Isn't this a job for cURL? Rob Schramm
On Wed, Apr 26, 2017, 9:18 AM John McKown <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- Rob Schramm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
