Guru: Creating A Web Service With Basic Authentication

August 12, 2024 Mike Larsen

I have been working with web services for many years, and I usually use IBM’s IWS (Integrated Web Service) tool to create them. The tool provides a wizard-based interface that allows me to quickly create a web service from an RPG program. Recently, I created a web service that uses basic authentication, and I want to share my experience.

I am assuming that you are already familiar with creating a web server and a web service, so I am just going to show the steps that need to be taken to add basic authentication functionality. If you would like me …