What the documents look like
Inbound receiving and put-away handles the first physical-and-record confirmation that goods have entered the warehouse. The working data comes from the WMS, ERP procurement, supplier delivery notes, and barcode scanning. The daily documents are the purchase arrival note, the inbound acceptance note, the put-away task, and the discrepancy report. Each arrival batch requires checking received quantities, printing barcodes, and assigning storage locations. When this stage goes wrong, the consequences are inventory that does not match physical stock, later picking errors, and supplier disputes.
For the HTTP integration step, these characteristics shape what the request carries: document identifiers, quantities, and status fields. The HTTP module sends a request to a configured address and receives a response, so it can forward warehouse-side data to an external system and bring external results back into the workflow. The purchase arrival note and supplier records supply the identifiers and quantities that the request body references, while the inbound acceptance note and put-away task supply the status values that later copy or handover statements must respect.
A hypothetical paper exercise sample: on 10 March 2025 a receiving clerk at an e-commerce warehouse processes one purchase arrival batch. The source material reads: "Purchase arrival note PO-20250310-07 states the supplier is a supplier in East China, the arriving SKU is Style A, 200 units, and the delivery note quantity is 200 units; the inbound acceptance note states 200 units actually received and the acceptance conclusion is qualified; the put-away task states location B-02-03 and status pending put-away." The draft sentence to be judged is: "This batch has completed put-away and inventory has been synchronized to the external system." That sentence concerns acceptance and put-away task status only. The put-away task status is pending put-away, and inventory synchronization is a business action that requires a separately connected system implementation. The sentence is not supported.
Constraints at the HTTP integrations step
The HTTP module sends an HTTP request to the corresponding address. Params carry path request parameters and are used mostly with GET requests. Body carries the request body and is used mostly with POST and PUT requests. Headers carry request headers for special information. All three data locations can reference variables through {{}}, and the URL can also reference variables. Variables come from global variables, system variables, and upstream node outputs.
System variables include appId, chatId, responseChatItemId, variables, cTime, and histories. The chatId and responseChatItemId values do not exist in test mode, so an empty debug value is not a business fault. Return values are extracted through JSON path syntax, and output formatting was added after v4.6.8: when the output type is set to string, the value of the corresponding key is converted into a JSON string.
Retrieval and similarity scores do not carry permission or entity isolation. An interface call does not represent business authorization. A response that returns a received quantity is not evidence that a downstream business action, such as inventory synchronization, has been executed. That action needs its stated downstream implementation, and the evidence must be checked separately.
Configuration and implementation checks
| Configuration item | Hypothetical starting point for this exercise | Comparison and explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Request address and method | The arrival-note query address given by the external interface document, method POST | The address can reference variables; compare the path and method against the interface document |
| Headers authentication | Authorization injected through security configuration, not written into the public sample | Compare against the authentication header required by the interface document |
| Body structure | Pass the purchase arrival note number and supplier identifier | Compare field names and types against the interface contract |
| Variable reference | Reference the arrival note number from the upstream node output | Compare against the actual node output value |
| Return value extraction | Extract the received quantity field by JSON path | Compare against the hierarchy in the interface response example |
| Output type | Select number for the quantity field, string for text fields | Compare against the type required by the downstream node |
Three common errors
- Treating a qualified acceptance conclusion as completed put-away. In the hypothetical sample the inbound acceptance note conclusion is qualified and the put-away task status is pending put-away, while the draft sentence states put-away is complete. The input is the two documents, the comparison is the put-away task status field, and the observable result is that the status remains pending put-away.
- Writing a variable reference as a fixed value. The arrival note number in the Body is not referenced from the upstream node output through
{{}}. The input is the node output and the Body declaration, the comparison is whether the two are consistent, and the observable result is that the request body does not match this arrival note number. - Treating an interface response as authorization. The interface returns the received quantity, and the draft sentence states on that basis that inventory has been synchronized. The input is the interface response and the draft sentence, the comparison is whether the response contains a synchronization result field, and the observable result is that the response contains only the quantity field.
How to verify the setup
- Take the purchase arrival note number and supplier identifier from the hypothetical sample, place them in the Body, and send the request. Compare the request body fields against the interface contract. When the response returns a received quantity that matches the 200 units in the inbound acceptance note, the field check is satisfied.
- Take the put-away task status field and compare it against the draft sentence "has completed put-away." When the status is pending put-away, the sentence does not hold. Record it as unsupported and keep the put-away task as the evidence gap.
- Take the interface response and compare it against the draft sentence "inventory has been synchronized to the external system." When the response does not contain a synchronization result field, the sentence is unsupported. Whether inventory synchronization is executed requires a separately connected system implementation and a separate check.