Technical Capabilities

Overview

This article outlines the general technical capabilities and limitations of the iTransfer .

Generally speaking, this is a non-exhaustive list of the ways in which iTransfer can, and cannot, transmit and receive data via its endpoints.

Inbound Webhooks

→ For more information, refer to the Inbound Webhooks overview. 

Inbound webhooks are HTTP POST requests made to a specific endpoint.

Supported Formats and Parameters

 Request Body: JSON Object

 HTTP Method: POST

 Authorization: None (Webhook URL itself is secure/obfuscated)

Unsupported Formats and Parameters

 Request Body: JSON Array, JSON Primitives

 Request Body: XML, YAML, Other data/file formats

 HTTP Method: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, etc.

 Authorization: Bearer token, API key, etc.

To send in multiple records, instead of using a JSON array, call the webhook endpoint multiple times.

Outbound Transfer Jobs

→ For more information, refer to the Outbound Jobs overview. 

Outbound transfer jobs are scheduled jobs that (optionally) take data from a source system and send it to one or more destination system(s).

Supported Formats and Methods

 Connection Type: HTTP, FTP, FTPS, SFTP

 Data Format: JSON, CSV, TSV, Other Delimited or Flat File

HTTP

 HTTP Method: GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE

 HTTP Headers: Any

 Authorization: Static Bearer Token or API Key

 Query String: Static (Any values, entered as part of Request URL)

FTP / SFTP

 Basic Authentication

 No Authentication

 (FTP) Passive File Transfer Mode

 (FTP) Active File Transfer Mode

 (FTPS) SSL/TLS Support

Unsupported Formats and Methods

 Connection Type: SCP, AS2, MFT, SMTP, SMB/CIFS/NFS

 Data Format: XML/SOAP, YAML, BSON, EML/MSG

HTTP

 HTTP Body: Multipart Form Data

 HTTP Authorization: OAuth2 / Temporary Auth Token

 HTTP Method: HEAD, custom HTTP verbs

 HTTP: WebDAV support

 HTTP: Read/Consume Response Body

CSV

 Non-Line Break Record Delimiters (any other value besides LF or CR LF).

 Non-printable Field Delimiters (any ASCII value between \x00 and \x20, except \x09 TAB).

FTP / SFTP

 SFTP Public Key Authentication

 Host Key Filtering

 Dynamic Filenames