Re: HTTPAPI examples

["Thomas Raddatz" <thomas.raddatz@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sender: "Thomas Raddatz" <thomas.raddatz@xxxxxxxxxxx>

I wonder what XML parser you guys use and how you create XML files in the IFS.
We use the IBM license program "XML Toolkit for iSeries" along with a self
written wrapper service program (that hides all the strange things of the
toolkit).

Regards,

Thomas.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bartell, Aaron L. (TC)" <ALBartell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ftpapi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 3:17 PM
Subject: RE: HTTPAPI examples


> Sender: "Bartell, Aaron L. (TC)" <ALBartell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> >This is part of my problem; how can I present HTTPAPI without first
> presenting other tools such as CGIDEV2 or an XML parser?  It seems like
> this won't work.
>
> Yeah, most uses I would guess would be related to "Web Services" and
> then inherently XML.  Maybe we should combine HTTPAPI and XMLSAX into
> one package ;-)
>
> >The problem is, it's not public.  You have to register with them, get a
> developer key, etc.
>
> It is similar to Amazon though in that it is free.  I am trying to
> remember if it was cumbersome to register or not.  It has been over a
> year since I consumed their Time In Transit web service.
>
>
> One other idea that I use to test when I teach people is to put the
> consumer and provider on the same machine.  So in that case you would
> use the HTTP API to make a request and then have a regular CGI pgm to
> consume it and respond.  You could use some simple XML messaging without
> needing a parser or CGIDEV2.  Take this request and response for
> instance:
>
> Request:
>
> <Request>
>   <GetOrderLineItems>1132245</GetOrderLineItems>
> </Request>
>
> Response:
>
> <Response>
>   <LineItem>Blue Hat</LineItem>
>   <LineItem>Red Coat</LineItem>
>   <LineItem>Green Shoes</LineItem>
>   <LineItem>Pink Underwear</LineItem>
> </Response>
>
> The consumer would send the request to the provider.  The provider would
> use %Scan and %Subst to get the order number (1132245) and would then go
> to the order files and concatenate the line items into XML for a
> response.  The provider could also disconnect and respond async style,
> but that would be a little much for a beginners tutorial:-)
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Aaron Bartell
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