IJ26372: CANNOT SET QUERY PARAMETERS WITH THE RESTFUL POLICY FUNCTIONS

7.1.0-TIV-NCI-WINDOWS-FP0020
7.1.0-TIV-NCI-ZLINUX-FP0020
7.1.0-TIV-NCI-AIX-FP0020
7.1.0-TIV-NCI-SOLARIS-FP0020
7.1.0-TIV-NCI-LINUX-FP0020
7.1.0-TIV-NCI-FP0020-README.txt
7.1.0.19-TIV-NCI-IF0007.README
7.1.0.19-TIV-NCI-IF0007
IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact V7.1.0.19 Interim Fix 7 (7.1.0.19-TIV-NCI-IF0007)
IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact V7.1.0 Fix Pack 20 (7.1.0-TIV-NCI-FP0020)

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Starting with FP19, the http library (Apache HTTPComponents)
  used by GetHTTP and the RESTful functions was uplifted to the
  latest 5.0 release and the http function code was partially
  re-written
  
  As a consequence,  RESTful policy functions ( for example
  RESTfulAPIGET) are showing issues (the parameters are been
  injected into the request body instead of the request
  parameters)
  

Local fix

• As a workaround,  the parameters can be set directly in the
  URL( Path) see RESTfulAPIGET(DataSource, Path, Config)
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * All Impact Users                                             *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * The RESTful DSA and GetHTTP policy functions do not include  *
  * query strings(URL parameters) in the outgoing HTTP request   *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  The issue was introduced by APAR IJ24292 which reworked the
  handling of query strings in the GetHTTP and RESTful DSA policy
  functions (RESTfulAPIGET, RESTfulAPIPOST, RESTfulAPIPUT,
  RESTfulAPIDELETE, RESTfulAPIPATCH).
  
  These functions convert key/value pairs found in the
  FormParameters/Params object into query strings. However, the
  key/value paris are incorrectly injected into the request body
  as application/x-www-form-urlencoded entities instead of the URL
  path.
  

Problem conclusion

• This problem was introduced by APAR IJ24292 which is contained
  in the following maintenance packages:
  | MDVREGR 7.1.0-TIV-NCI-FP0019 |
  
  The fix for this APAR is contained in the following
  maintenance packages:
  | Fix Pack | 7.1.0.19-TIV-NCI-IF0007 |
  | Fix Pack | 7.1.0-TIV-NCI-FP0020
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Modules/Macros

• UNKNOWN
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  NETCOOL/IMPACT

• Fixed component ID

  5724O59IS

Applicable component levels

• R710 PSY

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