Re: Advice-Webservice with file transfer

[Bradley Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

Justin,

You'll really need to provide more details.  You don't mention if your apps
are the client, server or both.

Give a real world example.  The more details the better.

Brad
www.bvstools.com

On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 10:01 PM, Justin Taylor <JUSTIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Requirements:
> --Client app will submit several strings and a stream file (text or ZIP).
> --Server app will return a result set and a PDF file
>
>
> I'm currently accomplishing this with a DB2 external stored procedure.
> The input/output files are handled via QNTC to a Windows file share.  The
> Windows people have informed me that they're pulling the plug on the
> Windows share.  They are not open to other file transfer protocols like FTP
> or NFS.  They insist that I must pass the files on the app call.  I looked
> into the possibility of doing this in the existing stored procedure, but
> that doesn't look practical to me.
>
> I have a CGIDEV2 web app that does something similar, so I'm thinking
> about trying what amounts to a RESTful webservice using CGIDEV2.  Does that
> sound like it would work?  Any better suggestions?
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