About Talking to Internet Webservices from the IBM i System
We have various techniques for reading (consuming) webservices out there in Internet Land. Let's use (a) SQL which is super convenient and native to IBM i and (b) the HTTPAPI opensource solution.
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We have various techniques for reading (consuming) webservices out there in Internet Land. Let's use (a) SQL which is super convenient and native to IBM i and (b) the HTTPAPI opensource solution.
Talking to Internet Webservices
4 Lessons
IBM comes with pre supplied SQL functions - easy to use from RPG - allowing you to talk natively to the Internet
IBM comes with pre supplied API's - easy to use from RPG - allowing you to talk natively to the Internet
Come with me - we will go and download Scott Klements excellent open source toolset HTTPAPI (LIBHTTP). This lets us easily write RPG code to connect to webservices out there in the cloud. It's easy. Let's do this step by step...
OUTGOING -> HTTPAPI (LIBHTTP) for IBM i
2 Lessons
Good Question! Let's discuss the various ways an RPG program can be written as A WEBSERVICE to share information with any requesters on the internet.
If you are using the IBM i HTTPAPI (LIBHTTP) opensource utilities, you already realize how easy it is to talk to an internet web service from within your IBM i RPG programs but sometimes even the best-laid plans go wrong. This is when you need to learn how about the “debug HTTPAPI webservices” function.