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Re: Re: Receving data past back from a webservice
Sender: <nellestj@xxxxxxx>
Okay - If I were just sending one long string of data to the webservice, and then the webservice was going to pass me back data in an xml format, how would I go about getting that, assuming I'll be reading it from the IFS? Is example15 a good one to use for that? Or do you have any other recommendations to help me with this?
>
> From: Scott Klement <sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2004/12/13 Mon PM 11:56:18 GMT
> To: ftpapi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Receving data past back from a webservice
>
> Sender: Scott Klement <sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> > I have an RPGLE program that I am working on that needs to call a web
> > service. I will be passing it two strings. The webservice will be
> > sending back a number that I need to read. Where/how can I get that?
> > Can I retrieve that from the IFS? Which prototype do I need to use?
>
> You can have the data returned straight to your program or you can have
> the data saved to the IFS. Either way works, depending on what you're
> doing.
>
> If all you're getting back is a single number, it's probably not a lot of
> data, so I'd personally want it passed back to my program. If it were a
> larger piece of data, I might prefer to save it to the IFS. But I guess
> it's up to you.
>
> Take a look at the sample programs included with HTTPAPI. They are called
> EXAMPLE1 - EXAMPLE17. They all demonstrate sending data to a web server
> and getting back a response in some form or another.
>
> The real question is, what does the webservice expect you to send? How
> does the data need to be encoded? URL encoded? Multipart form-data? XML?
> What will the result be encoded as, and how do you plan to decode it?
>
> Those are the real questions you need to have answered. Since every web
> service is different, you'll have to find out what's expected from the
> people who provide the web service...
>
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