Re: IWS, REST and retrieving variables from QUERY_STRING

Hi Rob, we are in process of updating doc so hopefully that will give
some relief. But if you get stuck, please search the mailing list and if
no answer found post your question. I try to respond when I see posts.




"WEB400" <web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 07/29/2020 08:00:35
AM:

From: Robert Rogerson <rogersonra@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)"

<web400@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Date: 07/29/2020 08:00 AM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [WEB400] IWS, REST and retrieving variables
from QUERY_STRING
Sent by: "WEB400" <web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks Nadir, After watching Tim's video the first option became clear.
Thanks for mentioning the second option.
I just wish I hadn't spent so much time trying to find how to do this.

I'm

not sure if I was searching for the wrong terms but now I am on the

right

path.

Thanks to everyone for the help and guidance.

Rob

On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 1:51 PM Nadir Amra <amra@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,

You have two options to getting access to query string variable. The
recommended way is to inject the query string parameter into a

parameter

automatically.

The alternative way is to pass the entire query string as an

environment

variable and within your code you would need to issue a getenv() call

and

then parse the query string variable.

Obviously, injecting an input parameter with value of query string
variable is easiest. And this method allows you to specify a default
value as well if not specified.




"WEB400" <web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 07/28/2020

08:45:55

AM:

From: Robert Rogerson <rogersonra@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)"

<web400@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Date: 07/28/2020 08:46 AM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] [WEB400] IWS, REST and retrieving variables from
QUERY_STRING
Sent by: "WEB400" <web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi All,

I'm creating a REST webservice/api and using IWS. I'm then using

Postman

to test the webservice. All the endpoints call procedures in a

service

program..

I have an endpoint /web/server/claims which will call the RPG

procedure

GetAllClaims which returns all claims. I have tested this with

Postman

and it works correctly.

My next step is to add a filter. So I call the same endpoint but

this

time

I pass a parameter of whid. So the endpoint now becomes
/web/server/claims/?whid=93 which will call the RPG procedure

GetAllClaims

but this time I need to extract the parameter passed in the

QUERY_STRING

to

return only claims for warehouse 93.

Can someone point me to either documentation or an example of how to
specify and extract from the QUERY_STRING. I've done a lot of

searching

on

Google but I must not be searching on the correct terms because I

can't

find anything on QUERY_STRING other than that you may specify it..