HTTP requests trigger maps

An external HTTP client can trigger a map in a Launcher system by sending a request to the Launcher HTTP Listener. The HTTP Listener provides secure, two-way communication between external clients and the Launcher.

You configure the HTTP Listener to monitor its ports for an incoming HTTP request for a specific URL. You design a map in a Launcher system to use the HTTP request as an input trigger. The listener sends the request to the map’s HTTP adapter input card and returns a response to the external client. The response is either the output from the map's HTTP adapter output card, or the status of the map execution from the HTTP input card.

The HTTP Listener example is installed in the tx_install_dir\examples\httplsnr directory.