Re: IWS, REST APIs, and Logging

Any thoughts on the timeline on this?  Just curious.  We've been on Version 2.6 for a long time.

-----Original Message-----
From: WEB400 <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Nadir Amra
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 12:59 PM
To: Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries) <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [WEB400] IWS, REST APIs, and Logging

When we implement logging of payloads, It will fail, but you would still have a log of the payload. 


"WEB400" <[email protected]> wrote on 04/27/2021 12:05:56 
PM:

> From: Jon Paris <[email protected]>
> To: "Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)" 
<[email protected]>
> Date: 04/27/2021 12:06 PM
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [WEB400] IWS, REST APIs, and Logging
> Sent by: "WEB400" <[email protected]>
> 
> Yup - that could be useful I agree - although I suspect that IWS 
> would fail anyway while attempting the unpacking.
> 
> 
> Jon Paris
> 
> > On Apr 27, 2021, at 1:00 PM, Stephen Piland 
> <Stephen-anE3zL/[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > True.  I agree that it would diminish the value of IWS.  I was 
> hoping that turning on some logging, etc would allow us to capture 
> the payload/body IF it was 'malformed' and it can't unpack into the 
> parameters.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: WEB400 <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jon 
Paris
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 11:02 AM
> > To: Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries) 
<[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: [WEB400] IWS, REST APIs, and Logging
> > 
> > Well it kinda goes against the whole point of IWS which is to 
> avoid you having to concern your self with such issues.  The payload
> is unpacked into the parameters and vice-versa for you.
> > 
> > If you really need to access the body why use IWS at all?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Jon Paris
> > 
> >> On Apr 27, 2021, at 11:23 AM, Stephen Piland 
> <Stephen-anE3zL/[email protected]> wrote:
> >> 
> >> I haven't seen any way to do this so far, but I thought I'd ask 
> the group...
> >> 
> >> Is there any way to capture the 'payload'/body sent in?  Ideally,
> pre-execution of the program or service program call from within 
> IWS.  If not, is there a way to capture it in the called pgm perhaps
> as a BLOB that could be stored?
> >> 


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