On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 7:55 AM, Bill Ashton <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello again! I would like to know what you all are using to access web > pages in batch JCL. > > I have some internal webpages (built from multiple systems) that contain > particular information that I want to capture in a batch job, and then I > will combine that with other data from other mainframe files. The easiest > way is to grab the webpage in m batch job, and then I can use Rexx or Sort > to parse through the HTML to get what I need. > > That's about all I can say on this project due to its sensitive nature. > Please tell me your thoughts about how you would grab these web pages. > > Thanks! > B > Well, you could write an HTTP client in REXX using "REXX Sockets" https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.hala001/ipapirxa.htm But, being a lazy SOB (Swell Ol' Boy, that is), I'd use REXX and the bpxwunix() command to run the, optional, cURL command. /* REXX */ STDIN.0=0 STDOUT.0=0 STDERR.0=0 CURL='/usr/lpp/ported/bin/curl' cmd=curl" http://ibm.com"; RC=BPXWUNIX(cmd,stdin.,stdout.,stderr.) do i=1 to stdout.0 say "stdout."i"="stdout.i end do i=1 to stderr.0 say 'stderr.'i'='stderr.i end Output looks like: stdout.1=<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN"> stdout.2=<html><head> stdout.3=<title>301 Moved Permanently</title> stdout.4=</head><body> stdout.5=<h1>Moved Permanently</h1> stdout.6=<p>The document has moved <a href="http://www.ibm.com/ ">here</a>.</p> stdout.7=</body></html> stderr.1= % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current stderr.2= Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed stderr.3=:100 227 100 227 0 0 1051 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 1051:100 227 100 227 0 0 1044 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0 *** -- "Irrigation of the land with seawater desalinated by fusion power is ancient. It's called 'rain'." -- Michael McClary, in alt.fusion Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
