Re: IWS and input parameters...

I don't have time to play but, if you want to stick with GET, can you not add an extra simple input parm to deal with this?


Jon


> On Dec 14, 2020, at 11:20 PM, Robert Rogerson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I'm new to this so I'm trying to understand.
> If I want to return rows, normally I would use a GET.  But since one of my
> input parameters is a structure I'm forced to either use a POST or a PUT.
> So I'm sort of forced out of the convention that GET is to read records,
> POST is to create records and PUT is to update records.
> So it's ok to do a POST only to read records?
> 
> Is there anyone else using IWS from an RPG perspective that has found or
> could share some useful information?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rob
> 
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 10:37 PM Nadir Amra <amra-r/[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> the suffix _LENGTH must be   capital because that  is what  IWS currently
>> looks for.  It should not matter because it is not part  of payload.
>> 
>> If you have a structure that is an input parameters, then the  HTTP method
>> is POST  or PUT.
>> 
>> Other  than  what we have  for  doc on  web site,  and  articles, that  is
>> all the doc there  is.   We are in  process of updating the  doc.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> "WEB400" <[email protected]> wrote on 12/14/2020 05:52:33
>> PM:
>> 
>>> From: Robert Rogerson <[email protected]>
>>> To: "Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)"
>> <[email protected]>
>>> Date: 12/14/2020 05:52 PM
>>> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [WEB400] IWS and input parameters...
>>> Sent by: "WEB400" <[email protected]>
>>> 
>>> @Nadir, your assumption is correct, pFilterDs is indeed input.  So you
>> are
>>> saying that I can have a data structure as input?
>>> 
>>> Why must the "_lenght" be in upper case.  I've never seen nor understand
>>> this requirement.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Rob
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 3:25 PM Nadir Amra <amra-r/[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Which  parameters are  input  and  which output?
>>>> 
>>>> And  "_length" suffix  should  be  "_LENGTH"
>>>> 
>>>> Assuming  pFilterDs is  input,  you may  want  to  define a  length
>> field
>>>> for it as well so that  you  know  how many  entries  are being passed
>> in.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> "WEB400" <[email protected]> wrote on 12/14/2020
>> 08:24:21
>>>> AM:
>>>> 
>>>>> From: Robert Rogerson <[email protected]>
>>>>> To: "Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)"
>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>>> Date: 12/14/2020 08:24 AM
>>>>> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [WEB400] IWS and input parameters...
>>>>> Sent by: "WEB400" <[email protected]>
>>>>> 
>>>>> I want to have a filter(s) for my api.
>>>>> An individual filter is defined as
>>>>> 
>>>>> dcl-ds filterTmp template qualified;
>>>>>  type char(20);
>>>>>  value char(20);
>>>>> end-ds;
>>>>> 
>>>>> But there may be multiple occurrences of filter.  For example,
>>>>> 
>>>>> 'Warehouse': '95,96,97'
>>>>> 'Type':'Shipments'
>>>>> 'DateRange': 'LastWeek'
>>>>> 
>>>>> I was hoping to do something like
>>>>> dcl-pi *n;
>>>>>  pFilterDs likeds(filterTmp) dim(10) const;
>>>>>  transactionDs_length int(10);
>>>>>  transactionsDs likeds(transactionsTmp) dim(1000);
>>>>>  httpStatus like(httpStatusTmp);
>>>>>  httpHeaders like(httpHeadersTmp) dim(10);
>>>>> end-pi;
>>>>> 
>>>>> But when I try this on Step 5 of 9 on the Deploy New Service Wizard
>> I
>>>> get
>>>>> error
>>>>> *Error:* ZUI_54411: The HTTP method must be PUT or POST when there
>> is an
>>>>> input parameter that is not being injected with a value.
>>>>> 
>>>>> How should I be doing this?
>> 
>> 
>> 
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