Re: HTTPAPI concerns

[Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There are a few commercial products out there - but none that I know of provide such a broad spectrum of support as HTTPAPI.

Depending on the type of web services being consumed products from KrengleTech, AdventureTech, Brad Stone and others may work for you.  I doubt if any are cheaper than the price Profound quoted.


On 2014-08-05, at 12:20 PM, Stephen Landess <steve_landess@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Mike wrote:
> 
> As far as I know, there is no way to track usage of HTTPAPI. Scott might be able to provide some broad stats on downloads but that would be far off the installed base. I personally have downloaded it at least 10 times.
> 
> When Scott announced the paid support through Profound Logic, I think he intimated that was in place precisely for your situation. Someone doesn't want to use a free product - so pay for it!
> 
> There are other paid products that do something similar. I do not follow them and they probably work just as well for this but I have found this community of users and supporters to be pretty good.
> 
> Especially since your client is moving off the IBMi, why would there be a concern for short term use? If your client can get what they need and it works for the next 18 months, I don't see the concern personally. It is not like they are making a huge investment for the next 20 years of SAP style resources to git er done. Even the $1200 a year is trivial in the scheme of converting the software environment.
> 
> 
> Mike -
> 
> I forgot - one other question which was asked is:
> "Is there a) any commercial product or b) another alternative which provides a way to perform HTTP/HTTPS other than using HTTPAPI? "
> 
> My off-the-cuff answer was:
> a) As far as I know, no.
> b) "Yes, if we want to re-invent the wheel..."
> 
> -sjl
> 
> 
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