Re: FTPAPI

["Elbert Cook" <elbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sender: "Elbert Cook" <elbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I figured it out and got a successful send.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elbert Cook" <elbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ftpapi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: FTPAPI


> Sender: "Elbert Cook" <elbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Ok, I think I'm beginning to understand what is involved in uploading the
> file.
>
> But what about the other values 'operation=UPLOAD' and 'data_format=A'. Do
> they also get imbedded in the stream file.
>
> Webpage html
> form METHOD="POST" ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data"
> ACTION="/servlet/MailboxServlet"
> <input TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="operation" VALUE="UPLOAD">
> <input type="radio" name="data_format" value="A" checked>
> <input type="FILE" name="sourcefile" value="testfile" size="25"
> maxlength="1024">
>
>
> Sendfile.txt in IFS:
> --TestBoundaryTestFile
> Content-Disposition: form-data; name="sourcefile"; filename="Sendfile.txt"
> Content-Type: text/plain
>
> <actual file data goes here>
> --TestBoundaryTestFile--
>
> RPG:
> rc = http_url_post_stmf('www.abc.com/servlet/MailboxServlet':
>     '/Sendfile.txt':
>     '/response.html':
>     90:
>     'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; OS400)':
>     'multipart/form-data; boundary=TestBoundaryTestFile')
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Scott Klement" <sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ftpapi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 4:40 PM
> Subject: Re: FTPAPI
>
>
> > Sender: Scott Klement <sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> > You'll have to create a stream file that's multipart/form-data encoded.
> > HTTPAPI has routines for URL Encoding, but not multipart/form-data (yet)
> >
> > Once you have that space created, you can upload them with the
> > http_url_post_stmf() routine in HTTPAPI.
> >
> > I wrote some info about this to Dave Parnin a few weeks ago. Here's a
link
> > to that message:
> >   http://www.scottklement.com/archives/ftpapi/200408/msg00001.html
> >
> > ---
> > Scott Klement  http://www.scottklement.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Elbert Cook wrote:
> >
> > > Sender: "Elbert Cook" <elbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Still can't get the FTP connection to work. The bank says its the way
> they
> > > NAT and that I'm probably out of luck.
> > >
> > > However I found out they have a https website for uploading and
> downloading
> > > files.
> > >
> > > I've downloaded the beta version of HTTPAPI and I'm playing with it.
> > > I have successfully logged-on and logged-off from the bank and I'm
ready
> to
> > > try uploading a file.
> > >
> > > But I'm not sure of how to upload a file.
> > >
> > > Decoding their webpage I have.
> > >
> > > <form METHOD="POST" ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data"
> > > ACTION="/servlet/MailboxServlet"
> > > <input TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="operation" VALUE="UPLOAD">
> > > <input type="radio" name="data_format" value="A" checked>
> > > <input type="FILE" name="sourcefile" value="testfile" size="25"
> > > maxlength="1024">
> > >
> > > Do I post the filename, or the file data, do I use the url_post_stmf
> > > command?
> > >
> > > POST  'https://www.abc.com/servlet/MailboxServlet'
> > > with parms 'operation=UPLOAD&data_format=A&sourcefile= {Filename or
the
> > > ascii file data}'
> > >
> > > Prehaps I'm completely missing the boat on how an upload works.
> > >
> > > Sorry for all the novice question,
> > >
> > >
>
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