# Panel (rest)

Perform a HTTP request and store response into variable

# Screenshots

rest

# Config

rest:

	config:

		# Request
		request:

			# Optional | Type: string | Default: GET
			# HTTP method
			method: "GET"

			# Required | Type: string | Default: null
			# Requested URL
			url: "http://www.goo.gl/?s={$__user->fullname}"

			# Optional | Type: array | Default: []
			# Sent headers
			headers: [foo: "bar"]

			# Auth
			auth:

				# Basic Auth
				basic:

					# Required | Type: string | Default: null
					# Username
					name: "john"

					# Required | Type: string | Default: null
					# Password
					password: "doe"

			# Body
			body:

				# Required | Type: string | Default: RAW
				# Defines how to encode data
				#
				### Note
				### e.g. JSON will encode given request.body.data into JSON string
				type: "RAW"

				# Optional | Type: mixed | Default: null
				# Data to be sent as request body
				#
				### Note
				### Panel works only with string data, any other data must be encoded with option type: JSON
				#
				### Examples
				### - Data is string and type options is RAW. This data will not be encoded. It can be any string # data: 'Hello, {$name}, how are you doing?'
				### - Data contains simple data structures. Type option must be JSON. Data will be encoded into json string
				data: "{output(["name" => $username])]"

			# Optional | Type: bool | Default: true
			# Whether SSL configuration should be verified
			#
			### Note
			### Do not turn off, if it's not really necessary. It should be always preferred to discuss that problem with server administrator and update certificates.
			ssl_verify: true

		# Response
		response:

			# Required | Type: string | Default: null
			# Name of variable in which should be response data stored
			#
			### Note
			### Fields of variable: code, headers, body, error, error_message
			output: "myvar"

			# Optional | Type: string | Default: AUTO
			# Defines how to treat the response data in order to save to variable
			#
			### Note
			### e.g. JSON will expect the response body to be json string and automatically decodes it into
			### multidimensional array and this array is then saved into process variable
			type: "AUTO"

		# UI
		ui:

			# Optional | Type: string | Default: null
			# Panel title
			title: "Panel title"

			# Optional | Type: string | Default: null
			# Panel description
			description: "Panel description"
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