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Calling a WebNodeAction

Ubaidullah Aouna

Hello everyone,

Im creating a WebReport SubTag and Im trying to execute a WebNodeAction from the Sub Tag Execution.

Im not sure how to approach calling a WebNodeAction, if it is even possible and what other ways there could be to achieve similar outcome.

I dont really want to write my own logic, id rather use the existing logic from the WebNodeAction, thats why im trying to call it directly.

Thank you in advance

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Ubaidullah Aouna

I went with populating my own request assoc with the needed features/parameters and then passing that into the util functions called inside the WebNodeAction instead of calling the WebNodeAction directly, that part I could not figure out.

Thanks everybody for the help.

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Greg Griffiths

Have a look at the code of that WebNodeAction and run it to see what structures, parameters etc it needs and what it returns then you should be able to call it.

To call it if you cant see it directly, you may have to use the .fRegistry of the appropriate SubSystem to get a reference to it.

appuq

If the Smartui action exists, then it might be easier to do that because a Smartui is basically a RESTAPI payload

Ubaidullah Aouna

I could not figure it out, the WebNodeAction _SubclassExecute function requires 2 parameters, webNode and request. In my case calling from my WebReport Sub Tag, there is no request I can pass, atleast, I couldnt find it. I will try again and maybe have to replicate the logic from the WebNodeAction.

Ubaidullah Aouna

Im afraid not, there only are WebNodeCommands and Actions

Greg Griffiths

in which case you will need to create a request object that matches what is needed and pass that in, you may not need all the parameters of the incoming request for that specific function call.

appuq

Care to tell what webnode action interests you? Also, WR already has a library called Requests, which is essentially what you are trying to reinvent. I think it is called RequestLibrary or something like

GregPetti

requests.js is used for client requests so it won't help if the OP wants to call something from the server.

It is pretty old but does some cool stuff queuing up and executing multiple asynchronous requests and managing the responses correctly.

Greg

GregPetti

As mentioned by others, more information on what functionality is required would help, as often there are supported function calls that can be used to replicate the functionality. I know some people use the RESTCLIENT tag to invoke REST requests on CS but the documentation states that is not supported (I'm not sure why).

If you are trying to call a web node action, the subtag context (tag processor object) includes .fRequest which is the request that was used to invoke the WebReport. You could potentially copy that (deep copy) and change any parameters you need. It also has .fPrgCtx and various other things you might need.

FWIW, we have a short course on developing sub-tags (and some advanced information about WebReoprts troubleshooting) we provide periodically.

Greg

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Ubaidullah Aouna

the WebNodeAction used to toggle the eLink enable/disable state for a node, so eLinkEnable and eLinkDisable

Ubaidullah Aouna

I will try to mimic a request to pass, thank you

Ubaidullah Aouna

appuq

Not at all a bad idea .Good job