread-state	Broadcast Server Thread State
broadcast-worker-thread-state	Broadcast Worker Thread State
check-job-report-time	Check Job Report Time
check-worker-report-time	Check Worker Report Time
de-register-job-thread-dependency	De Register Job Thread Dependency
de-register-server-thread-dependency	De Register Server Thread Dependency
de-register-worker-thread-dependency	De Register Worker Thread Dependency
deployed-job-active	Deployed Job Active
deployed-job-removed	Deployed Job Removed
deployed-job-should-be-running	Deployed Job Should Be Running
deployment-phase	Deployment Phase
heart-beat	Heart Beat
initialise-internal-state	Initialise Internal State
initialise-job-states	Initialise Job States
job-batch-end	Job Batch End
job-backlog-update	Job Backlog Update
job-checkpoint-update	Job Checkpoint Update
job-deploy-ready	Job Deploy Ready
job-deployed	Job Deployed
job-document-end	Job Document End
job-document-start	Job Document Start
job-errors	Job Errors
job-execution-anomaly	Job Execution Anomaly
job-execution-status	Job Execution Status
job-emit-custom	Job Emit Custom
job-finished	Job Finished
job-idle	Job Idle
job-initiated	Job Initiated
job-is-processing	Job Is Processing
job-logs	Job Logs
job-metrics	Job Metrics
job-notifications	Job Notifications
job-removing	Job Removing
job-removed	Job Removed
job-remove-failed	Job Remove Failed
job-remove-ready	Job Remove Ready
job-replaced	Job Replaced
job-required	Job Required
job-run-ended	Job Run Ended
job-runtime-error	Job Runtime Error
job-runtime-settings	Job Runtime Settings
job-run-started	Job Run Started
job-running-docker	Job Running Docker
job-running-script	Job Running Script
job-running-subprocess	Job Running Subprocess
job-running-system-d	Job Running System D
job-settings	Job Settings
job-step-statistics	Job Step Statistics
job-started	Job Started
job-staged	Job Staged
job-state-transition	Job State Transition
job-shutting-down	Job Shutting Down
job-stopping	Job Stopping
job-stopped	Job Stopped
job-timed-out	Job Timed Out
job-suspicious-silence	Job Suspicious Silence
job-thread-state	Job Thread State
job-trace	Job Trace
job-trace-requires-samples	Job Trace Requires Samples
job-updated	Job Updated
job-worker-comms-error	Job Worker Comms Error
job-unstaged	Job Unstaged
license-state-changed	License State Changed
license-validation-failed	License Validation Failed
license-validation-ok	License Validation Ok
license-volume-violation	License Volume Violation
new-license	New License
override-job-coordinated-shutdown	Override Job Coordinated Shutdown
override-server-coordinated-shutdown	Override Server Coordinated Shutdown
override-worker-coordinated-shutdown	Override Worker Coordinated Shutdown
register-job-thread-dependency	Register Job Thread Dependency
register-server-thread-dependency	Register Server Thread Dependency
register-worker-thread-dependency	Register Worker Thread Dependency
run-job-failure	Run Job Failure
server-logs	Server Logs
server-metrics-batch	Server Metrics Batch
server-started	Server Started
server-starting	Server Starting
server-stopping	Server Stopping
server-thread-state	Server Thread State
server-worker-comms-error	Server Worker Comms Error
shutdown-jobs	Shutdown Jobs
shutdown-worker	Shutdown Worker
system-shutdown	System Shutdown
update-upstream-sync-for-job	Update Upstream Sync For Job
update-upstream-sync-for-worker	Update Upstream Sync For Worker
update-variable	Update Variable
user-alert	User Alert
user-generated	User Generated
user-notification	User Notification
worker-command-for-job	Worker Command For Job
worker-auth-lease-ack	Worker Auth Lease Ack
worker-connected	Worker Connected
worker-created	Worker Created
worker-debug-heart-beat	Worker Debug Heart Beat
worker-error	Worker Error
worker-first-seen	Worker First Seen
worker-heart-beat	Worker Heart Beat
worker-logs	Worker Logs
worker-metrics-batch	Worker Metrics Batch
worker-offline	Worker Offline
worker-requests-auth-lease	Worker Requests Auth Lease
worker-server-comms-error	Worker Server Comms Error
worker-settings	Worker Settings
worker-shutdown	Worker Shutdown
worker-shutting-down	Worker Shutting Down
worker-started	Worker Started
worker-state-uuid	Worker State Uuid
worker-stopping	Worker Stopping
worker-suspicious-silence	Worker Suspicious Silence
worker-system-information	Worker System Information
worker-thread-state	Worker Thread State
worker-updated	Worker Updated
worker-modified	Worker Modified
worker-removed	Worker Removed
context-changed	Context Changed
rerender-deployment	Rerender Deployment
job-killed	Job Killed
message-serviced	Message Serviced
failed-to-service-message	Failed To Service Message
worker-wants-initial-settings	Worker Wants Initial Settings
worker-wants-initial-settings-reply	Worker Wants Initial Settings Reply
worker-wants-deployed-jobs	Worker Wants Deployed Jobs
worker-wants-deployed-jobs-reply	Worker Wants Deployed Jobs Reply
worker-wants-job-configuration	Worker Wants Job Configuration
worker-wants-job-configuration-reply	Worker Wants Job Configuration Reply
job-wants-dslir-key	Job Wants Dslir Key
job-wants-dslir-key-reply	Job Wants Dslir Key Reply
worker-wants-dslir-key	Worker Wants Dslir Key
worker-wants-dslir-key-reply	Worker Wants Dslir Key Reply
job-wants-variables	Job Wants Variables
job-wants-variables-reply	Job Wants Variables Reply
job-wants-credentials	Job Wants Credentials
job-wants-credentials-reply	Job Wants Credentials Reply
job-wants-credentials-error	Job Wants Credentials Error
job-wants-secret-variables-reply	Job Wants Secret Variables Reply
job-credentials-invalidated	Job Credentials Invalidated
aggregator-health	Aggregator Health
worker-verification-token	Worker Verification Token
worker-requests-verification-token	Worker Requests Verification Token
runtime-artifact-update	Runtime Artifact Update
runtime-artifact-update-ack	Runtime Artifact Update Ack
runtime-artifact-clear	Runtime Artifact Clear
runtime-artifact-clear-ack	Runtime Artifact Clear Ack
runtime-artifact-fetch	Runtime Artifact Fetch
runtime-artifact-fetch-reply	Runtime Artifact Fetch Reply
runtime-artifact-fetch-error	Runtime Artifact Fetch Error

Payload Mode Options

Value	Description
auto	Auto
json	Json
raw	Raw
binary	Binary

Method Options

Value	Description
get	Get
post	Post
put	Put
patch	Patch
delete	Delete
options	Options
head	Head