Is application/octet-stream response content type supported for ION Workflow API Output Parameters?

I've added an API in ION API with a resource that returns a CSV file, but only accepts the application/octet-stream type. I've constructed the swagger doc and the endpoint test functions on the Documentation test page.

However, if I attempt to use this API in an ION Workflow, the Response Content Type application/octet-stream is not available in the dropdown. I updated the swagger doc to also include text/csv, text/plain, and application/json, and the only types available in the dropdown are text/plain and application/json. I'm assuming these two are the only types supported. Can someone please confirm? Thanks!

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andy

It looks like this was asked two years ago and never answered lol (forum post link below).

It definitely seems like only application/json and text/plain are supported which is unfortunate.

https://community.infor.com/infor-ion/f/work-flows/25509/ion-api-node-response-content-type/72715#72715

Rene Bottern

You can always create a 'wrapper API' (in .Net with IIS for instance) that returns a supported format (i.e. JSON) instead and use that in Workflow.

andy

Thanks for the suggestion! I ended up creating a Data Lake flow instead of a Workflow. The Data Lake flow is triggered by the ION API Connection point, and I used a simple script to map the binary output to text/csv before ingesting in the Data Lake.

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