Re: AW: Sending binary data to a web service

["James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/6/16, 10:46 PM, Thomas Raddatz wrote:

> a) You can create a MIME message and send your binary data as an
> attachment. Depending on the size of the binary data, it might be
> better to use a stream file to prepare the post data aka the MIME
> message. That is where http_url_post_stmf() comes into play.
>
> b) You can encode your binary data to Base64 and send the Base64
> string as the value of an XML element or (in your case) assign the
> Base64 string to a Json attribute.


Ok. Here is what we know, so far:

1. The binary data is in the form of ZIP files, uploaded to the IFS via 
a proprietary protocol.

2. We now have web services that can accept binary files, but so far, 
all I've been able to call them from is the Swagger Playground, and 
unlike every other web service I've tried through it, the Playground 
shows absolutely nothing about what's really going on. I've passed on 
the gist of what you said about MIME or Base64 being known ways to do 
it, and asked the web service developer to let me know what's actually 
being sent, and in what form, out of the Playground.

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JHHL
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