Re: Using HTTP\HTTPS to Transfer Files Between Servers?

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

If you're interested in a free option, take a look at Scott Klement's HTTP
API...

http://www.scottklement.com/httpapi/

Mailing list here:
http://www.scottklement.com/mailman/listinfo/ftpapi

example of doing a GET (POST is just as easy)
       URL = 'http://www.scottklement.com'
              + '/presentations/'
              + 'Web Services from RPG with '
              + 'HTTPAPI.pdf';

       IFS = '/tmp/Scott''s HTTPAPI '
           + 'presentation handout.pdf';

       // Now call HTTPAPI's "GET" routine.  Pass the above
       //  variables as parameters.  It'll download it to the IFS!
       //
       rc = http_url_get(URL: IFS);

Scott's even added a command interface so you can do a GET/POST direct from
CL..
HTTPAPI URL('http://www.myserver.com/somedoc.pdf')
  DOWNLOAD('/home/mydir') REQTYPE(*GET)


Charles

On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Kelly Cookson <KCookson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> We have a need to move stream files between the IBM i server and Windows
> servers.
>
> I know I can use FTP. My question here is about what is possible. Since
> FTP and HTTP are both TCP/IP protocols, it should be possible to move files
> between the IBM i server and Windows servers using HTTP\HTTPS.
>
> Suppose I have an Apache web serve set up on the IBM i server and an IIS
> web server set up on a Windows server. Here are the processes I want to
> accomplish.
>
> FROM IBM i TO WINDOWS (INITIATED ON IBM i)
> 1. A COBOL or RPG program populates a DB2/400 physical file with data
> based on business logic.
> 2. A CL program uses the CPYTOIMPF command to create a stream file in the
> IFS based on the physical file.
> 3. A process on the IBM i sends a PUT or POST HTTP request to the IIS web
> server in order to move the file to the Windows server for storage.
> 4. A CL program uses the RMVLNK command to delete the file from the IFS.
> How do I achieve step 3 above?
>
> FROM WINDOWS to IBM i (INITIATED ON IBM i)
> Here is another process I want to achieve:
> 1. A process on the IBM i sends a GET HTTP request to an IIS web server to
> get a file and store it in the IFS.
> 2. A CL program uses the CPYFRMIMPF command to upload the file into a
> DB2/400 physical file.
> 3. A COBOL or RPG program then processes the DB2/400 file using business
> logic.
> How do I achieve step 1 above?
>
> I suspect I will be able to do the above processes with Node.JS on the IBM
> i. But I don't have Node.JS yet. So what other ways might I accomplish step
> 3 in the first process and step 1 in the second process?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kelly Cookson
> IT Project Leader
> Dot Foods, Inc.
> 1.217.773.4486 ext. 12676
> kcookson@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:kcookson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
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