Re: REST API call from RPG

[Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just to add to Don't note.  

Scott's download includes lots of examples including REST I believe.


Jon Paris

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> On Jan 11, 2019, at 7:57 PM, Don Brown <DBrown@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Doug, I have used Skott klements's HTTPAPI for many SOAP requests and 
> currently doing my first REST project.
>
> These are RPG prpgram's running on IBMi accessing remote web services.
>
> See http://www.scottklement.com/oss.html and the HTTP API Download and 
> presentations on Scott's web site.
>
> Brad Stone also has GETURI but I have not used that yet.
>
> There are lot's of examples for SOAP and not many for REST.
>
> Go through the presentations and I would also read the YAJL presentations 
> as I am using that more and more every date for create and consume JSON.
>
> Good luck 
>
>
> Don Brown
>
>
> "RPG400-L" <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 12/01/2019 
> 09:30:19 AM:
>
> > From: "Doug Englander" <denglander@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: 12/01/2019 09:30 AM
> > Subject: REST API call from RPG
> > Sent by: "RPG400-L" <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> > I want to know if there are any examples of an RPG program 
> > contacting an API on another system [non-IBMi] where the RPG program
> > would be the 'client' asking the other system [the 'target'] for 
> > information using a REST interface with JSON. The only information I
> > see looks like it is tailored to having [i.e. our] IBM i serving as 
> > the host and have other applications contacting ours for 
> > information, and that seems to require the IBM WebServer wizard to set 
> up.
> > Do I need to use that to have RPG be the client and contact other 
> > companies servers for information or is there a different way when 
> > RPG is just the client and not the target?
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Doug
> >
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