Re: RPG, retrieving JSON data from a web service

On Aug 20, 2017, at 5:50 PM, Bradley Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Yes, that is an option. I prefer to save it for debugging if needed,
then just delete it at the end if I don't.

I've had too many projects where they say "I sent you x" and I say
"no, you sent me y... see here it is..."

So yes, no NEED to, but in my case I prefer to. It's easy enough with
GETURI (and probably HTTPAPI) to change where the JSON goes (memory vs
a stream file).

The OP also mentioned being comfortable with processing JSON in a
stream file. Familiarity is a nice thing.

On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 11:22 AM, Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

No need to save it to the IFS Brad - just process the response directly.


Jon Paris

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On Aug 19, 2017, at 10:59 PM, Bradley Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

You'll need HTTPAPI or GETURI (or similar) to make the request, then
YAJL can process the response very nicely.

You make the request, save the response to the IFS and process like normal.




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On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 9:37 PM, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I can read & process a JSON data file from the IFS; I am hoping there is a
way to get that same JSON data directly from the web hosting site by
replacing the path/file with the URL? Preferably with YAJL?

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