RE: Replacing a Web Service with RPG...

Thanks Brad!  I have a lot of food for thought now! ;-)

Rick DuVall
Systems Manager
Dealer's Auto Auction of Okc
405 947-2886 Ext:143
rick@xxxxxxxxxx


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Subject: Re: Replacing a Web Service with RPG...


Rick,

To "listen" you just set up a web server.  Easy enough.
 These tools then wouldn't come in to play.  They would
only be for making requests (like when you're using IE or
your favorite browser).

Then you have a program (like an RPG CGI program) accept
the request and do what it must..  parse the XML, return an
XML reponse, etc.

Probably already been answers... was out for a bit.  :)

Brad

On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 14:46:09 -0600
 "Rick DuVall" <R_C_DuVall@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Brad,
> 
>       But I still don't understand how to set up a 'Listening'
> web service using
> either of the tools since they seem to require a URL
> (which I don't have -
> All I will have is a port).
> 
> Rob,
> 
>       IBM seems willing to loosen it up - just not in a time
> frame I can survive.
> 
> 
> Thanks guys
> 
> Rick DuVall
> Systems Manager
> Dealer's Auto Auction of Okc
> 405 947-2886 Ext:143
> rick@xxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
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> 
> IBM hates it when they have to bend to support one of the
> other major
> players.  But occasionally they do.  For instance, when
> Adobe reader came
> out with a new release that started getting pickier on
> the format of a PDF
> file IBM had to scramble like hell to get Infoprint
> Server to clean up
> their format.  IBM was peeved, but they did it.  Is it
> something you feel
> that you can push IBM on a little harder?
> 
> Rob Berendt
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> Hi everybody,
> 
>                  I created a web service for a LARGE
> client to send soap
> messages to and
> receive responses from.  Unfortunately, their soap/xml is
> invalid
> according
> to IBM level 2 support.  That is, Was V6.0 won't parse it
> successfully.  I
> have absolutely no control over the incoming message -
> most of the others
> communicating in this way are using Micr$oft tools which
> have no apparent
> problem with the invalid namespaces used in the soap/xml
> message or are
> manually parsing it in some way.
> 
>                  It occurred to me that it might be
> possible to set up an
> RPG program
> listening on an internal port and just suck the message
> in and manually
> parse it,  produce a reply and send it.  I immediately
> thought about
> Scott's
> HTTPAPI, but I was unsure if the httpapi had any facility
> for doing that.
> It seems that all of the api's require a URL for
> gets/posts and it isn't
> obvious to me how to set that up or if this is even true.
> 
>                  I guess I could just write a socket
> program listening to
> an internal port
> that I have a reverse proxy in apache pointing to... ?
> 
>                  If anybody has any
> suggestions/hints/pointers I would
> appreciate them.
> 
>                  Thanks in advance.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rick DuVall
> Systems Manager
> Dealer's Auto Auction of Okc
> 405 947-2886 Ext:143
> rick@xxxxxxxxxx
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