Should work possibly.
You'll need to configure the CGI service and a web instance on i so that you can hit XMLSERVICE remotely via the selected Apache instance port.
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message: 4
date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 00:12:51 +0000
from: Kelly Cookson <KCookson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: [WEB400] Node Toolkit for i on a Windows Server
I know this will probably raise the question "Why?" But...
I came across an article that says you can run JavaScript in the Windows OS and in the Microsoft IIS web server:
https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/831752/JavaScript-for-Windows-server-side
I tried the first hello world example on my laptop and it worked. I need to see if I can get my JS scripts to run in IIS.
Given that we have XMLSERVICE up and running on our IBM i, could I:
1. Copy the itoolkit.js from the IFS into a directory on my laptop.
2. Write a JS script that requires itoolkit.js and, say, calls a CL program with the iPgm class.
3. Run that JS script on my laptop via Windows or the Microsoft IIS web server (no use of Node).
In theory, would this work? I do not want explore this possibility if it cannot possibly work. I would rather just know it is impossible up front-and why.
I'm also looking at the iisnode module to run Node apps in Microsoft IIS:
https://www.simplymigrate.com/2017/04/11/internet-information-server-iis-node-js-in-producton-iisnode/
This becomes much more interesting if my Node app can use itoolkit.js to remotely access IBM i resources analogous to the way a Java app using jt400.jar can remotely access IBM i resources.
Thanks,
Kelly Cookson
IT Project Leader
Dot Foods, Inc.
217-773-4486 ext. 12676
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