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Send HTTP Post

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The Send HTTP Post activity allows you to send HTTP POST requests to a specified URL, supporting both HTTP and HTTPS protocols. This activity operates under the permissions of the SharePoint account executing the request.

SharePoint Workflow Designer Phrase#

Send HTML Post to this url with these headers and this post data.

Parameters#

Parameter	Description
this url	The web URL to which the HTTP POST request is sent. For example: `http://mysite/default.aspx`
these headers	HTTP headers to include in the request. For more information, refer to RFC 2616 Section 14.
this post data	The HTTP POST message body. For details, see RFC 2616 Section 4.3.

Note: This activity can also be used to interact with SMS gateways via HTTP/S or to invoke web service methods.

Receive HTML

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This activity retrieves HTML content from a specified URL and stores it in a variable. Both HTTP and HTTPS requests are supported, and the activity impersonates the SharePoint account when making the request.

SharePoint Workflow Designer Phrase#

Receive HTML content from this url and store in Variable: variable

Parameters#

Parameter	Description
this url	The web URL from which to retrieve HTML content. For example: `http://mysite/default.aspx`

Note: This method can also be utilized to interact with SMS gateways via HTTP/S or to invoke web service methods.

Web Request

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The Web Request activity enables SharePoint to interact with external systems by making web requests to specified Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs). This activity supports various HTTP methods and can operate under specified user credentials.

SharePoint Workflow Designer Phrase#

“Send Web Request to [this URL] using [HTTP method] with [these headers] and [this request] in *[Text/SharePoint File]*mode. Use [this user] and [this password] credentials. Store response in [response] and HTTP status in [http_status].”

Send Mailchimp request activity

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Workflow phrases

Parameters#

Input parameters

Parameters	Description	Example
this URL	The absolute URL of the Mailchimp API endpoint you wish to access.	Audience lists: `https://<dc>.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists` Campaign reports: `https://<dc>.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/reports` Replace `<dc>` with your specific data center prefix (e.g., `us8`).
Method	The HTTP method to use for the request, such as `GET`, `POST`, or `PUT`.
this API key	Your Mailchimp account's API key, used for authentication.
these headers	HTTP headers to include in the request.	For example, to set the content type to JSON: `Content-Type: application/json`
this request	Parameters formatted as JSON, containing the data you want to send. For instance, to create a new audience list:	{ "name": "Your List Name", "contact": { "company": "Your Company", "address1": "123 Main St", "address2": "", "city": "Anytown", "state": "CA", "zip": "12345", "country": "US", "phone": "555-555-5555" }, "permission_reminder": "You're receiving this email because you signed up for updates.", "campaign_defaults": { "from_name": "Your Name", "from_email": "you@example.com", "subject": "Default Subject", "language": "EN" }, "email_type_option": true }
To XML	Option to convert response data to XML (`Yes` or `No`).	To create a new audience list, you might send a `POST` request to `https://<dc>.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/lists` with the appropriate headers and JSON-formatted body as shown above.

Example