Re: Help With Getting HTTP Server running -- MIDRANGE-L

It's probably closer than you think, unless you can tell me what about it
doesn't do what you want.

Why are you passing JSON using a GET? Use a POST, then you can use YAJL to
read it in as described. No decoding of data needed at all. If you don't
know how to do a POST and your using GET because you can do it from your
browser, download Postman. That tool is built specifically for this and
you can do a POST.

I've seen a lot of people getting into web services now as they become more
used. Why stab in the dark trying to get it working vs. take advice from
those of us that have been doing this successfully for years?

Just some friendly advice.

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On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 9:48 AM Jay Vaughn <jeffersonvaughn@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

thanks Bradley - still not quite what i'm looking for...

i think i may just about have it with the SK yahlserver setup...

so I can now reach my endpoint...

my iseries YAJL pgm gets called but there seems to be some encoding going
on that is throwing off my json string...

This is what I'm calling from ARC using the GET method...

/rest/wsr00000/{"env":"D3X","command":"GET_LOAN_BORROWER","payload":[{"loanNumber":2428}]}

in debug over on the i, I get this interpretation of it...

EVAL l_url
L_URL =
....5...10...15...20...25...30...35...40...45...50...55...60
1 '/rest/wsr00000/%7B%22env%22:%22D3X%22,%22command%22:%22GET_L'
61 'OAN_BORROWER%22,%22payload%22:[%7B%22loanNumber%22:2428%7D]%'
121 '7D

how can I preserve the original string format of the json input?

Ive tried enclosing the json input string in single quotes but no luck.

I've also tried an escape version of the string with no luck...

{\"env\":"D3X",\"command\":\"GET_LOAN_BORROWER\",\"payload\":[{\"loanNumber\":2428}]}

any suggestions? almost there!

Jay

On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 10:17 AM B Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Here's a simple example I did a while back for someone else:
https://www.fieldexit.com/forum/display?threadid=522

It doesn't read in data from the web page, but adding that is simple

using

YAJL and yajl_stdin_load_tree(). Nothing fancy needed at all.

Read in the JSON from the request.
Do what you will with it
Write out the response.

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On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 9:04 AM Jay Vaughn <jeffersonvaughn@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

you are probably right Nadir - i'm going to look into this

On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 10:00 AM Nadir Amra <amra@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Seems to me a simple CGI[1] program should do the trick.

[1]

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_73/rzaie/rzaieconcgi.htm

"MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on

02/14/2019

08:42:56 AM:

From: Jay Vaughn <jeffersonvaughn@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion

<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Date: 02/14/2019 08:52 AM
Subject: Re: Help With Getting HTTP Server running
Sent by: "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

i understand how you would be confused...

wipe all the scott klement webservice api stuff from your head for

a

second...

last company i was at, i was tasked with writing RPGLE pgms with

YAHL

(with

no PCML h-spec) and they would receive a string parm in (json

format)

and a

string parm out (json format), that would I would of course produce

in

my

rpgle pgm.
These backend pgms i wrote were invoked from an http endpoint.
I'm trying to recreate that same http endpoint now.

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