z/TPF Application Modernization using Standard and Open Middleware

z/TPF HTTP client support

The z/TPF system provides the ability for applications to initiate Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) requests as a client to HTTP servers running on another platform. The infrastructure for the z/TPF HTTP client is built on libCURL version 7.19.7.

z/TPF relies on libCURL to handle the protocol layer and transmittal of HTTP requests and responses. z/TPF builds on libCURL to provide an easy to use interface that shields an application from the need to understand the more complicated details of the HTTP protocol, for ...