Re: Reg: Suggestions Required for Web Services for IBMi

Hi all,

I hope you are all doing well in this age of the pandemic.

Regarding returning a payload on an error HTTP status code, where
previously you could not do that. Just wanted to let you know in the
latest HTTP group PTFs for 7.2, 7.3, and 7.4, you will have ability to
indicate one of the following:

(1) Do not return payloads on errors (this is current default)
(2) Return all output parameters on errors
(3) Return a character field parameter on error

The third option allows you to send any type of payload (e.g. json, xml,
html) as long as you set the content-type http header correctly.

More details on the web site[1].

Let me know if you have any questions. Take care.

[1] https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/633935


"WEB400" <web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 01/26/2020 11:07:27
AM:

From: "Nadir Amra" <amra@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Web Enabling the IBM i \(AS/400 and iSeries\)"
<web400@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 01/26/2020 11:07 AM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [WEB400] Reg: Suggestions Required for Web
Services for IBMi
Sent by: "WEB400" <web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

From IWS perspective, for issue (1), this should be resolved in first
quarter. issue (2), we are looking into it.


"WEB400" <web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 01/24/2020

05:03:56

PM:

From: Suren K <suren7437@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)"

<web400@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Date: 01/24/2020 05:04 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] [WEB400] Reg: Suggestions Required for Web
Services for IBMi
Sent by: "WEB400" <web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi All,

I am planning to introduce Web Services for my IBMi application. I

need

some suggestion to choose which Web Services to go with.

This web services which i am planning will be mainly focused for REST

Based

API Calls. Also i did a small POC in my application using Scott's YAJL

tool

using DATA-INTO and DATA-GEN for Parsing JSON Document into Data

Structure

and vice versa. So i am planning to use Scott's YAJL tool as well.

Initially i thought of using IWS, but i could see the below two

drawbacks

with IWS
1) In Error Scenario the JSON body will not be sent back to Client
2) It Supports only 4 HTTP methods (GET, PUT, DELETE and POST) but as

per

my application requirement i need to use PATCH method as well.
Do any one knows when IBM will fix the above two stuffs? If it is

within