General information

This action sends a web query to a specified server.

Configuring an action

To configure this action, do the following:

1. Go to the Programming tab.
2. In the Event rules or Cycle rules list, click Create... (see Configuring macros).
3. Select a start condition that triggers a macro (see Configuring start conditions).
4. Click the  button below start conditions.
5. From the drop-down list, select General: Execute web query.
   
6. In the Authentication method parameter, select the authentication method:
   1. Basic;
   2. Digest.
7. In the Command parameter, select the query type:
   1. POST;
   2. GET;
   3. PUT;
   4. DELETE.
8. In the HTTP/HTTPS parameter, select the server protocol:
   1. HTTP;
   2. HTTPS.
9. In the IP address parameter, enter the IP address of the server.
10. In the Port parameter, enter the port of the server.
11. In the Username parameter, enter the username.
12. In the Password parameter, enter the user password.
13. In the Path parameter, enter the query path.
14. In the Query parameter, enter the query body if necessary.
    

    You can use templates in the query body (see Text templates in the action settings).

15. Click the Apply button.

Configuration of the Execute web query action is complete.