Web Service Questions (was RE: TIMW Issues in FTPAPI)

[Scott Klement <sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sender: Scott Klement <sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> 	I have a another sort of question. I see that you are doing a 
> FTPAPI sockets connection and I assume you have some sort of RPGLE 
> program with the sockets logic.
>
> 1) Are you passing AS400 data to a Web front end????

You mean in FTPAPI? No. FTPAPI is an API for performing FTP transfers.  As 
an API, it's intended to be called directly by computer programs.  It 
doesn't really have a "front-end" of any sort.

> 2) Why don't you just write to a data queue on the AS400 and have a 
> listener program on the front end read the AS400 Data Queue???

The purpose of FTPAPI is to send and/or receive files from an FTP server. 
I don't understand how a data queue and listener program would accomplish 
those objectives. Indeed, I don't even see how there's any relationship 
between the two.

> 3) Can you make Soap calls from the AS400 through the FTPAPI sockets 
> connection????

No, but you can with HTTPAPI. FTPAPI is FTP-only. HTTPAPI is the one 
that talks with a web server. You can use HTTPAPI to consume SOAP web 
services from your RPG programs, if you like.

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