WEB call from cics to restful using JSON data

mukun264 · New User Joined: 01 Jan 2008 Posts: 32 Location: Bangalore

There is an requirement to send data in JSON format to restful server from cics.

I am able to send the data to server using open system tool. but I am trying to send data from cics using WEB API getting "Bad Request" response from server with status code 400.

The syntax used in program as follow.
WEB SEND POST
from(JSON-data)
mediatype(application/json)

Any idea how to debug the error in cics . like what data is being send to server from cics in http format.what is content in http header etc.

Nic Clouston · Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 2:11 pm

What on earth, or anywhere else, is a "restful" server?

mukun264 · New User Joined: 01 Jan 2008 Posts: 32 Location: Bangalore

Yes server is restful server and client is mainframe cics.

Bill Woodger · Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 2:30 pm

Google says...

mukun264 · New User Joined: 01 Jan 2008 Posts: 32 Location: Bangalore

The above page is useful in open source programming.How can use JSON in cics

Robert Sample · Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 4:39 pm

Have you read the draft Redbook SG24-8161 which is titled Implementing CICS JSON web services for mobile applications? If not, perhaps you should start there since Redbooks have a lot of how-to information in them.

Bill Woodger · Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 4:43 pm

The link I provided was in lieu of you explaining RESTful.

mukun264 · New User Joined: 01 Jan 2008 Posts: 32 Location: Bangalore

Yes i have read that book but they talk something else like DFHJSON module etc which is not able in our shop

haimzeevi · New User Joined: 01 Mar 2010 Posts: 27 Location: Israel

Try this link, from the Redbook: This regards to Atom data-exchange with REST.
pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/cicsts/v4r1/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.cics.ts.internet.doc%2Ftopics%2Fdfhtl_atom_serving.html
Good Luck,
Haim