REST API and Request Body type: Connection Error / JSON or XML

[bmalkowski]

I am trying to make a successful connection with the REST API and am struggling with 2 items:

1) The vendor provided a test API site and has options for JSON or XML - which would I use in the request body?

2) When I test the connection I keep getting this connection error:

Thanks.

[NadiaB]

Hi @bmalkowski 

It seems you are trying to create a REST connection? If so in the connection configurations there is a section "Query Headers" where you can add the necessary headers (example)

Name                       Value
Content-Type        application/json

If that is not the case, could you provide the steps you follow to recreate the issue?

Kind Regards.

[bmalkowski · Accepted solution]

Hello Nadia,

That is correct in that I am trying to create a REST connection.

I added the information in the Query Headers section and the connection was successful!

Now I need to figure out how to load many parts instead of one in the request body.  I will likely have a 100's of parts in a spreadsheet that I need check attributes against.

Thanks again.