There really is no code. That's the beauty. It's just an RPGLE program and the IWS setup walks you through the whole thing and does all the SOAP and XML stuff for you.
Don't know how it could get much easier!
Some reference material would be helpful but there are several articles on the product that walk you right through it.
I'm still confused about working with an XML payload in a REST service, so I went the SOAP route for my first foray.
We'll see how it scales, but I think the IBM Team has provided us a great tool.
Roger Harman
COMMON Certified Application Developer - ILE RPG on IBM i on Power
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It's alive! I can bring up the web service and run it thru the "Test
Service" successfully.
What is odd is how IWS displays the return parms in the "form" view. It
displays several "groups" and my parms are scattered among them - the others
are "null".
I also don't see a way to view the returned SOAP XML message. If I choose
"source", I just get a string of data. I can see it fine via SoapUI though.
And, lastly (for now), I assume I need some alias in my http config file to
eliminate the default URL, correct?
I'm pretty stoked though. Now, I have to get it to work with a potential
1000 item request.
Thanks.
Roger Harman
COMMON Certified Application Developer - ILE RPG on IBM i on Power
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Greetings, The IWS engine is great choice. This environment supports
either SOAP or REST based Web Services. There are easy to use Wizards
that
can help you create the Web Service over your RPG or COBOL program. As
for
performances, we have MANY user that have leveraged this support, from
basic requests to very complex, from a single request a day to customers
that are using this as the primary method of data transfer between their
UI and their back end in several cases, pushing over a million
transactions a day through the system.
Our web site - [1]
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/i/iws/
Let me know if you need additional details.
Tim
Tim Rowe, timmr@xxxxxxxxxx
Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for IBM i
IBM i Development Lab, Rochester, MN
(507) 253-6191 (Tie) 553-6191
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/i/are/index.html
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I've been asked if we can provide a webs service to enable order
pricing
- returning info to customers in real time. My response was "Of course
we can". I've always wanted to build one and now is my chance.
At this point, I think I have a blank canvas. As far as I know, we are
setting the rules for this.
So... I'm looking at the IWS server and some examples but could use
some
guidance.
Input will be:
Company Code
Customer Code
Array of items and qty's (could be 1 to 900 items)
Output will be:
Company Code
Customer Code
Array of items and qty's and prices and ... (tbd) (could be 1 to
900 items)
So....
I'm estimating volume will be a few hundred inquiries per day but could
be a few thousand down the road.
Is IWS a good engine for this? If not, what is?
SOAP or REST?
Best practice for handling varying amounts of return data?
XML or JSON?
Any other tips or suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
Roger Harman
COMMON Certified Application Developer - ILE RPG on IBM i on Power
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