Re: HTTP Post via Sql/RPG

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

the .ZIP file should have 65535 (binary)

The files you add to the .ZIP should be created as 819, or 1208

Charles

On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 7:03 PM Ricky Thompson <rickyt29@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm trying to send a binary file to a web service via the IFS/SQL/RPG and I
> think I'm having an encoding issue. Maybe not as this isn't something I'm
> very familiar with.
>
> I am creating a zip file on the IFS.  I then define the zip file as a
> SQLTYPE(CLOB_FILE). I then use SYSTOOLS.HTTPPOSTCLOB to send the CLOB_FILE
> to the web service. This seems to be sending fine but the encoding seems
> off to me.
>
> If I upload the zip file via Postman and download it again the encoding on
> Notepad says it's ANSI.
>
> If I upload the zip file via RPG/SQL and download it again the encoding on
> Notepad says it's UTF-8.
>
> When I look at the zip file on the IBMi it's CCSID is 819.
>
> If I send just a plain text file everything looks fine but the binary files
> seem to not work for me. Looking at them in Notepad I can tell there is
> some type of translation going on just not sure what.
>
> Any suggestions/ideas?
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