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Viewing and updating HTTP export bindings

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Using the administrative console, you can change the configuration of HTTP export bindings without changing the original source and then redeploying the application.

About this task

Change HTTP export bindings when you need to change whether a method on a binding is pingable or to change the encodings a method or binding supports.
Required security role for this task: When security and role-base authorization are enabled, you must log in as an administrator or configurator to perform this task.

Procedure

  1. Select the module that contains the binding by navigating to Applications > SCA Modules and clicking the module name.
  2. Select the binding by performing the following steps:
    1. In the Module components section, expand Exports.
    2. Expand the export, and then expand Binding.
    3. Click the binding to view information about its properties.
  3. Select the scope for the changes you want to make.
    • To change the configuration on the binding scope, click the Binding Scope tab.
    • To change the configuration at the method scope, click the Method Scope tab.

    When both configurations exist, the method scope configuration takes precedence over the binding scope configuration.

  4. Make changes to one or more of the following properties:
    • Select method (Method scope only)

      Choose the method that you want to review or configure. Click the arrow in the Select method field to see the list of methods that can be configured.

    • HTTP Methods
      Lists the methods and the current configuration for the methods. You can set whether the method is pingable and the return code for the method.
      • Method

        The name of the method. The methods are GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, TRACE, OPTIONS, and HEAD.

      • Pingable

        Whether or not an HTTP client can ping the method. When selected, you must specify the return code the binding returns to the client. The default for this is unchecked.

      • Return code

        An integer returned when an HTTP client pings the method.

    • Transfer Encoding

      Specifies how information is transferred between the endpoints. Choices are chunked or identity.

      The chunked encoding modifies the body of a message in order to transfer it as a series of chunks, each with its own size. This allows dynamically produced content to be transferred along with the information necessary for the recipient to verify that it has received the full message.
      Important: If you set this parameter to chunked, Content Encoding is set to identity and you will be unable to change Content Encoding.
    • Content Encoding

      Specifies how the content that traverses the binding is encoded. Choose either gzip, x-gzip, deflate, or identity.

  5. Save your changes to the master configuration.

Results

If you made any updates, the binding is changed for the selected module. The changes take effect after you restart the SCA module.
Restriction: If the module is redeployed, the configuration changes you made are replaced by the original settings.

To ensure that the changes you made remain with the module across deployments, use IBM® Integration Designer to make the changes in the source code for the module.