REST Call Jobs

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A versatile job type that runs an arbitrary REST/HTTP/Solr command.

REST jobs can call external systems using:

any HTTP or HTTPS request: <http-protocol>://<path>; requires JWT header.
a Solr request: solr://COLLECTION_NAME/…; authentication is handled.
a Fusion service request: extservice://SERVICE_NAME/<path>; authentication is handled.

For example, you can configure this type of job to delete your old signals data:

Navigate to Collections > Jobs.
Click Add and select REST Call.

The REST Call job configuration panel appears.
Enter an arbitrary ID for this job, such as "Delete-old-signals".
Enter the following endpoint URI, substituting the name of your signals collection for signalsCollectionName:
```
solr://signalsCollectionName/update
```
In the Call Method field, select "post".
Under Query Parameters, enter the property name "wt" with the property value "json".
In the Request entity (as string) field, enter the following:
```
<root><delete><query>timestamp_tdt:[* TO NOW-2WEEKS]</query></delete><commit /></root>
```
See Working with Dates for details about date formatting.

Your job configuration should look similar to this:

You can configure a schedule for this job at System > Scheduler.

Configuration properties