Use XSL Templates to Transform Action Responses

You can transform the action responses returned by RSS Connector using XSL templates. You must write your own XSL templates and save them with either an .xsl or .tmpl file extension.

After creating the templates, you must configure RSS Connector to use them, and then apply them to the relevant actions.

To enable XSL transformations

  1. Ensure that the autnxslt library is located in the same directory as your configuration file. If the library is not included in your installation, you can obtain it from Micro Focus Support.
  2. Open the RSS Connector configuration file in a text editor.
  3. In the [Server] section, ensure that the XSLTemplates parameter is set to true.

    CAUTION: If XSLTemplates is set to true and the autnxslt library is not present in the same directory as the configuration file, the server will not start.

  4. (Optional) In the [Paths] section, set the TemplateDirectory parameter to the path to the directory that contains your XSL templates. The default directory is acitemplates.
  5. Save and close the configuration file.
  6. Restart RSS Connector for your changes to take effect.

To apply a template to action output

  • Add the following parameters to the action:

    Template The name of the template to use to transform the action output. Exclude the folder path and file extension.
    ForceTemplateRefresh (Optional) If you modified the template after the server started, set this parameter to true to force the ACI server to reload the template from disk rather than from the cache.

    For example:

    action=QueueInfo&QueueName=Fetch
                    &QueueAction=GetStatus
                    &Token=...
                    &Template=myTemplate

    In this example, RSS Connector applies the XSL template myTemplate to the response from a QueueInfo action.

    NOTE: If the action returns an error response, RSS Connector does not apply the XSL template.

Example XSL Templates

RSS Connector includes the following sample XSL templates, in the acitemplates folder:

XSL Template Description
LuaDebug Transforms the output from the LuaDebug action, to assist with debugging Lua scripts.