Re: 501 -- Almost there...! (plus a few questions) -- WEB400

Dave.

It is almost that simple as pointing to an IFS file.  But
you're right, using an IFS file for a POST and a file
upload are two different animals.

I know with GETURI you specify a file in the ifS to
"upload"  and it handles the rest.  With Scott's APIs, I am
not sure how it works.

For example, with GETURI you would do the following:

GETURI URI('www.host.com/pathto.app') 
DATA('field1=value1&field2=value2')
METHOD(*POST) UPFILE(*YES) 
UPSTMF('/path/to/file.ext') UPFIELD(File)

URI is the server and path to make the request to.
DATA is the POST or GET data
METHOD is the method to use (POST, GET or HEAD)
UPFILE set to *YES says "I want to upload a file".
UPSTMF is the qualified path to the file to upload.
UPFIELD is the field name that is in the form to hold the
name of the file.

Hopefully Scott is reading and can help with his API...  I
can tell you how to do it with my utitility...  

Brad
www.bvtools.com

On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 10:21:24 -0500
 daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> 
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> Brad,
> 
> It must have been Monday because I did indeed omit the
> HTML source from my
> last message.  This time I've added it below.  Scott's
> API's allow for
> downloading a file (although I haven't pursued getting it
> to work).  He
> does have an example of posting data from a stream file
> but that doesn't
> appear to me to be the same as a traditional file upload.
> 
> The web page I'm working with has an "upload file"
> button, a box for the
> path/filename, a "browse" button, and a couple of other
> buttons to "set
> ascii" and "change password".  Further down an outbound
> folder and a file
> (a_124054.NO_ADD_REC) that I manually uploaded file are
> displayed.
> 
> I was hoping just to reference the IFS path/filename and
> click on the
> upload button.  Am I looking at this from a too
> simplistic viewpoint?  I've
> done automated FTP file uploads before where I've had to
> navigate to the
> folder, specify binary transfer, then put the file.  I
> didn't think that
> this appeared to be as involved as that.  Please correct
> me if I'm wrong.
> Thanks.
> 
> Dave Parnin
> Nishikawa Standard Company
> Topeka, IN  46571
> daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">
> <HTML>
> <HEAD>
> <TITLE>Directory of /</TITLE>
> </HEAD>
> <BODY>
> <CENTER><A HREF="/?logout"
> onMouseOver="window.status='Logout';return
> true"><IMG SRC="/icons/stlogo.gif" BORDER=0
> ALT="Logout"></A></CENTER>
> <BR>
> <TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH=100%>
> <TR><TD ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=TOP>
> <A HREF="/?T"><IMG SRC="/icons/dircurr.gif" BORDER=0>
> /</A>
> </TD></TR>
> </TABLE>
> <HR>
> <TABLE BORDER=0><TR>
> <FORM ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data" ACTION="/"
> METHOD=POST>
> <TD ALIGN=LEFT>
> <INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE="Upload File">
> </TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>
> <INPUT TYPE=FILE NAME="File" SIZE=20>
> </TD>
> </FORM>
> <FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="/"
> ENCTYPE="application/x-www-form-urlencoded">
> <TD ALIGN=LEFT>
> <INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Set Ascii"
> NAME="switch"></TD><TD ALIGN=LEFT>
> <INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Chg Passwd",
> NAME="switch">
> </TD>
> </FORM>
> </TR></TABLE>
> <HR>
> <TABLE BORDER=0>
> <TH><B>Name</B><TH><TH><B>Size [B]</B><TH><TH><B>Date</B>
> <TR><TD NOWRAP ALIGN=LEFT><A
> HREF="a_124054.NO_ADD_REC"><IMG
> SRC="/icons/default.gif" BORDER=0>
> a_124054.NO_ADD_REC</A></TD><TD></TD><TD
> NOWRAP ALIGN=RIGHT>0</TD><TD></TD><TD NOWRAP
> ALIGN=RIGHT>26-Jul-2004 12:40
> </TD><TD></TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT><A
> HREF="a_124054.NO_ADD_REC?O"
> onMouseOver="window.status='File options';return
> true"><IMG
> SRC="/icons/options.gif" BORDER=0></A></TD></TR>
> <TR><TD NOWRAP ALIGN=LEFT><A HREF="outbound/?T"><IMG
> SRC="/icons/dir.gif"
> BORDER=0> outbound</A></TD><TD></TD><TD NOWRAP
> ALIGN=RIGHT></TD><TD></TD><TD NOWRAP
> ALIGN=RIGHT>17-Jul-2004 00:02
> </TD><TD></TD></TR>
> </TABLE>
> <BR>
> </BODY>
> </HTML>
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> Dave,
> 
> Each button should have a value.  You need to include the
> value of the button when you do the POST or GET.
>  Clicking
> the button is simply making the request to the program
> specified on the form in the action value.
> 
> As far as fieldname=fieldvalue, you shouldn't have to
> tack
> on a CRLF... you have to string all of those form values
> together like:
> 
> field1=value1&field2=value2....  Not sure if Scott's APIs
> handle that or not.
> 
> If you are uploading a file, that is a little more
> involved.  Scott should be able to help and let you know
> if
> his wrappers allow for that.  I know my GETURI tool
> handles
> it.  And because it's so different than a normal post, it
> makes things easier.  OTherwise you're looking up RFCs,
> etc..  Hopefully Scott will reply (or someone that has
> used
> his API wrappers for a file upload from a web form).
> 
> Uploading a file requires different processing than a
> normal POST with a form.
> 
> The HTML source wasn't in your mail that I saw.  So, can
> you answer the question.. does this web page simply allow
> you to choose a file from your HD and upload it?  (I
> suppose it has a coule extra values in the form as well
> as
> the file name).
> 
> Brad
> www.bvstools.com
> 
> On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 15:13:03 -0500
>  daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I've cleared the digital certificate and redirection
> > cookie hurdles on
> > trying to process a post to our bank's web page.  Now,
> I
> > just need to fill
> > in a box with a file name and "click" on a button
> (there
> > are several).
> > >From the examples I had seen I had the impression that
> > if you looked at the
> > HTML source of the page, found the fieldname in that
> > source, you could say
> > fieldname=filename and tack on a CRLF.  The HTML source
> > is listed at the
> > bottom.  The box for the file name appears to be
> "File".
> >  The upload button
> > that I want is immediately before the box.
> >
> > Question #1:  How do I "click" the correct button?
> >
> > The file name that I want to upload is in the IFS.
>  When
> > doing this from a
> > browser I specify a path/filename, click the button,
> and
> > away it goes.  I
> > was hoping that the same with the IFS from my RPG.
> >
> >
> > Question #2:  How do I refer to this file name so that
> it
> > can be uploaded
> > when "the button is clicked"?
> >
> > When I tried assigning File=/IFSDIR/IFSFILE and posting
> > it I got the
> > following back:
> >
> > HTTP/1.1 501 Method Not Implemented
> >
> > Question #3:  What does this mean?
> >
> > Question #4:  Am I nuts?
> >
> > Thanks for any help and advice.
> >
> >
> > Dave Parnin
> > Nishikawa Standard Company
> > Topeka, IN  46571
> > daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
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> Bradley V. Stone
> BVS.Tools
> www.bvstools.com
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