You can use this function to validate the REST API. Therefore, this feature provides a framework to call the validation REST API that was defined in the REST account during the Template/Transaction creation.
This feature is only visible when:
- You have selected the Enable External Mapping Validation checkbox and REST account from Template/Transaction settings page.
- You open the mapper from the Define Mapping page of Template/Transaction.
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The API provides the way to validation REST API that was defined in the REST account during the Template/Transaction creation. Following are the Request and Response JSON format for External Mapping Validation in Web Mapper.
Request Format for the External Mapping Validation
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Following example presents the request format of API for the
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layout shown in the below image:
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{
"destinationDetails": [{
"fieldName": "Root",
"MinOccurs": "1",
"MaxOccurs": "1",
"leaf": false,
"schemaName": "AC_TextSchema_Traget",
"fieldPath": "/Root"
},
{
"fieldName": "Record",
"MinOccurs": "1",
"MaxOccurs": "unbounded",
"leaf": false,
"schemaName": "AC_TextSchema_Traget",
"fieldPath": "/Root/Record"
},
{
"fieldName": "Field1",
"parent": " ",
"Documentation": "",
"BaseType": "string",
"MinOccurs": "0",
"MaxOccurs": "1",
"leaf": true,
"schemaName": "AC_TextSchema_Traget",
"isMapped": true,
"fieldPath": "/Root/Record/Field1"
},
{
"fieldName": "@recordNumber",
"Documentation": "",
"isAttribute": "true",
"leaf": true,
"BaseType": "string",
"schemaName": "AC_TextSchema_Traget",
"fieldPath": "/Root/Record/@recordNumber"
}
],
"sourceDetails": [{
"fieldName": "Root",
"MinOccurs": "1",
"MaxOccurs": "1",
"leaf": false,
"schemaName": "AC_TextSchema_Source",
"fieldPath": "/Root"
},
{
"fieldName": "Record",
"MinOccurs": "1",
"MaxOccurs": "unbounded",
"leaf": false,
"schemaName": "AC_TextSchema_Source",
"fieldPath": "/Root/Record"
},
{
"fieldName": "Field1",
"parent": " ",
"Documentation": "",
"BaseType": "string",
"MinOccurs": "0",
"MaxOccurs": "1",
"leaf": true,
"schemaName": "AC_TextSchema_Source",
"isMapped": true,
"fieldPath": "/Root/Record/Field1"
},
{
"fieldName": "@recordNumber",
"Documentation": "",
"isAttribute": "true",
"leaf": true,
"BaseType": "string",
"schemaName": "AC_TextSchema_Source",
"fieldPath": "/Root/Record/@recordNumber"
}
],
"mappingDetails": {
"cloneElements": "",
"filters": "",
"variables": {
"variable": [
]
},
"globalParameters": {
"keys": {
"key": [
]
},
"contextVariables": {
"contextVariable": [
]
}
},
"connections": {
"connectionVariable": [
]
},
"functions": {
"externalFunction": [
]
},
"filterUnmappedElements": false,
"indentOutputXML": true,
"xslVersion": "1.1",
"enableStreaming": false,
"filterEmptyElements": false,
"xslTransformer": "Saxon",
"characterSetEncoding": "ISO-8859-1",
"disableOuputNodes": {
"disableOutputNodeProperty": [
]
},
"GlobalPreCustomXSL": "",
"GlobalPostCustomXSL": "",
"xslTemplates": {
"xslTemplateData": [
]
},
"namespace": "",
"namespaceList": [
],
"contextSchemaDefinition": "",
"maps": [{
"order": 1,
"targetName": "AC_TextSchema_Traget",
"targetfield": "Field1",
"targetfieldpath": "/Root/Record/Field1",
"targetrecord": "Record",
"mapping": [{
"sourceName": "AC_TextSchema_Source",
"operatortype": "field",
"sourcefield": "Field1",
"sourcefielddisplayname": "Field1",
"sourcefieldpath": "/Root/Record/Field1",
"sourcerecord": "Record"
}]
}]
}
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You must fill these three keys in JSON Request
Destination Details: This shows the details of each element of destination layout.
Source Details: This shows the details of each element of source layout.
Mapping Details: This shows the mapping details applied on destination layout.