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WebSphere DataPower binary transform or call fails with "Missing input on action"

Troubleshooting


Problem

A DataPower binary transform action or call action may fail with "missing input on action" if the input to the action is empty.

Symptom

The input context to a binary transform in a service processing policy may be empty in several scenarios, including:

  • The service has an HTTP or HTTPS front side handler, and the client sends an HTTP GET request, not an HTTP POST request
  • The service has an FTP Server front side handler, and the client sends a LIST request, not a PUT request

In these cases, if the service processing policy contains a binary transform with an input context INPUT, the binary transform will fail with message:

Transforming (possibly binary) INPUT with mystylesheet.xsl failed: Missing input on action

Similarly, if a Call action with an input context as "INPUT" is the first action defined on a Processing Rule, a GET request method will fail with a parser error: "missing input on action". In this case the error message indicates that an "empty input is not allowed for this action"

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Document Information

More support for:
IBM DataPower Gateway

Software version:
7.7, 7.6, 7.5.2, 7.5.1, 7.5, 7.2, 7.1

Operating system(s):
Firmware

Document number:
459467

Modified date:
15 June 2018

UID

swg21566838

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