Re: Help with SYSTOOLS.HTTPPOSTCLOB

+1

Don






From: "Jon Paris" <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "RPG programming on IBM i" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 15/09/2021 07:48 AM
Subject: Re: Help with SYSTOOLS.HTTPPOSTCLOB
Sent by: "RPG400-L" <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



"Personally, I'd use the HTTPAPI and just send the file that way. Not
everything needs to be done with SQL."

Glad to see you say that Chris - there are days when I feel like I'm the
only one who feels that way.


Jon Paris

On Sep 14, 2021, at 4:57 PM, Hiebert, Chris

<chris.hiebert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

VALUES SYSTOOLS.HTTPPOSTBLOB(
URL=>'https://www.google.com/'
, HTTPHEADER=>''
, REQUESTMSG=> GET_BLOB_FROM_FILE( '/tmp/filename.zip')
) ;

CLOB is a bad idea for zip files.
BLOB is better.

Also, you will want to look at what postman is doing for the http

header.

You probably need to include some sort of authentication.

Personally, I'd use the HTTPAPI and just send the file that way. Not

everything needs to be done with SQL.

Chris Hiebert
Senior Programmer/Analyst
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-----Original Message-----
From: RPG400-L <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of
gio.cot via RPG400-L
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 8:43 AM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: gio.cot <gio.cot@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Help with SYSTOOLS.HTTPPOSTCLOB

Hi all

I would need to invoke a webservice to post a zip file in azure; i

would use

SYSTOOLS.HTTPPOSTCLOB , but i can't figure how can i fill the

parameters

Thanks in advance

Gio

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