Getting a Rational Team Concert work item as html.
I can get a printable html version of a Rational Team Concert work item by putting the following URL in my browser:
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https://<server>:<port>/ccm/resource/itemName/com.ibm.team.workitem.WorkItem/<work item number>?_mediaType=text/html&_selector=hover <o:p> </o:p>
This works fine. I can save the browser contents as an html file and parse the html with JSoup. <o:p> </o:p>
The problem occurs when I try to do a get of the URL in JSoup. Rather than the html I expect I get a “Loading…” page which isn’t visible when it gets rendered it in the browser (it goes by too quickly) but is definitely the first post when I do the get. <o:p> </o:p>
My question is, is there a way to turn off the “Loading…” page or another URL that will allow me to get directly to the html? Having to save this to a file seems like a very clunky step to have to go through. <o:p> </o:p>
<o:p> RTC Version 6.0.3. </o:p>
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Before you GET the HTML resource, have you logged on to RTC within JSoup? The only time I see the "Loading..." message is when the log on page needs to be loaded. As far as I can see in the network trace, once logged on, only one request is sent to the server and there is no redirecting.
Why not just use XML format? Adding _mediaType=application/xml in the URL, or add a HTTP header "Accept: application/xml" will give you this. The URL that you currently use shows the Inline Editor presentation of the work item, which may not necessarily contain all the information you need.
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Thanks for the answer Donald. I have tried logging in with something equivelent to this:
I'm talking about logging in to CCM, not your own application. Whatever the script/application you use, you should have a login sequence similar to the below one.
https://jazz.net/wiki/bin/view/Main/ResourceOrientedWorkItemAPIv2#Appendix_A