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web enablement toolkit

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HWTJCREN: Support unnamed root arrays in JSON parser

JSON allows for unnamed arrays as root, e.g. [] is perfectly correct. However, the Web Enablement toolkit currently rejects the request to create an unnamed array as root with HWTJ_JCREN_ENTRYVALUETYPE_INV. It should accept the request without a n...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / web enablement toolkit 0 Future consideration

Enable 4-Char-Ciphers via environment Variable in Web Enablement Toolkit

Hello there at RFE-Center,we have to use 4-Char Cipher Specs in our zOS Web Client applications. These clients use the z/OS web client enablement toolkit, version 2.4.I know that the toolkit provides the HWTHSET call with the option HWTH_OPT_SSLCI...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / web enablement toolkit 0 Future consideration

Add connection pooling support to the web enablement toolkit

We would like to have a connection option that could be specified by using the HWTHSET service. This option would allow applications to enable connection pooling. We are already taking advantage of similar functionality on CICS where we are using ...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / web enablement toolkit 0 Future consideration

Setting shorter timeouts (e.g. 10th of seconds) in z/OS® client web enablement toolkit

The z/OS® client web enablement toolkit provides a set of application programming interfaces (APIs) to enable traditional, native z/OS programs to participate in modern web services applications. In z/OS Client Web Enablement Toolkit you can use t...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / web enablement toolkit 0 Future consideration

Remove or mitigate z/OS Connect IMS API Requester COBOL LE POSIX restrictions that prevent some use cases

This pertains to case TS016566172. We (IBM TEL) have seen use cases for IMS API Requester using COBOL where the LE prevents z/OS connect from working due to POSIX requirements and restrictions. POSIX(ON) in IMS can cause other non-z/OS Connect cal...
3 months ago in z/OS / web enablement toolkit 1 Future consideration

support for xdomain over proxy up to n number of redirects

Redirects happen. Even when using a proxy server. I have an issue where an external site wants to redirect to AWS.COM to handle the data transfer and the current toolkit does not allow it. This seems so obvious as to it should have always been the...
5 months ago in z/OS / web enablement toolkit 0 Future consideration

Allow one call to set all Connection options, and one call to setup all Request options.

Hi, Instead of your caller making several calls to set up a connection or request using HWTHSET, allow them to pass an array with all the options they want to set with one call. OR Include the connect or Request options in the HWTHREQ or HWTHCONN ...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / web enablement toolkit 0 Future consideration

Request for a conversion code in the Toolkit for COBOL

We have a zSeries COBOL program using the HTTP z/OS Client Web Enablement Toolkit to act as http client. The program receives a JSON string from the partner system, which is parsed by the toolkit HWTJPARS, then values are extracted using HWTJSRCH....
over 2 years ago in z/OS / web enablement toolkit 0 Future consideration

Surface entire response body when using HWTH_VERBOSE_UNREDACTED

Today HWTH_VERBOSE_UNREDACTED will include the first and last 40 bytes of the response body. Would like a way to have the toolkit surface the entire response body - since the first and last 40 bytes isn't typically that helpful.
over 1 year ago in z/OS / web enablement toolkit 0 Future consideration

z/OS Web Enablement - JSON Parser GNUV Fails on COBOL COMP-2 Floating Point Numbers

COBOL is not currently able to use the HWTJGNUV callable service for JSON numbers that are not integers..therefore...this is a Request for Enhancement (RFE) against the z/OS Client Web Enablement Toolkit to be able to handle floating point numbers...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / web enablement toolkit 0 Future consideration