SAP On-premise
Import Renda SSL Certificate
Renda is hosted on AWS. You will need to install AWS root certificate in your SAP landscape to enable communication between your SAP system and Renda APIs.
Please remember to import the SSL certificate across all the systems in your SAP landscape
Download Renda SSL certificate
Go to transaction STRUST
Go to SSL Client SSL Client(Standard) and select entry corresponding to your system
Import the certificate
Click on "Add to certificate list"
Save
Setup SM59 Connection
Login into Renda developer portal
Subscribe to HTML->PDF service
Copy API Service URL to notepad
Go to transaction SM59
Create a new HTTP Connection to External Server - Type G
Key in RENDA.IO in RFC Destination field
Enter description as Renda.io connection for HTML transformation
Under Technical Settings tab - Paste region specific API Service URL(from
Enter Service No. as 443
Test Connection
Please remember to whitelist API Service URL from within your corporate firewall. This will enable outbound calls to be made from your SAP system to Renda engine in the cloud.
Invoking REST API
The following code demonstrates how Renda can be invoked from ABAP function to convert HTML output to PDF document
FUNCTION zgenerate_pdf.
*"----------------------------------------------------------------------
*"*"Local Interface:
*" IMPORTING
*" VALUE(IM_RFCDEST) TYPE RFCDEST
*" VALUE(IM_API_KEY) TYPE STRING
*" VALUE(IM_HTML) TYPE STRING
*" VALUE(IM_ENCRYPTION_KEY) TYPE STRING OPTIONAL
*" VALUE(IM_LANDSCAPE) TYPE STRING OPTIONAL
*" VALUE(IM_FORMAT) TYPE STRING OPTIONAL
*" VALUE(IM_MARGIN_TOP) TYPE STRING OPTIONAL
*" VALUE(IM_MARGIN_RIGHT) TYPE STRING OPTIONAL
*" VALUE(IM_MARGIN_BOTTOM) TYPE STRING OPTIONAL
*" VALUE(IM_MARGIN_LEFT) TYPE STRING OPTIONAL
*" EXPORTING
*" VALUE(EX_SUBRC) TYPE SYSUBRC
*" VALUE(EX_MESS) TYPE STRING
*" VALUE(EX_PDF) TYPE XSTRING
*"----------------------------------------------------------------------
*
DATA: lo_http_client TYPE REF TO if_http_client,
lv_http_rc TYPE i,
lv_response TYPE string,
lv_json TYPE /ui2/cl_json=>json,
lr_data TYPE REF TO data.
*
FIELD-SYMBOLS: <data> TYPE data,
<field> TYPE any.
*
* Setup IF_HTTP_Client object
*
CALL METHOD cl_http_client=>create_by_destination
EXPORTING
destination = im_rfcdest
IMPORTING
client = lo_http_client
EXCEPTIONS
argument_not_found = 1
plugin_not_active = 2
internal_error = 3
OTHERS = 4.
*
IF sy-subrc IS NOT INITIAL.
ex_mess = 'Error creating new IF_HTTP_Client object. Process aborted.'.
ex_subrc = 4.
RETURN.
ENDIF.
*
* Set protocol version
*
lo_http_client->request->set_version( if_http_request=>co_protocol_version_1_1 ).
*
* Set request header fields
*
lo_http_client->request->set_header_field(
name = 'Accept'
value = 'application/pdf' ).
*
lo_http_client->request->set_header_field(
name = 'Content-Type'
value = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' ).
*
lo_http_client->request->set_header_field(
name = 'x-api-key'
value = im_api_key ).
*
* Set form fields/attributes
*
lo_http_client->request->if_http_entity~set_form_field(
name = 'inputPayload'
value = im_html ).
*
IF im_encryption_key IS NOT INITIAL.
*
lo_http_client->request->if_http_entity~set_form_field(
name = 'encryptionKey'
value = im_encryption_key ).
*
ENDIF.
*
IF im_landscape IS NOT INITIAL.
*
lo_http_client->request->if_http_entity~set_form_field(
name = 'landscape'
value = im_landscape ).
*
ENDIF.
*
IF im_format IS NOT INITIAL.
*
lo_http_client->request->if_http_entity~set_form_field(
name = 'format'
value = im_format ).
*
ENDIF.
*
IF im_margin_top IS NOT INITIAL.
*
lo_http_client->request->if_http_entity~set_form_field(
name = 'marginTop'
value = im_margin_top ).
*
ENDIF.
*
IF im_margin_right IS NOT INITIAL.
*
lo_http_client->request->if_http_entity~set_form_field(
name = 'marginRight'
value = im_margin_right ).
*
ENDIF.
*
IF im_margin_bottom IS NOT INITIAL.
*
lo_http_client->request->if_http_entity~set_form_field(
name = 'marginBottom'
value = im_margin_bottom ).
*
ENDIF.
*
IF im_margin_left IS NOT INITIAL.
*
lo_http_client->request->if_http_entity~set_form_field(
name = 'marginLeft'
value = im_margin_left ).
*
ENDIF.
*
lo_http_client->request->set_method( 'POST' ).
*
lo_http_client->propertytype_logon_popup = lo_http_client->co_disabled.
*
* Send request
*
CALL METHOD lo_http_client->send
EXPORTING
timeout = 60 " 15 Seconds
EXCEPTIONS
http_communication_failure = 1
http_invalid_state = 2.
*
IF sy-subrc IS NOT INITIAL.
*
ex_mess = 'HTTP Post error. Process aborted'.
ex_subrc = 4.
*
CALL METHOD lo_http_client->close
EXCEPTIONS
http_invalid_state = 1
OTHERS = 2.
*
FREE lo_http_client.
RETURN.
*
ENDIF.
*
* Read the Response
*
CALL METHOD lo_http_client->receive
EXCEPTIONS
http_communication_failure = 1
http_invalid_state = 2
http_processing_failed = 3.
*
lo_http_client->response->get_status( IMPORTING code = lv_http_rc ).
lo_http_client->response->get_status( IMPORTING reason = ex_mess ).
lv_response = lo_http_client->response->get_cdata( ).
*
IF lv_http_rc NE '200'.
*
* Get error message back from Renda
*
ex_subrc = 4.
lv_json = lv_response.
lr_data = /ui2/cl_json=>generate( json = lv_json ).
*
IF lr_data IS BOUND.
ASSIGN lr_data->* TO <data>.
ASSIGN COMPONENT 'MESSAGE' OF STRUCTURE <data> TO <field>.
IF <field> IS ASSIGNED.
lr_data = <field>.
ASSIGN lr_data->* TO <data>.
ex_mess = <data>.
ENDIF.
ENDIF.
*
ELSE.
*
ex_pdf = lo_http_client->response->get_data( ).
*
ENDIF.
*
CALL METHOD lo_http_client->close
EXCEPTIONS
http_invalid_state = 1
OTHERS = 2.
*
FREE lo_http_client.
*
ENDFUNCTION.Last updated
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