Re: Simple HTTP request.

[Scott Klement <sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

url = 'http://your-url-here';
output = '/tmp/result.txt';

rc = http_get( url: output);
if (rc <> 1);
  http_crash();
endif;


On 11/7/2012 8:45 AM, Versfelt, Charles wrote:
> I hate to turn to the experts on something simple, but I need to get this done quickly.  I've used HTTPAPI only once, to post an XML request to another server.  Now, I want to do something simpler, but I'm not sure how.
>
> All I need to do is run a simple HTTP request from an RPG (or CL) program, accept a response and exit.
>
> Our network/web programmer created a URL that, when clicked on, converts a file (named in the URL) in a folder to a different format and drops it in another folder.  It returns either OK or an error.
>
> The URL is always the same, only the name of the file changes and would be loaded by my RPG.
>
> What's the simplest way to do that?   I'm looking through the examples in LIBHTTP and nothing's jumping out at me.
>
> Thanks,
> Charlie
>
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