Re: IWS REST POST request message body to input parameter

[Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm confused.  That parm is defined as Const - so input only.  If IWS is honouring that it would be expected to be blank.


Jon Paris

www.partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com

> On Jan 16, 2019, at 2:17 PM, Peter Dow <petercdow@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I'm on v7r3, trying to configure an IWS (Integrated Web Server) service for an HTTP POST request.
>
>
> The IWS configuration looks like this:
>
> Procedure name:                       ADDCASE
> HTTP request method:                  POST
> URI path template for method:         *NONE
> HTTP response code output parameter:  *NONE
> HTTP header array output parameter:   *NONE
> Allowed input media types:            *ALL
> Returned output media types:          *XML
> Input parameter mappings:             Wrap input parameters
>
>
> The raw request looks like this:
>
> POST http://1.2.3.4:10010/web/services/RT0200S HTTP/1.1
> Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate
> Content-Type: application/xml
> Content-Length: 343
> Host: 1.2.3.4:10010
> Connection: Keep-Alive
> User-Agent: Apache-HttpClient/4.1.1 (java 1.5)
>
> <ADDCASEInput>
>    <name>Peter Dow</name>
>    <addr1>9379 Salina Way</addr1>
>    <addr2>25 char max</addr2>
>    <addr3>25 char max</addr3>
>    <city>Sacramento</city>
>    <state>CA</state>
>    <zip>95827</zip>
>    <email>petercdow@xxxxxxxxx</email>
>    <sku>abcdef</sku>
>    <proddesc>30 char max</proddesc>
>    <phone>9097939050</phone>
> </ADDCASEInput>
>
>
> My procedure (in a service program) has this:
>
> p AddCase         b export
> d pi
> d  pCaseXML                   1024a const                              input
> d  pCaseNbr 256a                                        output
>
>
> The problem is, pCaseXML is always blank. I ran a TCP app trace on the HTTP server, and it appears to be reading the message body from the POST, although it doesn't show the contents:
>
>  0002DBEE:256048 mod_was_ap22_http: cb_read_body: Entry
>  0002DBEE:256072 ap_setup_client_block()
>  0002DBEE:256080 ap_should_client_block()
>  0002DBEE:256088 ap_get_client_block(), length requested = 343.
>  0002DBEE:256088 ap_http_filter()
>  0002DBEE:256104 core_input_filter, mode = AP_MODE_READBYTES or AP_MODE_SPECULATIVE.
>  0002DBEE:256120 Collection services: r_IUO->bytes_received = 562
>  0002DBEE:256120 mod_was_ap22_http: cb_read_body: Exit
>
> Am I configuring the IWS service incorrectly?  Or am I supposed to get the message body in some other way?
>
> --
> *Peter Dow* /
> Dow Software Services, Inc.
> 909 793-9050
> petercdow@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:petercdow@xxxxxxxxx>
> pdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:pdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> /
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