Re: Webservice file download & transfer

[Bradley Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

What data format is your webservice using (JSON/XML/etc)?

How are you sending the PDF?  Binary?  Base64?

Have you compared the binary file on your side vs what they receive?  Most
likely a code page issue.


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On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 8:17 AM, Justin Taylor <JUSTIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have a CGI webservice running on Apache that sends a PDF file to the
> caller.  Our Windows team is trying to consume my webservice and pass the
> resulting PDF from a webservice of theirs.  My service works fine running
> from a browser and their webservice directly.  When they pass the PDF off
> to their client, it comes out jumbled.  Of course this is my problem and
> I'm supposed to fix it.  Is there anything IBMi-side I should check?
>
> Thanks
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