Web Service Assignments

Creation of various web services.

Creating a Web Server on IBMi.

• First we need to create a http server.
• We can use IBMi Navigator to create a new http server.
• Create a new http server.
• Provide configuration for the server.
• Once the server is created, edit the configuration file.
• The Server.conf file in this folder is used for http server configuration.
• Now Start the Server (Restart if already running).
• Now the Server is Created.

Create a program to handle GET request.

Fetch data from database using Get request.

• Create a RPG program which can hanlde get request.
• This Program will send the data from a physical file to browser.
• Create a Physical File to store the data.
• Send Get request through URL.
• Data will be displayed on browser.

Create a program to handle POST request.

Convert TCP data to EBCDIC character set.

• Create a RPG Program which can handle post request.
• This Program will convert TCP data to EBCDIC character set.
• Send Post request through URL.
• Give plain text in the body of the URL, which you want to convert.
• Program will return converted EBCDIC character data to brower.