Re: HTTPAPI post trouble

[Scott Klement <sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sender: Scott Klement <sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Sean,

> If anyone wants to prove that the return.php script works, ther is a test
> script at http://mail.bestdist.com/test/test.php that posts to return.php
>
> Any idea what I'm doing wrong?  (I automatically assume I've done
> something wrong!)

You're doing several things wrong :)  But actually, you did a really good 
job of showing me what needs to be done by providing me with the URL of 
your server as well as a test page that works so I can see what's going 
on.

a) The Web page "test.php" posts to /test/return.php, whereas the
    sample RPG program you sent posts to /return.php.  Apparently
    there is no "/return.php" so you get a "404 Not Found" error.

b) In the HTML document, you have fields called remote, password and
    Submit. However, in the RPG program you have user, password and
    submit. I don't know if your PHP script is case-sensitive or not,
    but I wouldn't be so bold as to assume that 'submit' and 'Submit' are
    the same.  And, "remote" and "user" are definitely not the same :)

c) A web browser will always assume that data keyed into an HTML form
    is content-type "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"  However, since
    HTTPAPI is more commonly used for Web services, it defaults to
    content-type "text/xml".  That means that the PHP script thinks
    that you're sending XML, and doesn't know how to interpret it!

So I changed your code a little bit, and tried using the following code 
instead. This code worked for me, hopefully it'll work for you too :)

     H DFTACTGRP(*NO) ACTGRP(*NEW) BNDDIR('LIBHTTP/HTTPAPI')

     D/copy libhttp/qrpglesrc,httpapi_h

     D CRLF            C                   CONST(x'0D25')
     D rc              s             10I 0
     D msg             s             52A
     D data            s           1024A

     c                   eval      data = 'remote=test' +
     c                                    '&password=pass' +
     c                                    '&Submit=Submit'

     c                   eval      rc = 
http_url_post('http://mail.bestdist.' +
     c                             'com/test/return.php':
     c                             %addr(data):
     c                             %len(%trimr(data)):
     c                             '/tmp/return.php':
     c                             HTTP_TIMEOUT:
     c                             HTTP_USERAGENT:
     c                             'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
     c                   if        rc <> 1
     c                   eval      msg = http_error
     c                   dsply                   msg
     c                   return
     c                   endif

     c                   eval      *inlr = *on

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