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HTTP Binding can be used in BPEL to call the RESTful services. We might have come across one common error REPLACE_WITH_ACTUAL_URL while calling. Came across a metalink note that talks about this so thought of sharing the same.

Metalink Note ID: 1328955.1

Following are the few reasons that i found during my testing with the HTTP adapter to invoke REST based urls:

–  If the URL is not accessible from the server because of the firewall or HTTP proxy

– Using the XML complex types in the request structure.

Though, the metalink url says that XML complex types are not supported it’s working in 11.1.1.5 version ( i verified only in this version). The same working sample can be downloaded from here.

The example calls the Echo application which can be downloaded from  here (Antony Reynold’s blog).