Re: Testing REST APIs....

Rob,

To access the API from the Internet, you must allow access to your
IBM i from the Internet. Does the machine have a static address available
on the internet? Is this address registered in the DNS? Does your
firewall allow access to the port that the IWS listens to?

It is probably worth using a secure connection, although it depends on
API

Are you going to provide anonymous access to API, or calls must be
authenticated?

Regards,
Alexei

www.i2rest.com

-------- Original Message --------
Subject : Testing REST APIs....
From : Robert Rogerson rogersonra@xxxxxxxxx
To : Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc :
Date : 24 Jul 2020. 21:56

I'm sorry. Obviously I was very unclear as to my intentions. (It's
Friday) Btw, I use Postman.

I want to write the apis on an IBM i that is accessible from the web. I
have written a number of apis but they are only accessible while using my
vpn. I want to write some apis on an IBM i which can be called without a
vpn. I also mention IWS as that is what I'm currently using although I
have used httpapi in the past.

If I'm way off in hoping that something like this would be available, let
me know. It may be just too great of a security risk to make this
available. I'm not sure as I'm just starting down the webservice road.

Thanks again,

Rob

On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 2:04 PM Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Me too. I have also Postman and SOAPUI - but Insomnia has (for me) a more
intuitive interface.

On Jul 24, 2020, at 1:13 PM, Steve M via MIDRANGE-L <

midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Robert,

I use the Insomnia Core package -

https://insomnia.rest/download/#windows

I use it to test my REST APIs on the IBM i all of the time.

Steve Meisinger


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Robert

Rogerson
Sent: Friday, July 24, 2020 11:59
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Subject: Testing REST APIs....

Hi all, I want to test calling REST APIs and IWS from the internet.

Would

anyone know how I could do this?

Thanks,

Rob
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