So, I was searching for information on JSON versus JSONP and, more specifically, how to handle JSONP with IBM i Y.A.J.L and I stumbled across this old archived website. The actual domain is dead, but I found this information on the internet way back when archive site. It’s worth saving – so here it is!

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Most IBM i shops using webservices to talk to the Internet, will convert the data they are sharing into a web-service format like XML or JSON before sending it out. Obviously the responses will be in the same format and they need to convert it back into native IBM i format to use it. That

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Ever wanted to validate or syntax check JSON from within RDi? It’s easy using the free JSON editor from the Eclipse marketplace. This JSON Plugin for RDI will validate, syntax check and polish your JSON layouts with ease. To start you have to go into RDI and get into Eclipse’s Market Place. That will bring up

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What are webservices? Broadly speaking “Web Services” are programs that let one computer system talk to another computer system over the internet. For example, you might want to enter customer details into a office computer system and have those customer details be checked on an online ‘address checking’ website or something similar. Today, Web Services

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Lets start from a point where you know what JSON is right? JSON JavaScript Object Notation or JSON (/JAY-sən), is an open-standard file format that uses human-readable text to transmit data objects consisting of attribute–value pairs and array data types. It is a very common data format used for asynchronous browser/server communication, including as a replacement for XML in some AJAX-style systems. Data types in JSON include string, number, boolean, array

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