The httpClient sends the request of an exchange to a Web Server using the HTTP protocol. Usually it will be globally used inside the transport. However, it is also possible to use it inside a proxy to give the proxy an individual configuration for its outgoing HTTP connection that is different from the global configuration in the transport.

Syntax

httpClient:
  '$ref': <string>
  failOverOn5XX: <boolean>
  httpClientConfig: {}

httpClient:
  '$ref': <string>
  failOverOn5XX: <boolean>
  httpClientConfig: {}

Sample

<beans>
  <transport coreThreadPoolSize="20">
	<ruleMatching />
	<dispatching />
	<userFeature />
	<httpClient />
  </transport>
</beans>

<beans>
  <transport coreThreadPoolSize="20">
	<ruleMatching />
	<dispatching />
	<userFeature />
	<httpClient />
  </transport>
</beans>

Attributes

Name	Required	Default	Description	Examples
$ref	false	-	Reference a component defined under components.	-
failOverOn5XX	false	false	Whether to retry again (possibly the next node, when load balancing is active) after a HTTP status code 500<=x<600 was received.	-

Child Structure

Element	Cardinality	Description
httpClientConfig	0..1	Settings the HTTP client uses for calls to a backend: socket timeouts, an upstream proxy, credentials, TLS and retry behavior. Every part is optional and falls back to its defaults when omitted. Configure it once globally, or on a single plugin that calls a backend.

Can be used in

components interceptor