esri-receive-features-rest-in

Question

Hi All,

So, a newbie question is, how does "esri-receive-features-rest-in" connector work?
In URL property (Base URL that the REST Transport will connect to), what do you specify here? How do you pass in input?
As for the input, each individual feature should be fed? Or whole FeatureSet?
 
Thanks,
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eric3918esridot · Answer

Jayateerth,

Sorry you didn't get a response sooner, I too have a need for this and in my testing, I was able to replace HTTP with HTTPS and port 6180 with port 6143 and everything worked successfully.  I was told at 10.7 GeoEvent will by default display the HTTPS pattern. As long as you have a security cert from a certificate provider and you have HTTPS enabled you will be able to do this.  If not then I suggest you read up on the tutorials provided with GeoEvent Server and then you can make the change to your Reciever.

JayateerthDeshpande · Answer

Hi All, I am trying to design a Input Reciever in GEP using 'Receive Features on a REST endpoint'. When Created, the GEP gives me a rest endpoint in HTTP protocol. e.g. http://:6180/geoevent/rest/receiver// Can any one help me create this url in HTTPS mode, as we have set up ArcGIS Server/Portal etc in HTTPS mode.

RJSunderman · Answer

Hello Brian -

The inbound connector being discussed in this thread - Receive Features on a REST endpoint - has a program name / identifier esri-receive-features-rest-in. You are correct, this input requires that an external party POST content to the GeoEvent Processor. The adapter being used by this inbound connector expects that Esri Feature JSON, not generic JSON, will be sent.

If you wanted an external party to be able to POST generic JSON to the GeoEvent Processor you would use the Receive JSON on a REST endpoint inbound connector (which has a program name / identifier esri-receive-json-rest-in).

You've indicated that you want to periodically poll an ArcGIS feature service to obtain features and process those as events. For this you would want to use the Poll an ArcGIS Server for Features inbound connector (which has a program name / identifier esri-in-poll-feature-service). This connector allows you to specify the registered ArcGIS Server connection, the services folder, the feature service or map service, and the layer from which features should be retrieved. You also specify the Refresh Interval (how often you want GeoEvent Processor to poll the service).

When you say "... an ArcGIS server feature for updates, one that is not my own", I'm not sure if you mean another publisher's feature/map service running on your ArcGIS for Server ... or if you mean some external server. You may need to use the Poll an external website for JSON inbound connector if you are polling a site/server external to your organization. Be aware that this input expects generic JSON, not Esri Feature JSON, and you may have to build the Geometry using values returned in specific event fields.

Hope this answers your question -
RJ