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Integrated web services for i enables Integrated Language Environment (ILE) applications to play in the web services and service-oriented architecture (SOA) arena with little effort, knowledge, and resources. The convergence of web service and IBM i technologies can help enterprises liberate these core business assets by making it easier to enrich, modernize, extend, and reuse them well beyond their original scope of design. For more information about the integrated web services support on IBM i, visit the product website.

The integrated web services for i features are frequently enhanced by PTFs. This web page is used to provide a centralized location for communicating integrated web services for i enhancements. The enhancements come in different forms. Some enhancements are made available by PTFs into all or a subset of in-service releases. In other cases, we take enhancements provided in a base OS and PTF the support back to a previous release. In all cases, we use customer value, cost, and risk to guide our decisions regarding off release enhancements.

If you would like to see an enhancement in integrated web services support, submit a Request For Enhancement (RFE). Determine whether an RFE has not already been created before you submit an RFE.

The technology update material has been organized to differentiate enhancements to the web services client for ILE (a focus value of CLIENT) and enhancements to the web services server (a focus value of SERVER). In addition, enhancements are denoted by the HTTP Server Group PTF level in which they were enabled, unless the enhancement is not in a group PTF, then the actual PTF number is shown. It is best to always load the latest levels of the HTTP Server Group PTF in order to pick up the latest enhancements and fixes.

In addition, check out the latest articles on integrated web services.

Integrated web services technology updates

Focus	Enhancement	7.2	7.3	7.4
Server, Client	LATEST PTFS (last updated: 27 Mar 2022)	SI78657 SI78848	SI78656 SI78685	SI78655 SI78684
Server	HTTP message logging	N/A	SF99722 Level 38	SF99662 Level 19
Server	HTTP access logging	N/A	SF99722 Level 38	SF99662 Level 19
Server	Server JSON logging	N/A	SF99722 Level 38	SF99662 Level 19
Server	Disable a server	SF99713 Level 50	SF99722 Level 38	SF99662 Level 19
Server	Deployment of web services require Java 8 or higher JRE	November 2021 and future PTFs	November 2021 and future PTFs	November 2021 and future PTFs
Server	Procedures in service programs can have up to 248 parameters	N/A	SF99722 Level 31	SF99662 Level 12
Client	Support for non-critical SNI requests	SI76961	SI76960	SI76959
Server	User registry, groups, and roles	SF99713 Level 40 SI75444,SI75178	SF99722 Level 28 SI75443,SI75177	SF99662 Level 9 SI75442,SI75176
Server	Trust authentication interceptor	SF99713 Level 40 SI75444,SI75178	SF99722 Level 28 SI75443,SI75177	SF99662 Level 9 SI75442,SI75176
Client	Support for TLSv1.3	N/A	SF99722 Level 28	SF99662 Level 9
Server	Return payloads in response on error HTTP status codes	SF99713 Level 35	SF99722 Level 22	SF99662 Level 4
Server	Override error messages for unexpected exceptions	SF99713 Level 35	SF99722 Level 22	SF99662 Level 4
Server	Run servers in user defined subsystems	N/A	SF99722 Level 21	SF99662 Level 3
Server	SQL statements as web APIs	SF99713 Level 33	SF99722 Level 20	SF99662 Level 2
Server	Script to generate property file for a service	SF99713 Level 32	SF99722 Level 19	SF99662 Level 1
Server	Support xsd:time type	SI67769 SI67974	SI67770 SI67975	N/A
Server	Migrate services from 1.3 & 1.5 to 2.6 without client changes	SF99713 Level 27	SF99722 Level 14	N/A
Server	Run web service under authenticated user ID	SF99713 Level 27	SF99722 Level 14	N/A
Client	Access SOAP Faults from RPG stubs	SF99713 Level 26	SF99722 Level 13	N/A
Client	Send user-defined payloads using new client APIs	SI61774, SI59020	SI61775, SI60359	N/A

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28 March 2022

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