XML body in http request

Questions
1

Describe the issue/error/question

Invalid XML Request

What is the error message (if any)?

I have to use Acoustic’s XML api in order to acquire some data. But I can’t manage to put the xml in the body parameter. Does anyone has an idea on how to do this?
XML example:

Please share the workflow

This is the xml in the body:

<Envelope>
	<Body>
		<GetScoringModels></GetScoringModels>
	</Body>
</Envelope>

My node, with hidden bearer token:

Output

<Envelope><Body><RESULT><SUCCESS>false</SUCCESS></RESULT><Fault><Request/><FaultCode/><FaultString>Invalid XML Request</FaultString><detail><error><errorid>51</errorid><module/><class>SP.API</class><method/></error></detail></Fault></Body></Envelope>

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Hi @loren, welcome to the community!

Have you tried enabling the JSON/RAW Parameters option of your HTTP Request node?
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This will allow you to provide the entire request body instead of just key-value pairs. You can also configure the authentication header as credentials in n8n, this way they wouldn’t be part of your workflow if you share it with someone.

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Hi @MutedJam,

Thanks for your feedback!

  • I’ve tried using the json/raw parameters, but then I don’t see how I can pass the Authorization: Bearer {{Bearertoken}} in the Headers?
  • Can I also configure the authentication header based on query parameters only? In a previous node, I do a post to the token endpoint with all the credentials in the query. So I don’t select a “way to authenticate” in my node.

Grts,
Loren

4

Hey Loren, have you checked out the Authentication options in the HTTP Request node?

The Header Auth option would let you configure an Auth header (which you can re-use in your other HTTP Request nodes too):

Screenshot from 2022-03-25 17-32-20

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Hi @MutedJam,

If I select Header Auth I can only put 1 name and 1 value, while I have to give in the client_id, client_secret,… Do you have an example?

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In this case I would probably only pack the client_secret vie the Header Auth and set the client_id via the Headers parameter on the node.