Standard Communications

Bots supports a set of communication protocols out of the box such that you only need to configure it in bots-monitor->Configuration->Channels to get it working. The set of supported protocols are listed below:

Supported Communication Types

Protocol

Description

file

Use this to push/pull files with the filesystem, also works with shared file systems.

smtp

Use this to send an email to your trading partner with the EDI file.

smtps

Same as smtp but additionally uses SSL for secure transmission

smtpstarttls

Same as smtp but additionally uses TLS for secure transmission

pop3

Use this to extract emails with EDI files from your email inbox.

pop3s

Same as pop3 but additionally uses SSL for secure transmission

pop3sapop

Same as pop3 but additionally encrypts your password during authentication

http

Use the HTTP protocol to GET or PUT files with your trading partner.

https

Same as http but additionally uses SSL for secure transmission.

imap4

Use this to extract emails with EDI files from your email inbox.

imap4s

Same as imap4 but additionally uses SSL for secure transmission

ftp

Use the FTP protocol to exchange files with your trading partner.

ftps (explicit)

Same as ftp but additionally uses explicit SSL for secure transmission

ftps (Implicit)

Same as ftp but additionally uses implicit SSL for secure transmission

sftp (ssh)

Use the SFTP protocol for exchange files with your trading partner.

xmlrpc

Use the XMLRPC protocol for exchange files with your trading partner.

trash/discard

Use this to discard uneeded messages types from your trading partner.

communicationscript

Use this for custom comms, as described here

db

Use this for database comms, as described here