Re: AS/400 as an http client

You could have a small socket program on your NT machine that submits the
CGI request to the HTTP server port, usually 80, unless you changed it.
You can talk to the HTTP server using a telnet client on the PC.

telnet <AS/400 host name> 80
<HTTP method> /somecgirequest HTTP/1.0 <enter>
<enter>

telnet myas400 80
GET /cgirequest HTTP/1.0 <enter>
<enter>

If your CGI runs using method POST, you will need to pass the input data
following the 2nd enter.

  Richard G. Hartmann       IBM AS/400 TCP/IP & Server Development
  Internet e-mail: rgh@us.ibm.com



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 cc:      (bcc: Bryan Dietz/Columbus/3X Corp)



 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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