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Option | Definition |
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Name of job entry | The name of the job entry. This name has to be unique in a single job. A job entry can be placed several times on the canvas, however it will be the same job entry. |
URL | The HTTP URL of the file to retrieve, or the directory name to store an uploaded file to (for example: http://kettle.pentaho.org) |
Run for every result row? | Check this if you want to run this job entry for every row that was generated by a previous transformation. Use the "Copy rows to result". If selected, an HTTP request will be made for each result. Otherwise, the file is only retrieved once |
Input field which contains URL | If the previous "Run for every result row?" option is selected, the field specified here will determine the file URL for each row |
Input field which contains upload file name | If the "Run for every result row?" option is selected, the field specified here will determine the local file that will be uploaded to the URL for each row associated with the "Input field which contains URL" field. |
Input field which contains destination file name | If the "Run for every result row?" option is selected, the field specified here will determine the local file where the result downloaded from the URL associated with the "Input field which contains URL" field. |
Username | If the site requires authentication, use this username to log in |
Password | If a username is defined, this is the password for it |
Proxy server for upload | The URL of a proxy server that you want to connect to the HTTP URL through |
Proxy port | If a proxy server is defined, this is the port number it listens on |
Ignore proxy for hosts | A regular expression list of exceptions for proxy redirection. This may be useful when working on an intranet or VPN |
Upload file | If you are uploading a file, this will be its name on the remote server |
Target file | If you are downloading a file, this its name on your local filesystem |
Append to specified target file? | If selected, and if the target file already exists, PDI will append all new data to the end of the file |
Add date and time to file name? | If selected, the date and time of the HTTP request (in yyyMMdd_HHmmss format) will be added to the target filename |
Target file extension | If the previous option is selected, this field specifies the extension (letters after the dot) of the target filename |
Add filename to result filename | Any files that are copied will appear as a result from this step; shows a list of files that were copied in this step |
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