RE: snd and rcv xml data

In terms of parsing the XML request, look at Scott's port of the EXPAT XML 
parser.  Some of the examples are older than others (ie. QDCXLATE < 
iconv() < O_TEXTDATA for ASCII -> EBCDIC translation) so you may want to 
peruse them all before starting your application so you can use the best 
option for your release (I think O_TEXTDATA didn't appear until V5R3). 
This is also available from www.scottklement.com.  I also have some code 
which I may be able to send as an example if you are interested (pending 
an okay from my manager).

For creating your XML response you might consider using CGIDEV2.  Jon 
Paris has been a proponent of this method and may have some articles with 
examples kicking around.

Good luck and HTH,
Adam



midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 13/07/2006 11:39:09 AM:

HTTPAPI is the answer see www.scottklement.com

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Franz
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 10:31 AM
To: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: snd and rcv xml data

Have a customer asking to place orders via xml files rather than the 

user

entry cgi web screens running on our iSeries using Apache http server. 

The

web screens accept multiple pages of data, then generate an order#. They
need that order number back. From many years ago, we also have ftp 

server

receiving orders and creating return files with order numbers they can 

get.

But this cust asking why they can't talk directly thru our http server,
place the order and get a response. I assume I need a cgi pgm that will
authenticate, rcv, calc, respond, but trying to understand how to format 

a

response. At V5r3 and not (yet) running websphere server. Perhaps a few
hundred orders a day like this..

tia
Jim Franz
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