Use URL parameters to retrieve historical data.

Question

Hi Experts,

I'm attempting to ingest GPS data into ArcGIS Velocity using the HTTP Poller.

The GPS API endpoint supports retrieving historical data by specifying a timestamp in the URL:

https://gpsfeed/api/v1/locations/{logDateUTC}

For example, sending a request to:

https://gpsfeed/api/v1/locations/2018-12-01T08:00:00Z

returns the vehicle locations recorded at that specific time.

I tried using a dynamic URL by passing the timestamp as a URL parameter, but since Velocity's HTTP Poller only supports key-value pairs, the request was sent as:

https://gpsfeed/api/v1/locations/?=2018-12-01T08:00:00Z

which is invalid.

Is there a way to configure the HTTP Poller to send a dynamic URL path (not just parameters) so that I can query historical data by timestamp?

My ultimate goal is to ingest GPS data from the past 2 years.

Any input would be greatly appreciated!

wchou_esrica · Answer

Hi @PeterNasuti ,

What I attempt to do is retrieving all the historical data of a period of time.

The API only returns  the location history recorded in the next hour from the provided log date.

For example,

https://gpsfeed/api/v1/locations/2024-12-01T08:00:00Z

returns the locations from 2024-12-01 08:00-09:00.

To retrieve data between 2024-12-01 to 2024-12-30, I would like to dynamically change the url by using URL parameters.

Send a request to

https://gpsfeed/api/v1/locations/2024-12-01T08:00:00Z

After 15 secs,Send a request to

https://gpsfeed/api/v1/locations/2024-12-01T09:00:00Z

and so on.

$feed.FeedLastScheduledStartTime seems doesn't work in my case...

PeterNasuti · Answer

@wchou_esrica Yes - try this such as

https://yourSite.com/yourURL/$feed.FeedScheduledStartTime OR https://yourSite.com/yourURL/$feed.FeedLastScheduledStartTime

And also specify the Global variables date formatting string:

I am seeing success with this in testing where the value ends up being substituted for the request.

wchou_esrica · Answer

Hi @PeterNasuti ,

Thanks for the reply.

Unfortunately, the API only supports "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'" format .

I did try setting the global variable, but the main issue is that the API's parameter is not key-value pair, so I have to put " " in key field.  After url encoding, the request becomes " /api/v1/locations/?%20=2025-07-05T16%3A27%3A14Z and ?%20= is not acceptable.

Is there a way to add parameters without using key-value format?

Thank you,