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Connecting using HTTP

The HTTP protocol specifies that Progress use HTTP to connect the client to the AppServer indirectly, through a Web server running the AppServer Internet Adapter.

This is the AppServer URL syntax for the HTTP protocol:

Syntax
http://[user-id[:password]@]web-server-host[:web-server-port]
/aia-path[?AppService=service-name]  

user-id

User account name to use to connect to a Web server that hosts AIA.

password

Password to use with user-id.

web-server-host

TCP/IP host address or host name of the Web server that hosts AIA.

web-server-port

TCP/IP port address of the Web server that hosts the AIA. The default is 80 for HTTP and 443 for HTTPS.

aia-path

URL path on the Web server where AIA is installed. The aia-path identifies the virtual path and servlet name used to invoke the JSE and AIA. It must include the following information:

service-name

Name of the application service. The service-name identifies the application service to which the AIA connects. If you do not specify an application service for a NameServer, the AIA uses the default application service registered with NameServer to complete the connection. If the AIA is configured to access the AppServer directly, you have no need to specify an application service at all.

The following are examples of the AppServer URL format, where external/aia1 is the path to the AIA:

http://aia.acme.com/external/aia1?AppService=Partners 
http://aia.acme.com:2045/external/aia1?AppService=Partners 
http://jones@aia.acme.com/external/aia1?AppService=Partners 
http://jones:brownie@aia.acme.com/external/aia1?AppService=Partners 


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