Testing the Db2 native REST services

Test the created Db2 native REST services to ensure they are installed correctly.

About this task

Use a REST client to test the Db2 native REST services. Three different API requests are made, one for each of the created Db2 native REST services.

For each request, replace <db2_host_name> with the hostname of your Db2 instance and <db2_port> with the port of your Db2 instance. You can also include authentication credentials such as the Authorization HTTP header.

Note: The examples in this tutorial use Versioning support. If you do not have versioning, then remove the version from request URLs.

Procedure

Use a REST client to test the employeeList service.
Send an HTTP POST request to https://<db2_host_name>:<db2_port>/services/SYSIBMSERVICE/employeeList/V1 with header Content-Type: application/json and the following body:
```
{}
```
A response code HTTP OK (200) indicates success. No JSON properties are required for the employeeList Db2 native REST service, so an empty JSON object payload is used.
The response body starts with:
```
{
    "ResultSet Output": [
        {
            "employeeNumber": "000150",
            "firstName": "BRUCE",
            "lastName": "ADAMSON",
            "department": "D11"
        },
        ...
    ],
    "StatusCode": 200,
    "StatusDescription": "Execution Successful"
}
```
Use a REST client to test the employeeDetails service.
Send an HTTP POST request to https://<db2_host_name>:<db2_port>/services/SYSIBMSERVICE/employeeDetails/V1 with header Content-Type: application/json and the following body:
```
{
    "employeeNumber": "000010"
}
```
A response code HTTP OK (200) indicates success. A JSON property named employeeNumber is required for the employeeDetails Db2 native REST service. The value of this property is inserted into the SQL statement that is executed.
The response body is:
```
{
    "ResultSet Output": [
        {
            "employeeNumber": "000010",
            "firstName": "CHRISTINE",
            "lastName": "HAAS",
            "department": "A00",
            "phoneNumber": "3978",
            "hireDate": "1965-01-01"
        }
    ],
    "StatusCode": 200,
    "StatusDescription": "Execution Successful"
}
```
Use a REST client to test the employeeUpdate service.
Send an HTTP POST request to https://<db2_host_name>:<db2_port>/services/SYSIBMSERVICE/employeeUpdate/V1 with header Content-Type: application/json and the following body:
```
{
    "employeeNumber": "000010",
    "firstName": "CHRISTINE",
    "lastName": "HAAS",
    "department": "A00",
    "phoneNumber": "3979",
    "hireDate": "1965-01-01"
}
```
A response code HTTP OK (200) indicates success. Six JSON properties named employeeNumber, firstName, lastName, department, phoneNumber, and hireDate are required for the employeeUpdate Db2 native REST service. The values of both properties are inserted into the SQL statement that is executed.
The response body is:
```
{
    "Update Count": 1,
    "StatusCode": 200,
    "StatusDescription": "Execution Successful"
}
```

Results

The Db2 native REST services employeeList, employeeDetails, and employeeUpdate returned the expected responses.

What to do next

Complete the task Create a server to connect to Db2 to create a connection to the Db2 region in IBM z/OS Connect .