[Info-vax] Restful API w/JSON client package or library on OpenVMS

[Richard Jordan]

One of our customers currently on VSI VMS on Integrity has been using 
the GSOAP kit from HP as a client to communicate with a third party app 
on windows server.  The company making that product is dropping 
SOAP/GSOAP and moving to only support JSON-based Restful API.

I see several items that purport to provide a Restful API for 'server' 
side use on VMS, like WSIT from VSI.  Client mentions seem to be 
relegated to other platforms.  Other options seem to be the same; server 
only.

Are there any packages, callable libraries, "Netlib" like options, etc 
that would allow VMS programs to access restful API servers?  Whether 
its encapsulation like the GSOAP kits, or just linking in a callable 
library of routines?

Major props if it can be called from BASIC without intervening C or 
other language.

Is VMS Python an option since it looks like Restful API is supported by 
recent versions of that language on VMS?  I assume we'd have to get 
BASIC to talk to Python to do the communications in that case...

Thanks for any suggestions or info.