Re: IWS, REST APIs, and Logging

We hope to have it by end of year, if not earlier. 


"WEB400" <[email protected]> wrote on 04/28/2021 11:24:24 
AM:

> From: Stephen Piland <Stephen-anE3zL/[email protected]>
> To: "Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)" 
<[email protected]>
> Date: 04/28/2021 11:24 AM
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [WEB400] IWS, REST APIs, and Logging
> Sent by: "WEB400" <[email protected]>
> 
> 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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