I can create the 2 fields from a form, but the remaining XML file might be a bit much for most RPG fields at 32k.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Connell" <Peter.Connell@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 3:46:38 PM
Subject: RE: http_url_post_xml and REST
Looks like it's not a classic xml service which expects just a body containing an xml document.
In this case it looks like a regular HTTP POST with 3 form variables, one of which is a string containing the entire xml document. The api_key is OK since the connection is https://
Peter
-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of tegger@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, 10 July 2013 7:38 a.m.
To: RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
Subject: Re: http_url_post_xml and REST
The example in their documention is a php derived sample. I'm just having one of those moments where I'm not connecting the dots again:
<?php
$urltopost = "
https://[ServerName]/orders/api/add_order";;
$datatopost = array (
"code" => "[YOUR CODE]",
"api_key" => "[YOUR KEY]",
"data" => file_get_contents("import.xml"),
);
I have the XML created and am at the point to send it over, but am not really sure how to connect them. The XML file is a pretty good size (190k) and has the potential to be a lot larger on some occasions.
To me, it all looks like a regular everyday POST, but with file_get_contents made me think I probably should go the same route because of the file sizes.
The documentation keeps going on about REST, but I don't see anything unusual about any of the above...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Klement" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 3:25:33 PM
Subject: Re: http_url_post_xml and REST
Hello,
In what format would you like to do this? a POST request allows one "request body" (basically, a stream of bytes to upload). In that body, you can send a raw file, such as an XML file, or you can use some sort of transfer encoding that allows you to put multiple pieces of data together.
XML itself is sometimes used for that. Other methods include multipart/form-data encoding, or the traditional web format of application/x-www-form-urlencoded (which is unusual with web services, but not unheard of.) JSON is also sometimes used for this.
Do you know more about the format of the request body you need to send?
-SK
On 7/9/2013 2:08 PM, tegger@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I have a project that I need to be able to post a rather large XML
file to a web service.
I've looked around for an example to follow that will post the XML
from the IFS and include some basic information on the actual POST.
(In this particular case, I have to post strings that ID our system to
the remote. Kinda of like a user ID/password).
Has anyone tripped across a good example?
midrange.com
