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Pass end point details in Rest Web Service command in Automation Anywhere

In the Rest Webservice Command, I don't see any option to pass a variable in the URI.

We do not want to hard the end point in the script.

As an e.g I will want the script to use different points for dev/stage and prod.

Is there a work around for this.

On building a URI with variables like : https://$v_hostname$/test-rs-v1/employee/data send request works fine but bot runs we get an error stating :

Hostname could not be parsed.

Solution

  • Update: That was a bug and fixed on version 11.3.1. You can only achieve that on version 11.3.1 or later.

    Reference: https://docs.automationanywhere.com/bundle/enterprise-v11.3/page/topics/release-notes/release-notes-11-3-1.html

    Workaround for older versions (If you have experience with C#): Build and test DLLs

    The following applies only on version 11.3.1 and later.
    Make sure that $v_hostname$ contains a value at the run time, using debugging option or message box command.
    I did reproduce the same error by entering a variable that doesn't exist or doesn't have a value, there is no another scenario would reproduce "Hostname could not be parsed".

    If the hostname/URL is invalid you will get "The remote name could not be resolved:".

    I've tested the REST Web Service command on both community and enterprise editions, and it's working very well.