MQSeries.net :: View topic - Need help to configure HTTPRequest and HTTPInput

WBI_user · Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 4:50 pm Post subject:

I want ot learn how to invoke WebServices so I built two flows , the first flow contains a HTTPRequest which I want to use to call a seocnd flow which has the HTTPInput node as the first node.

The help of HTTPRequest says "Specifies the URL for the Web service. You must provide this in the form http://<hostname>[:<port>]/[<path>]"
I specified http://localhost:7080/myservice
I think this means that I am sending the request to port 7080 on local host.

The help on HTTPInput node says "In URL Selector, enter the URL from which this node receives Web service requests". Since the request is sent to port 7080, so the node must be getting it form 7080. So I also specify
http://localhost:7080/myservice
However this did not work.

I downloaded supportpac IA81 and look at the working example4, it has http://localhost:7080/example4 on the HTTPRequest URL selector and just /example4 on the HTTPInput URL Selector. The example4 works on my windows 2000 machine at home. But it does not work on my AIX broker at work. The trace output stopped at the creation of the request message. It looks like that the HTTPInput node is not getting the request at all.

Can some one help me to understand this.
The HTTPRequest URL is localhost:7080/exampl4. It means that I am sending the request to port 7080 on the local machine to invoke something call example4. Am I right ? But what is example4 ? I cannot find a message flow called example4.
In IA81, the HTTPInput has URL selector = /example4
It seem to me that this is just a symbolic name that has to match between HTTPRequest and HTTPInput ? Am I right ?
If that is the case, it does not seem to match with what the help for HTTPInput says
"In URL Selector, enter the URL from which this node receives Web service requests".

I have ony tested Exampl4 in IA81
I have one more problem. IA81 exampl4 works on my WIN2k machine at home, But it does not work on the AIX broker at work. The trace stopped after the HTTPRequest sent the SOAP request. I t seems like the HTTPInput is not getting the request. Any idea ? Do I need to run the listener for 7080 on my AIX broker. According to the book, this listener should get started at the same time as the message flow contain the HTTPRequest node. Any suggestion on how I can get it to work on AIX ?