Re: Web service for dummies?

"RPG400-L" <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 08/09/2018 01:14:56
PM:

This has to be simpler than I am making it. I have a web page (
louie.martinvt.com ) that presents a simple page of states and cities.
It is populated with a .json file located with the page.

The actual .json file is produced with an RPGLE program (using Scott's
YAJL) and a regular physical file. My intention is to have an RPG web
service provide that .json file and it be accepted by my web page's
javascript. I have used Scott's program for that but I am missing
something.

So far, all of the articles & examples I find discuss solutions
requiring php, jquery, or some other ancillary product.

I have looked for a simple "Hello World" solution that goes end-to-end
and had no luck.

Any examples or tutorials that are dumbed way down, so I can at least
see what it is I am supposed to be doing?

If you've got your web page able to make an AJAX call and you've
got your RPGLE program ready to accept an HTTP request and return an HTTP
response, then all you need to tie the two together is a SCRIPTALIAS entry
in your Apache Tomcat configuration file to associate a URL with your RPG
program.


Sincerely,

Dave Clark