Best option to transmit CSV file as POST data to remote site

Question

I'm quite new to the SAP scene and am tasked with getting some data out of our database and up to a third party web application.
Their API requests the data be formatted as a CSV file and uploaded as an HTTP POST attachment (file upload) to their site.
What's my best approach to this?
We have PI, but I just learned about CL_HTTP_CLIENT and am hoping I can do this move directly from the ABAP environment but am unsure of the sorts of technicalities involved with either of these options.
Can I setup a "service" in PI that simply posts data to a URL (as opposed to sending a SOAP request)?
What sort of setup do I need to do to get CL_HTTP_CLIENT to talk to the remote site? I've tested with HTTP_POST and get an SSL error even when posting to a non-ssl url (http).

Answer 1

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