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Power Automate as a Web Server?
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Nov 15, 2022 10:42 AM

Power Automate as a Web Server?

by HubSite 365 about Paul Murana [MVP]

Streamlining systems and processes using the Microsoft Power Platform. Microsoft Business Applications MVP.

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In this video you can learn how to use Power Automate to serve web pages to an anonymous audience using the "When a HTTP Request is received" trigger.

This is a great way, to simulate a small Webserver for simple requests. Instead of providing a real Webserver for small APIs, you can use PowerAutomate for this.

For this, the 'When a HTTP Request is received' trigger action is used to respond to a HTTP request.

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The mentioned approach follows the idea of an REST API. REST (Representational State Transfer) is a software architectural style that defines a set of constraints to be used for creating Web APIs (Application Programming Interfaces). A REST API is a type of API that follows the REST architectural style and allows communication between systems using HTTP protocols.