Unexpected behavior of the http procedure

Gaetan — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 16:32:16 GMT

Hi,

a post to report unexpected behavior of the http proc :

For a week, I try to download PDF files via PROC HTTP (SAS9.4M4) with login, password authentication.

Each request gives me this message :

NOTE: PROCEDURE HTTP used (Total process time):

real time 0.24 seconds

cpu time 0.14 seconds

NOTE: 500 Internal Server Error

After analyzed the security internet options settings on my Windows server, contacted the provider of the Web Service, I finally found the solution:

The undocumented option of the HTTP PROC -> JAVA_HTTP :

proc http java_http
webusername="" webpassword=""
method="GET" url="&url./&param."
out=out;
run;

This behavior can be controlled with the environment variable SAS_JAVA_HTTP.

If you have details on the action of this option, I am interested.

Regards,

Gaetan

Re: Unexpected behavior of the http procedure

anja — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 20:59:56 GMT

Hi,

As far as I know, changes are being made to the documentation about this option.

I am not aware of any fixed timeframe on when it will be available.

To get further information, probably the best way to go is connecting with TS.

The problem you saw is based on the fact that HTTP in SAS 9.3 was based on Java, and now, with SAS 9.4, it

is in C.

Thanks

Anja