Modify http_client response

[nuno-al]

Hi,

If I have a http_client output, is it possible to modify the response before returning it to the caller?

For example, in the following config, can I add a processor after the propagate_response so I can mutate the http_client response before returning it?

input:
  http_server:
    path: /post
output:
  http_client:
    url: http://localhost:4196/post
    verb: POST
    propagate_response: true

[Jeffail]

Hey @nunodpalves you'd need to rework your flow so that instead of an http_client output you use an http processor, followed by whichever processors you want to use to modify the response, then follow it with a sync response processor: https://www.benthos.dev/docs/components/processors/sync_response.

In order to preserve delivery guarantees you'll want to follow this pattern for running processors as your output: https://www.benthos.dev/docs/components/processors/about#using-processors-as-outputs, and that'll ensure that if the processors fail you'll get either nacks or retries depending on your input.

[nuno-al]

Thank you, that was exactly what I was looking for.