Re: Help receiving JSON into CGI program

Jon,
How to receive the JSON is our exact problem. We can parse a JSON-like
string perfectly with DATA-INTO using a test string in our program. Our
issue is the front end of how to receive the 'decoded' JSON doc. Our past
experience is receiving comma delimited strings with no other punctuation or
blanks. Now with trying to receive names and addresses, we end up getting an
address element like 200%20MAIN%20ST instead of 200 MAIN ST. So in short, we
don't really understand how to get the decoded JSON doc to the RPG/YAJL
parser from the CGI interface.

Alvin
Alvin Strasburger
Printgear Sportswear
Phone    803-744-2310
Toll Free 800-763-7763
mailto:[email protected]
www.printgear.com


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From: WEB400 [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jon
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Sent: Monday, April 11, 2022 6:15 PM
To: Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
Subject: Re: [WEB400] Help receiving JSON into CGI program

It would be good if you told us what you _have_ already tried code wise.
How are you receiving the JSON?


Jon P.

> On Apr 11, 2022, at 4:56 PM, Alvin Strasburger <[email protected]>
wrote:
> 
> We have  been providing some web services by receiving simple not 
> encoded comma delimited lists in CGI programs and responding with 
> Scott Klement's version of YAJL. This has been working well for us for
several years.
> 
> 
> 
> Now we need to do a few more complicated things including receiving 
> names and addresses with spaces and punctuation. We found in testing 
> that these fields come to our RPG program encoded. We thought that if 
> the data was sent as a JSON payload that we could then process it. 
> However, we don't really understand how to get the decoded JSON 
> payload from the web to our RPG program We have done significant 
> research, but are not really web programmers. Can someone offer us a 
> solution or maybe share a configuration and/or a program where a JSON 
> payload is successfully passed to RPG from CGI?
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Alvin
> 
> Alvin Strasburger
> 
> Printgear Sportswear
> 
> Phone    803-744-2310
> 
> Toll Free 800-763-7763
> 
> <mailto:[email protected]> mailto:[email protected]
> 
> <http://www.printgear.com/> www.printgear.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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