Invoking Web services
You can invoke Web services in one of two ways; either by using the Query Web services visualization or by using advanced watchers in Siren Alert.
Using the Query Web services visualization
The Query Web services visualization can be used to invoke more than one service at a time. When all requests are resolved, a filter is applied to the dashboard to only show only the resulting documents.
Using advanced watchers in Siren Alert
Advanced watchers can be used to invoke a single service, periodically. To configure this method, you must add a web_service
object to the condition
object of the advanced watcher.
Specify the following details.
-
group: The name of the Web service group, for example, 'webhose'.
-
service: The name of the Web service (within the group) that you wish to invoke, for example, 'news'.
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params: The parameters (mandatory and optional) that are required by the specified Web service, for example, query and language.
-
store: A boolean value that determines whether or not to store the invocation results in Elasticsearch
The following code is an example of how to write the web_service
object in an advanced watcher:
"condition": {
"web_service": {
"group": "webhose",
"service": "news",
"params": "{ \"query\": \"Galway city\", \"language\": \"german\" }",
"store": true
},
...
}
For more examples of advanced watchers, see this link
Periodic invocation of Web services by using watchers works only without security. |