Re: REST request to Vertex Cloud

[B Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

What content type is used in Postman?  Should be the same and work the same.


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On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 10:28 AM Hudson, Ron <RonHudson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Has anyone had success using a REST request to the Vertex Cloud for sales
> tax calculations?  If so, any advice?  Vertex has been of little help, all
> their IBM i connections are SOAP.
>
> I'm attempting to use Scott's HTTPAPI version 1.39, O/S version V7R3M0.
>
> The debug log shows I am making the connection, but I am receiving either
> 400 Bad Request or 415 Unsupported Media Type , depending on what
> "Content-Type" is sent.
> Testing the connection with Postman is successful.
>
> Entire test program below:
>
> http_debug(*on: '/tmp/debug.txt');
>
> JSONsecurity = '+
>       {"client_id":"Rest-API-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",+
>        "client_secret":"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",+
>        "username":"xxxxxxxxxxxxxx",+
>        "password":"xxxxxxxxxx",+
>        "scope":"calc-rest-api",+
>        "grant_type":"password"}';
>
> URL = 'https://auth.vertexsmb.com/identity/connect/token';
>
> monitor;
>    resp= http_string('POST': url : JSONsecurity : 'x-www-form-urlencoded');
> on-error;
>    httpcode = http_error();
> endmon;
> *inlr = *on;
>
>
> Results from different "Content-Type" below
> // 'x-www-form-urlencoded'   400 Bad Request                        (this
> was successful in Postman)
>  // 'application/json'                  415 Unsupported Media Type
>  // 'accept: text/json'                 400 Bad Request
>  // 'text/json'                                415 Unsupported Media Type
>  // 'text/plain'                              415 Unsupported Media Type
>  // 'accept: text/plain'                400 Bad Request
>
> Thanks
> Ron
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