Chuck, I’m in the process of finishing REST calls to the Pressero web2print API.
The majority of the methods I had to write are quite similar and go something like this: ------------------------------------------------------------ ARRAY TEXT($aHeader_Name;0) ARRAY TEXT($aHeader_Value;0) APPEND TO ARRAY($aHeader_Name;"Content-Type") APPEND TO ARRAY($aHeader_Value;"application/json; charset=utf-8") APPEND TO ARRAY($aHeader_Name;"Authorization") APPEND TO ARRAY($aHeader_Value;"token "+$token) $oRequest:=OBJ_Create $oResponse:=OBJ_Create $URL:="https://admin.chi.v6.pressero.com/api/site <https://admin.chi.v6.pressero.com/api/site>/"+$siteDomain+"/users/"+$userGUID $Status:=HTTP Request(HTTP get method;$url;$oRequest;$oResponse;$aHeader_Name;$aHeader_Value) If ($status=200) //the status will be defined by your API…generally 200 or 201 for a success, 400 range for a failure $oUser:=OB Copy($oResponse) //this obviously varies depending on your API end if —————————————————————————————— Things that I learned along the way: 1) The API should tell you which type of method to use in the HTTP Request command (GET / PUT / POST / etc) 2) The API will tell you what (if any) items need to go into the 2 header arrays 3) Sometimes the $oRequest or $oResponse is a JSON object, other times 1 or both are simply text. It will depend on their end. 4) Postman is a great application to use to figure out what you need to do: https://www.getpostman.com/apps <https://www.getpostman.com/apps> it helps you construct the URL properly with the necessary parameters, as well as the things you would need to put into the headers (the 2 arrays I set up above) or include in the parameters of the URL you’re sending I can’t recommend the Postman app highly enough for this. Happy to answer any questions on this. HTH, Randy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Randy Jaynes Senior Programmer and Customer Support http://printpoint.com <http://printpoint.com/> • 845.687.3741 • PrintPoint, Inc • 57 Ludlow Lane • Palisades, NY 10964 Please send all email contacts to supp...@printpoint.com <mailto:supp...@printpoint.com> > On Dec 11, 2018, at 9:43 AM, Chuck Miller via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com > <mailto:4d_tech@lists.4d.com>> wrote: > > Hi all > > subj says it all. I may have to connect to a rest server and deliver a file > in that manner for one of my clients. As I have never used rest before, I was > hoping for an example of how that would be done. I looked on 4D web site and > in knowledge base but could not find what I was looking for. Any help > appreciated > > Regards > > Chuck > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Chuck Miller Voice: (617) 739-0306 > Informed Solutions, Inc. Fax: (617) 232-1064 > mailto:cjmiller<AT SIGN>informed-solutions.com > <http://informed-solutions.com/> > Brookline, MA 02446 USA Registered 4D Developer > Providers of 4D and Sybase connectivity > http://www.informed-solutions.com > <http://www.informed-solutions.com/> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This message and any attached documents contain information which may be > confidential, subject to privilege or exempt from disclosure under applicable > law. These materials are intended only for the use of the intended > recipient. If you are not the intended recipient of this transmission, you > are hereby notified that any distribution, disclosure, printing, copying, > storage, modification or the taking of any action in reliance upon this > transmission is strictly prohibited. Delivery of this message to any person > other than the intended recipient shall not compromise or waive such > confidentiality, privilege or exemption from disclosure as to this > communication. > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > <http://lists.4d.com/archives.html> > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > <https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech> > Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > <mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com> > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
