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Re: Testing REST APIs....

I appreciate all the advice being given.
But I'm either not understanding what is being offered or I'm not being
clear.

While I use my vpn I have an Apache HTTP server and an IWS application
server set up . I can call my RPG api(s) from Postman. This all works for
me as long as I'm using the vpn.
But I want someone else (or me) to call the api(s) who is not using the
vpn. Unfortunately I can not configure the IBM i I'm working on to be
accessible from outside the vpn.

Thanks,
Rob

On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 5:15 PM Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

You can easily roll your own with the Apache server and RPG (if that's your
flavor). Node.js also works well. Then theres IWS.

On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 1:56 PM Robert Rogerson <rogersonra@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

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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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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