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Return a boolean in IWS (Integrated WebService Server)

IWS does not support true/false booleans, so it cannot be used to generate JSON streams in RPG like this: {"success": true}Ideally, we should be able to declare an indicator in the RPG and have it translated to true / false (without quotes).Curren...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 4 Delivered

NULL management by IWS

Currently IWS has no capability regards to null values when a SOAP or REST service is published. When a field in a request is null, the RPG ile program or procedure will receive: For char fields -> all blanks For varchar fields -> a lenght o...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Web Serving 2 Delivered

Allow IWS to ignore extra/missing fields in the input JSON

Ignoring extra fields is helpful so that the RPG program doesn't have to account for every field that is being sent in the request (i.e. 25+ fields and multiple nested data structure arrays, when only 2 values are actually required). Allowing for ...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Web Serving 2 Delivered

IBMi IWS ILE service program procedure limitation of 7 parameters

We use IBM i IWS (Integrated Web Services Server) to expose ILE service programs as REST web services. Each REST resource (represented by unique URI) is mapped to an ILE service program and corresponding REST methods to procedures within the servi...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 5 Delivered

Increase the performance of IWS lists by filters

Calling up the list of deployed services takes a long time. With 50 services it takes 20 seconds. Whenever I perform an action (e.g. stop or start a service or display the properties), it always takes 20 seconds until the entire list has been upda...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 3 Delivered

Ability to omit fields in WebService reply when they are optional

I'm working with the integrated web services server and have run into a problem. My service has several optional elements, but I can't seem to find a way to indicate that it's optional so they are returned as blank elements. It is a restful interf...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 4 Delivered

Allow an IWS SQL service default schema to be changed by the setWebServiceProperties.sh command

Currently if you create an SQL service on one server and want to promote it to another server you can't change the default schema without having to get the configuration property file and go into the IFS file to change the default schema. That is ...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 4 Delivered

IBM i IWS HTTP PATCH Support

IBM i IWS (Integrated Web Services Server) currently supports HTTP request methods GET, PUT, DELETE, POST but there is no support for PATCH method. Unlike PUT method, PATCH method allows client to send only modified resource information instead of...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 3 Delivered

Start having IBM Navigator for i use Java 17

Start having IBM Navigator for i use Java 17 as IBM announced End of Service for Java 8 will be April of 2025 for all platforms except Z. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/java-sdk-lifecycle-dates Do not use Java 11 as IBM announced that 7.5 wil...
4 months ago in IBM i / Web Serving 3 Delivered

Integrated Web Services Server Start Up

We are a provider of Healthcare applications utilizing IBM's Power Server running IBM i (v7r2m0 or better) OS. The HCS application uses IBM Websphere Application server express to serve up Java Script application to the users via a browser. Data r...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 2 Delivered

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