Re: New project....but where to start??

[DivotDug@xxxxxxx]

   Thanks for the information.

   I may have the terminology incorrect.   Part of the MD5 token is the
   GET/PUT so the appliance knows what to do with the request........I
   guess it's really some sort of web service.

   Thanks again, I am sure I will have more questions.

   In a message dated 1/24/2011 2:29:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
   sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

     Hi Divot,
     HTTPAPI can certainly perform a GET operation on an https:// URL,
     which
     seems to be what you want to do.
     As for MD5... it's built-in to OS/400, at the MI-level.  Has been
     for
     ages.  You can use the _CIPHER MI instruction, or the QC3CALHA API
     to
     perform an MD5 hash.
     The following articles discuss creating MD5 hashes
     http://systeminetwork.com/article/utility-calculate-md5-hash-stream
     -file
     http://systeminetwork.com/article/calculate-sha-1-hash
     http://systeminetwork.com/article/sha1-md5-and-base64-without-apis
     The whole thing seems strange to me, as you refer to this as an
     "FTP
     server appliance", yet you don't appear to be using FTP to
     communicate
     with it....  strange, strange, strange...
     On 1/22/2011 4:57 PM, DivotDug@xxxxxxx wrote:
     >
     >     I am tasked with a new project and I am not sure where to
     start.
     >
     >     I need to put/get files from something called an Accillion
     managed FTP
     >     server appliance.   Here is an exmple of the command to get a
     file.
     >
     >     The URL for the call is as follows:
     >     https://<hostname of appliance>/seos/<application
     ID>/mpd/<MD5 hash
     >     token>/<file
     >     handle>
     >
     >     I assume that I want to use HTTPAPI for this process.  Is my
     >     assumption correct?   Has anyone had any experience with
     creating a
     >     MD5 hash token on the IBM i?
     >
     >     Thanks in advance for any and all help.
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