Custom Action

The Custom Action action allows you to execute a custom action via HTTP.

How It Works

The following steps are an example of how to configure the action and describes the input and output properties.

1. Complete the Setup steps.
2. On your recipe, choose the Custom Action action.

3. Enter values for the displayed properties.

   Note: You can find more information about Custom actions in Workato in the Workato official documentation.

Properties

Input

Action Name

Give this action you're building a descriptive name, e.g. Create record, Get record.

Attributes	Details
Type	String
Required	Yes
Default value	Empty
Allowed values	Select a String value.
Notes	N/A

Method

Select HTTP method of the request:

Attributes	Details
Type	enum
Required	Yes
Default value	GET
Allowed values	GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, OPTIONS, DELETE
Notes	N/A

Path

e.g. odata/Jobs. Path will be appended to base URI. Use absolute URI to override the base URI.

Attributes	Details
Type	string
Required	Yes
Default value	Empty
Allowed values	Select a String value.
Notes	N/A

Options

Request Type

Attributes	Details
Type	enum
Required	No
Default value	Empty
Allowed values	JSON Request Body, URL encoded form, Multipart form, Raw request body
Notes	N/A

Response Type

Attributes	Details
Type	enum
Required	No
Default value	Empty
Allowed values	JSON response, Raw response
Notes	N/A

Request Body Parameters

Attributes	Details
Type	String
Required	No
Default value	Empty
Allowed values	Enter a valid JSON String
Notes	N/A

Response Headers

Attributes	Details
Type	String
Required	No
Default value	Empty
Allowed values	Enter a valid JSON String
Notes	N/A

Output

Body

Attributes	Details
Type	String
Required	Yes
Default value	Empty
Allowed values	A String pill
Notes	N/A