Re: Using http post and Rest

[Scott Klement <sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rick,

422 Unprocessable Entity:    This means that your XML was well-formed, 
but it did not understand some or all of it.  Perhaps you had an 
incorrect tag or attribute name?   I would compare your XML document 
carefully against the documentation for the web service.

415 Unsupported Media Type:  This refers to the peContentType parameter 
passed to HTTPAPI from your program, it is the 6th parameter to 
http_post_stmf().  The default that HTTPAPI ships with is text/xml for 
all "post" procedures, so it sends the same value for http_post and 
http_post_stmf.   I would check that you're specifying the parameters 
correctly and that you didn't accidentally add an extra parameter or 
forget a parameter or something like that -- this is an easy mistake to 
make.   And, of course, check the value of the peContentType parameter 
if you are specifying it.

Please understand that HTTPAPI is an HTTP tool.  It has no code in it 
whatsoever that is specific to web services -- it only implements the 
HTTP network protocol.   If your web service uses the HTTP functionality 
for userid/password, then http_setAuth() should work nicely for setting 
the userid/password.  But if it uses some method that is specific to the 
web service rather than HTTP, you will need to code that yourself.

Also it's important to know that every web service is different. REST is 
not a standard or a protocol, it is only a paradigm.  So you will need 
to be familiar with exactly what the web service requires.  If you can 
tell us that, then we can tell you how HTTPAPI can be used to provide 
that requirement.  But, simply knowing that it is "post and rest" 
doesn't tell us very much.

If you are still unable to figure things out after the above 
information, then you should provide a debug/trace file.  This will give 
us far more information about what is happening.

-SK


On 9/22/2016 9:39 AM, Rick Holm wrote:
>     I� need to post an XML file to a Web Service using REST and supplying a
>     user id and password.
>     I have tried several approaches. Using the HTTPAPI command, it looks
>     like the file is being validated by the Web Service, but I end with a
>     HTTP 422 Unprocessable Entity.�
>     I tried the http_SetAuth for the user id and password and
>     http_post_stmf api. The program appears to contact the Web Service but
>     I end up with a HTTP 415 Unsupported Media Type.
>     Thanks for you help
>     Rick Holm
>
>
>
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