Re: need simple RPGLE WS host example

[Scott Klement <sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi Vince,

CGIDEV2 isn't going to help with reading the XML sent from the consumer. 
  The standard QtmhRdStin() API is all you need to read that XML. 
CGIDEV2's input routines are designed for reading input that was 
populated with HTML <form> and <input> tags, it's not for reading an XML 
document sent from a web service consumer.

For sending back the output, CGIDEV2's templates would be useful, 
however.

Did you read the forum thread I linked to in my previous message to you? 
  Because you seem to be floundering completely blindly in spite of the 
fact that that thread contained a complete example in native RPG that 
runs on Apache.

If you don't feel it's necessary to do all of the work yourself, try 
using the IWS (Integrated Web Services) feature of IBM i.  It's free, 
very simple, and doesn't require WebSphere. It makes it very easy to put 
simple web services out there in RPG.

Lastly, there's the WebSphere way. (That's what the wizards in WDSC are 
for.)  This would be a last resort for me, I wouldn't go this route 
unless someone put a gun to my head.

So that's 3 different methods...   now that we've given you lots of 
direction, can we please take this off of this mailing list?  It's not 
related to HTTPAPI or FTPAPI.  It's really important to me to keep 
things on this list on track, because I encourage people to subscribe 
saying "it's low volume, and only relates to FTPAPI/HTTPAPI..."

Here are some more general purpose discussion forums that I participate in:
http://forums.systeminetwork.com
http://www.midrange.com


On 5/18/2010 7:16 PM, Selders, Vince E wrote:
> Perhaps I'm making this much more difficult than I need to (or maybe
> I'm not)  I simply want to host a Web Service on the iSeries.  I've
> tried but have come nowhere close to understanding what the wizard
> does in WDSc.  And part of that might be that we do not run
> Websphere.  I'm using the standard Apache Server on i.
>
> Simply put ... I want to host a Web Service on iSeries.  I want
> others to be able to consume this Web Service using standard SOAP
> requests.  If your suggestion is what it will take to get me there,
> I'd be very happy, however, I've never used CGIDEV2, nor would I know
> where to begin.  Any examples you might offer would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
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