Re: IWS, REST and retrieving variables from QUERY_STRING

[Don Brown <DBrown@xxxxxxxxxx>]

the url:  https://www.jeffersonvaughn.com/Core-i-Product-Downloads/

does not work ?









From:   "Jay Vaughn" <jeffersonvaughn@xxxxxxxxx>
To:     "Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)" 
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Date:   29/07/2020 02:24 AM
Subject:        Re: [WEB400] IWS, REST and retrieving variables from 
QUERY_STRING
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Beware... dreaded vendor input...

Iws and pcml can carry some unnecessary overhead. 

Passing straight customized Json requests/responses is much more efficient 
and flexible. 

That’s why I created this. 
Be sure to view video demos of api consumption by .net core application. 

https://www.jeffersonvaughn.com/Core-i-Product-Downloads/


> On Jul 28, 2020, at 12:09 PM, Marco Facchinetti 
<marco.facchinetti@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Robert, is there a specific reason not to use IWS builtin capacity 
to
> deliver parsed parameters to the called RPG *PGM/*SRVPGM?
>
> Just curious about other developers' use of IWS.
>
> --
> Marco Facchinetti
>
> Mr S.r.l.
>
> Tel. 035 962885
> Cel. 393 9620498
>
> Skype: facchinettimarco
>
>
> > Il giorno mar 28 lug 2020 alle ore 15:46 Robert Rogerson <
> > rogersonra@xxxxxxxxx> ha scritto:
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I'm creating a REST webservice/api and using IWS.  I'm then using 
Postman
> > to test the webservice.  All the endpoints call procedures in a service
> > program..
> >
> > I have an endpoint /web/server/claims which will call the RPG procedure
> > GetAllClaims which returns all claims.  I have tested  this with 
Postman
> > and it works correctly.
> >
> > My next step is to add a filter.  So I call the same endpoint but this 
time
> > I pass a parameter of whid.  So the endpoint now becomes
> > /web/server/claims/?whid=93 which will call the RPG procedure 
GetAllClaims
> > but this time I need to extract the parameter passed in the 
QUERY_STRING to
> > return only claims for warehouse 93.
> >
> > Can someone point me to either documentation or an example of how to
> > specify and extract from the QUERY_STRING.  I've done a lot of 
searching on
> > Google but I must not be searching on the correct terms because I can't
> > find anything on QUERY_STRING other than that you may specify it..
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Rob
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