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RE: Sending MIME-HEADERS with XML Web-Service Requests



   There are some examples at [1]http://www.openhealth.org/xmtp/
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     From:  "Wayne Hardey" <waynehardey@xxxxxxxxx>
     Reply-To:  HTTPAPI and FTPAPI Projects
     <ftpapi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
     To:  ftpapi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
     Subject:  Sending MIME-HEADERS with XML Web-Service Requests
     Date:  Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:18:14 -0600
     >
     >    Ladies and Gentlemen...
     >
     >         I recently posted this message on the SystemiNetwork
     >    e-Development forum.  Scott was kind enough to offer some
     insight, and
     >    suggested that my cause might be better served by posting my
     message
     >    here.  That seems like worthwhile advice, so here goes.
     >
     >         Thanks (in advance) to anyone who can provide any insight
     at all
     >    in this matter.
     >
     >    Wayne Hardey
     >
     >    I have downloaded LIBHTTP, and am finding that it may be a
     very useful
     >    set of tools. At the risk of asking you to be my personal
     "help desk",
     >    I have encountered one problem that I am unable to resolve.
     Perhaps
     >    you can offer some insight.
     >    I am trying to submit a request to a credit card clearing
     house. The
     >    clearing house requires data to be submitted as XML. They also
     require
     >    a MIME-HEADER (with such elements as mime-version,
     content-type,
     >    content-length, etc). I am uncertain how to send them this
     MIME-HEADER
     >    information. I attempted to construct a string, and merely
     append it
     >    to the beginning of the XML string that I am submitting.
     However, the
     >    response that I am getting from the clearing house "help desk"
     >    indicates that they are receiving a MIME-HEADER that looks
     absolutely
     >    nothing like what I sent (or what they're expecting).
     >    As you might suspect, they're only literate in C++, PHP, .asp,
     .net
     >    and the such. They've never heard of an iSeries, much less
     RPG. I am
     >    having considerable difficulty communicating with them. Can
     you offer
     >    any suggestions about constructing a MIME-HEADER, and
     submitting it as
     >    part of a web-service request using the tools in LIBHTTP?
     >    Thanks so very much for any insight you can provide!!
     >
     >    PS: if you wish to see the specific instruction set I am
     working
     >    under, you can access it (approximately 800Kb, 150-page .pdf
     document)
     >    from the following location on the web.
     >
     >    [1]http://www.paymentech.net/download/pdf/Orbital_Gateway_Inte
     rface_Sp
     >    ecification_v4.2.pdf
     >
     >    The specific instructions that are "giving me gas" are on
     pages 48-49.
     >
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     >References
     >
     >    1.
     http://www.paymentech.net/download/pdf/Orbital_Gateway_Interface_Sp
     ecification_v4.2.pdf
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References

   1. http://www.openhealth.org/xmtp/
   2. http://g.msn.com/8HMAENUS/2755??PS=47575
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