kzhanok
October 29, 2025, 12:20pm
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I am attempting to add new streaming analytics building blocks (such as the HTTP output), however i am unable to find any documentation that can assist me in this endeavour. Am i missing something crucial?
This might be good starting point:
[Extend the Analytics Builder with custom blocks]
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and if you prefer written documentation it is here:
# Contents
1. [Introduction](005-Intro.md)
2. [Developing blocks locally](007-DevEnvironment.md)
3. [Basic blocks](010-BasicBlocks.md)
4. [Naming and documenting blocks](020-NamingAndDoc.md)
5. [Building a block into an extension](030-BuildingExtensions.md)
6. [Testing blocks](035-Testing.md)
7. [Parameters, block startup and error handling](040-Parameters.md)
8. [Blocks with state](050-State.md)
9. [Timers](060-Timers.md)
10. [Partition values](070-Partitions.md)
11. [Dynamic types](080-DynamicTypes.md)
12. [The Value type](090-ValueType.md)
13. [Input and output blocks](100-InputAndOutput.md)
14. [Cumulocity-specific helpers](105-CumulocityHelper.md)
15. [Asynchronous validations](110-AsynchronousValidations.md)
16. [Migrating input and output blocks to the version 2 API](150-MigrateInputOutputBlocks.md)
17. [Update Cumulocity input blocks to receive from assets](151-MigrateInputBlocksForAssetInput.md)
18. [Update Cumulocity input blocks to receive from all input sources](152-MigrateInputBlocksForAllInputs.md)
19. [Sharing data across partitions and workers](160-SharingDataAcrossPartition.md)
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We also have a sample for the HttpOutput block.
/*
* Copyright (c) 2013-present Cumulocity GmbH, Duesseldorf, Germany and/or its affiliates and/or their licensors.
* Use, reproduction, transfer, publication or disclosure is prohibited except as specifically provided for in your License Agreement with Cumulocity GmbH
*/
package apamax.analyticsbuilder.samples;
using apama.analyticsbuilder.BlockBase;
using apama.analyticsbuilder.Activation;
using apama.analyticsbuilder.ABConstants;
using apama.analyticsbuilder.L10N;
using apama.analyticsbuilder.Value;
using apama.analyticsbuilder.TimerParams;
using com.softwareag.connectivity.httpclient.HttpTransport;
using com.softwareag.connectivity.httpclient.RequestType;
using com.softwareag.connectivity.httpclient.Request;
using com.softwareag.connectivity.httpclient.Response;
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And, finally, based on the example there’s another HTTP Output block that includes better handling of credentials for example:
/*
* $Copyright (c) 2013 - 2024 Cumulocity GmbH, Duesseldorf, Germany and/or its affiliates and/or their licensors.$
* Use, reproduction, transfer, publication or disclosure is prohibited except as specifically provided for in your License Agreement with Cumulocity GmbH
*/
package apamax.analyticsbuilder.samples;
using apama.analyticsbuilder.BlockBase;
using apama.analyticsbuilder.Activation;
using apama.analyticsbuilder.ABConstants;
using apama.analyticsbuilder.L10N;
using apama.analyticsbuilder.NameValue;
using apama.analyticsbuilder.Value;
using apama.analyticsbuilder.TimerParams;
using com.apama.cumulocity.Util;
using com.apama.cumulocity.TenantOption;
using com.apama.cumulocity.FindTenantOptions;
using com.apama.cumulocity.FindTenantOptionsResponse;
using com.apama.util.AnyExtractor;
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