HTTP_POST and HTTP_POST_BLOB

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The HTTP_POST Start of change or HTTP_POST_BLOB End of change scalar function updates a text-based resource under the specified URL through an HTTP POST request.

url: An expression that returns a built-in character string or graphic string data type that specifies the URL of the resource being accessed.; The only supported protocols in the URL are http:// and https://. HTTP basic authentication in the form https://userid:password@ cannot be specified in the URL. Instead, the basicAuth option must be used to specify the userid and password for basic authentication.
request-message: An expression that specifies the data to update at the specified URL.; For HTTP_POST, it must be a built-in character string or graphic string data type.; For HTTP_POST_BLOB, it must be a built-in binary string data type.
options: An expression that returns a built-in character string or graphic string data type. This string must be formatted as a JSON object containing the options, including headers, for the request. See HTTP options for the list of options.; If no options are provided, the default options are used.

The result of the HTTP_POST function is CLOB(2G) CCSID 1208 containing the response message. Start of change The result of the HTTP_POST_BLOB function is BLOB(2G) containing the response message. End of change

Notes

For more information about using the HTTP functions see HTTP functions overview.

To return the header information from the HTTP request, use the HTTP_POST_VERBOSE Start of change or HTTP_POST_BLOB_VERBOSE End of change table function: HTTP_POST_VERBOSE and HTTP_POST_BLOB_VERBOSE

Example

Send a HTTP POST request to https://www.example.com/users sending 'ABC' and using the certificate store /home/javaTrustStore/fromJava.KDB and return the result.

VALUES QSYS2.HTTP_POST('https://www.example.com/users',
                       'ABC',
                       '{"sslCertificateStoreFile":"/home/javaTrustStore/fromJava.KDB"}');