Path Variable in HTTPTargetConnection appended to the end

[gungorr]

Hello,

A path variable is extracted and assigned to a variable est_id succesfully. When it is used in the middle of a HTTPTargetConnection URL it is appended to the end. 

<HTTPTargetConnection>
     <URL>https://anyhost/api/Est/{est_id}/Employees</URL>
</HTTPTargetConnection>

est_id is 324324

I see this call in Postman debug session as below

<URL removed by staff> but it should be <URL removed by staff>

How can i fix that?

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[MarciSoos]

Hi @gungorr !

Unfortunately the example url's are not displayed in your message, it says "url removed by staff".
If I get it right, your expected url is

https://anyhost/api/Est/324324/Employees

But what is the actual result of your configuration?
I suspect that it might be related to the automatic path-suffix copying mechanism.
Here's an earlier discusson in the topic, I hope it would help:

https://www.googlecloudcommunity.com/gc/Apigee/How-do-I-modify-a-path-before-chaining-to-a-second-pr...

So I would suggest to try the followings:

(A)
1. use a named TargetServer, that contains the hostname only.
2. in the targetRequest flow, set the target.copy.pathsuffix to false (with AssignMessage(AM) / JavaScript(JS) policy)
3. set your custom path to the required value

it's important to do these steps in the target request flow, not 'earlier'!

(B)
1. set the variabletarget.url , the value must be the full url, with protocol+host+path etc..
it's important to do it in the target request flow, not 'earlier'!
you can use javascript, or an AM policy.

general best practice
set the required PATH / target.url value first as a custom variable (in JS, or AM policy).
and then use your custom variable to set the apigee variable.
Even if it means an additional step/polciy, it gives you the opportunity to track the process more precisedly, and see where the things went wrong - which I hope won't happen in your case.

I hope I could help, but if not, pls feel free to ask for more assistance.
I'm waiting for your response,
Cheers,
Marcelo

[AlexET]

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