i2Rest as a native ILE solution for exposing RPG applications via modern OAuth2 and OpenAPI standards; comparison of i2Rest with traditional IBM i Web Services (IWS) that rely on Java, SOAP, and XML; benefits of using i2Rest for quick API creation and legacy RPG integration; references to related articles and resources.
i2Rest as an alternative to IWS
The future of enterprise application development on IBM i is API and web service development. There are several options to choose from, as this article explains.
IBM i shops that want to expose their RPG applications as industry-standard web services have a few options to choose from. One solution they should keep on their list is i2Rest, which is a native ILE application that exposes RPG using modern OAuth2 and OpenAPI standards.
What is IWS?
IWS “is based on Java web services that use Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) and Extensible Markup Language (XML) requests and responses.”
What is i2Rest?
i2Rest is a “suite of products that allows you to expose your existing legacy RPGLE programs as Open APIs and serve them in minutes.”
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i2Rest Offers Native API Alternative to IWS
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