Re: HTTPAPI: Output to File changing brackets

No, the brackets are getting escaped. HTTPAPI or the IFS APIs will never
do that.

That is how the data is coming from the server. The OP should run a test
returning to the PC vs IFS file again to see if that really is the
difference that made this change, or if in fact the change from in house to
web service is the culprit.

When you run into issues, look at what has CHANGED, don't blame what hasn't
changed. :)

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On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 3:55 PM Greg Wilburn <
gwilburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Could this be a data conversion issue having something to do with the
CCSID used when creating the IFS file?

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Subject: HTTPAPI: Output to File changing brackets

[I first sent this to the FTPAPI mailing list, but it never showed up
there, so I thought I'd try here]

Recently a vendor of ours changed from providing an on-premise solution to
requiring that we use their web services instead.
In initial testing, I was getting the data response back to the RPG
program directly and everything was fine. However due to the high volume
of data, I now have the API output the data to the IFS, and then I parse it
from there. However, when I have the API output the file to the IFS, it's
replacing the brackets as if it thinks they are a part of the data. The
quick solution was to have the process fix the brackets, but I feel both
the API changing the brackets as well as me fixing them is taking way too
long.

Example of data being returned:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<string xmlns="http://tempuri.org/";>&lt;?xml version="1.0"?&gt;
&lt;Response xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"; xmlns:xsi="
http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"&gt;
&lt;Successful&gt;Y&lt;/Successful&gt;
&lt;ResponseCode&gt;9999&lt;/ResponseCode&gt;
&lt;HeaderMessage&gt;Success&lt;/HeaderMessage&gt;

The procedure I'm calling is http_url_post
I'm not sure if this matters, but:
Content Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
User Agent: Apache-HttpClient/4.1.1 (java 1.5)

Do you have any suggestions to prevent the bracket replacement from
happening?

I scoured the HTTPAPI source and didn't see come across anything I felt
was causing this to happen.

Thanks,

Kurt Anderson
System Development Manager, Service Delivery Platform
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