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Web Serving

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    IWS support for elements with attributes

    Have IWS support WDSL where elements have attribute definitions like in the following example
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Future consideration

    replace parameter in restoreWebService.sh script

    add the ability to restore if the service saved is modify than the online one.
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 5 Future consideration

    port 2005 "TLS/SSL Server Supports The Use of Static Key Ciphers

    An internal audit is reporting a finding on port 2005 "TLS/SSL Server Supports The Use of Static Key Ciphers". Confirmed Port 2005 is set up with SSL TLs1.2. Logs have been sent to development at IBM. I was requested to submit this RFE. Use Case: ...
    about 5 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 2 Future consideration

    Ending HTTP server on System i

    When the HTTP server 5770-DG1 is terminated, it is terminated after 120 seconds with the option *immed by the IBM program. This causes an error message with level 40 to be written to the system log. The time interval must be extended. Use Case: Er...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Future consideration

    Add conversion to/from RPG Date/Time/Timestamp and Axis types in WebService client (wsdl2rpg.sh)

    Wsdl2rpg.sh generates a web service client based on Axis, and an RPG wrapper.This RPG wrapper provides the classical C structure for the RPG variable types Date, Time and Timestamp : D xsd_tm DS align qualified template D sec 10i 0 D* seconds afte...
    about 9 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 4 Not under consideration

    Add ability to provide additional HTTP status codes when processing a REST web service.

    Using REST in IWS, there is no ability to provide alternate return/result codes when processing a web service request. There are only 2 options, status codes 200 or 400. There is need to have user definable result codes to respond with alternate c...
    4 months ago in IBM i / Web Serving 2 Future consideration

    Allow custom commands to run in IWS

    when creating an end point, we have the option to list the libraries where the api exists and thus, it also effects the library list that the job will run under. It would be nice to be able to run custom CL commands in that area to be executed whe...
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Web Serving 2 Future consideration

    Allow service program AND SQL based APIs under the same web server

    Currently, when deploying a new service on a Web Services Server, you have to select between ILE program object as a Web service or SQL as a Web service, and then specify the resource...i.e. URI path template. The URI path name becomes the Service...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Future consideration

    Enable Websphere http-server to serve bearer authorization with wizard assist

    Add an wizard to configure the authorization to use bearer instead of basic
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 0 Submitted

    More flexible list

    When defining a Web Service using IWS it's only possible to limit the size of the returned list by selecting a return parameter that is placed as a first level parameter field when using the "Count" feature or by using the hard coded feature "Dete...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 3 Future consideration

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