RE: AS/400 as an http client

You might try telnetting to the HTTP server. To do this, use TELNET
RMTSYS(YOUR.ADDRESS.COM) PORT(80) and let it connect. When connected you
won't get any message other than the telnet client being connected. Then
send the following command:

GET /directory/page.html HTTP/1.0

then the equivalent of two ASCII Ctrl-M characters (ASCII code 13 for the
Enter key). This will get the HTTP server to send the HTML code to your
telnet client, and the HTTP server will close the connection when it is
finished sending. This won't get you any graphics, etc. since those require
an additional connection to the server to request the files.

Hope this helps!

David Boring
Systems Engineer
MCI Systemhouse
Direct: (562) 809-5460
Vnet: 723-5460
E-mail: dboring@shl.com


-----Original Message-----
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 13:09:29 -0500
From: "Denis Robitaille" <DRobitaille@cascades.com>
Subject: AS/400 as an http client

Hello all,

I know that the AS/400 can serve web pages but can an AS/400 program request
a page from another server?

We need this capability for the folowing reason:

Each nignt, our AS/400 send a files to an NT server via FTP. After receiving
the file, the NT server must start a process that will incorporate the
file's data into an intranet application. The way to start the processing in
the NT server is to request a web page that as a CGI program linked to it. 

We can not put a program on the NT server that would monitor activity on the
transfered file.

I hope my explanation is clear enought

Thank you in advance

Denis Robitaille
Cascades Inc
819 363 5187
fax 819 363 5177
DRobitaille@cascades.com
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