Re: Long-running webservice, options?

[Bradley Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

Justin,

Could you "ping" there server using GETURI or HTTPAPI?  When it's done make
a request from your IBM i (using GETURI or HTTPAPI, etc) to their server
saying something like "process xxxxx is complete.'

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On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 8:29 AM, Justin Taylor <JUSTIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have an internal RPG/CGI webservice that in extreme cases can take 20
> minutes to process a request (19+ minutes waiting on external services).
> Our Windows team  (the consumers) right now is just waiting for the
> webservice to respond, but they want me to change my service to send a
> notification when it completes.
>
> I can't think of a good way to do this.
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