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+.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
+
+.. _clamp-controlloop-http-participant:
+
+HTTP Participant
+################
+
+.. warning:: To be completed
+
+The CLAMP HTTP participant receives configuration information from the CLAMP runtime,
+maps the configuration information to a REST URL, and makes a REST call on the URL.
+Typically the HTTP Participant is used with another participant such as the
+:ref:`Kubernetes Participant <clamp-controlloop-k8s-participant>`, which brings up
+the microservice that runs a REST server. Once the microservice is up, the HTTP
+participant can be used to configure the microservice over its REST interface.Of course,
+the HTTP participant works towards any REST service, it is not restricted to REST
+services started by participants.
+
+.. image:: ../../images/participants/http-participant.png
+
+The HTTP participant runs a Control Loop Element to handle the REST dialogues for a
+particular application domain. The REST dialogues are whatever REST calls that are
+required to implement the functionality for the application domain.
+
+The HTTP participant allows the REST dialogues for a Control Loop to be managed. A
+particular Control Loop may require many *things* to be configured and managed and this
+may require many REST dialogues to achieve.
+
+A *Configuration Entity* describes a concept that is managed by the HTTP participant. A
+Configuration Entity can be created, Read, Updated, and Deleted (CRUD). The user defines
+the Configuration Entities that it wants its HTTP Control Loop Element to manage and
+provides a sequence of parameterized REST commands to Create, Read, Update, and Delete
+each Configuration Entity.
+
+When a control loop is initialized, the HTTP participant starts a HTTP Control Loop
+element for the control loop. It reads the configuration information sent from the
+Control Loop Runtime runs a HTTP client to talk to the REST endpoint that is receiving
+the REST requests. A HTTP participant can simultaneously manage HTTP Control Loop
+Elements towards multiple REST endpoints, as shown in the diagram above where the HTTP
+participant is running two HTTP Control Loop Elements, one for Control Loop A and one for
+Control Loop B.
+
+Configuring a Control Loop Element on the HTTP participant for a Control Loop
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The user configures the following properties in the CLAMP GUI for the HTTP participant:
+
+.. list-table::
+   :widths: 15 10 50
+   :header-rows: 1
+
+   * - Property
+     - Type
+     - Description
+   * - baseUrl
+     - URL
+     - A well formed URL pointing at the REST server that is processing the REST requests
+   * - httpHeaders
+     - map
+     - A map of *<String, String>* defining the HTTP headers to send on all REST calls
+   * - configurationEntitiies
+     - map
+     - A map of *<String, ConfigurationEntity>* describing the names and definitions of
+       configuration entities that are managed by this HTTP Control Loop Element
+
+The *ConfigurationEntity* type is described in the following table:
+
+.. list-table::
+   :widths: 15 10 50
+   :header-rows: 1
+
+   * - Field
+     - Type
+     - Description
+   * - ID
+     - ToscaConceptIdentifier
+     - The name and version of the Configuration Entity
+   * - restSequence
+     - List<RestRequest>
+     - A list of REST requests to give manage the Configuration Entity
+
+The *RestRequest* type is described in the following table:
+
+.. list-table::
+   :widths: 15 10 50
+   :header-rows: 1
+
+   * - Field
+     - Type
+     - Description
+   * - httpMethod
+     - HttpMethod
+     - An enum for the HTTP method {GET, PUT, POST, DELETE}
+   * - path
+     - String
+     - The path of the REST endopint relative to the baseUrl
+   * - body
+     - String
+     - The body of the request for POST and PUT methods
+   * - expectedResponse
+     - HttpStatus
+     - The expected HTTP response code fo the REST request
+ 
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