On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 8:07 AM, Mary Kay Tubello <mtube...@humana.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > I have two REXXs in USS on z/OS that I execute from a URL. The ‘say’ > re-directs to a website. Is it possible to execute these in a batch job? > And if yes, how will I know they worked? > Basically, assuming I understand your question, the answer is "no". But, then, I don't really know exactly what you are wanting your batch job to do. Historically, a person uses a web browser to contact a web server with a URL. The web server decodes this URL and displays a page of output. That's the simplest case. In your case, the web server does the equivalent of saying "Go ask George" (re-direct). So the web browser, without interaction with the end user, goes to the re-directed web server, perhaps with a different URL. This is what your example REXX is doing -- telling the web browser software to "go ask George". I think what you are wanting is a way for a step in a batch job to "invoke" a REST service. Yes, you can write REXX to do this. But it is basically doing "low level" sockets programming in REXX using REXX Sockets. https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.hala001/ipapirxa.htm This is not really for the faint of heart. You might find the following to be of interest: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.izua700/IZUHPINFO_RESTServices.htm > > Thanks, > Mary Kay > -- I have a theory that it's impossible to prove anything, but I can't prove it. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
