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How to expose a CSV file as a Service with SAP PI/PRO

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Imagine you need to read a file content from a remote application and you do not want to set up a replication?
This scenario explains how to expose a CSV file (here a product list) as a WebService using the standard SOAP Adapter and the WHINT FileReader Adapter.

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CSV File:
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Design (ESR):

  • Create Service Interfaces (Sender and Receiver side)
  • For the receiver side you can also use the synchronous Inbound Service Interface FileReaderQueryResponse_In which is shipped with the Adapter
  • Optional: Create a Mapping if you do not want to expose the result of the CSV-to-XML conversion of the MessageTransformBean

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Configuration (Eclipse/NWDS):

iFlow:
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Receiver Channel (FileReader):
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SFTP Connectivity (of course you can read the file from NFS or FTP as well):
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Module Configuration (MessageTransformBean: CSV->XML):
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Upload File to SFTP Server:
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Test from SOAP UI:
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Update: I think it is obvious that the Files can be also queried with other sender channels, not only from SOAP (like e.g. REST providing the response in JSON format):

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