topic Confirming URL construction from GeoEvent in ArcGIS GeoEvent Server Questions

Confirming URL construction from GeoEvent

AllWeatherHeather — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 16:44:08 GMT

Hi,

I'm using the Poll an External Website for XML using the parameters listed below. Based on my troubleshooting I can only receive data when I include the API key directly in the URL field (instead of the Parameters field). What I am wondering is what the final URL looks like that GeoEvent is using to query the service? I need the two parameters I've indicated to be added to the end of what I have in the URL (and I have included the '/' already). Is there somewhere I can check this? I've been told by the vendor that my parameters are not coming through.

Re: Confirming URL construction from GeoEvent

AllWeatherHeather — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 21:23:32 GMT

With the help of the wonderful folks over at Esri Canada tech support we were able to solve this one. The answer was to place the entire string in the URL field and replace the ":" with "%3A". The original and the result look something like this (with the API key masked as abc123).

Original:

http://services.marinetraffic.com/api/exportvessels/v:8/abc123/timespan:150/protocol:xml

Working URL for GeoEvent:
http://services.marinetraffic.com/api/exportvessels/v%3A8/abc123/timespan%3A150/protocol%3Axml