(C) Send XMLHttpRequest and Get Response

Demonstrates how to send an HTTP XML request and retrieve the response.

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#include <C_CkHttp.h>
#include <C_CkHttpResponse.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkHttp http;
    BOOL success;
    const char * xmlStr;
    const char * urlEndpoint;
    const char * xmlCharset;
    HCkHttpResponse response;

    http = CkHttp_Create();

    //  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
    success = CkHttp_UnlockComponent(http,"Anything for 30-day trial");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkHttp_lastErrorText(http));
        return;
    }

    //  The XML sent in the body of the request is application
    //  specified -- it should contain whatever the server-side
    //  application is expecting..

    xmlStr = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?><appXml><something>123</something></appXml>";

    //  The PostXml method may be called to send the XMLHttpRequest
    //  using the "POST" HTTP method (also known as "verb").

    urlEndpoint = "http://www.chilkatsoft.com/xmlEcho.asp";

    xmlCharset = "utf-8";

    response = CkHttp_PostXml(http,urlEndpoint,xmlStr,xmlCharset);
    if (response == 0 ) {
        printf("%s\n",CkHttp_lastErrorText(http));
        return;
    }

    //  The raw HTTP request sent by the above call is:
    //  
POST /xmlEcho.asp HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: text/xml
User-Agent: Chilkat/1.0.0 (+http://www.chilkatsoft.com/ChilkatHttpUA.asp)
Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
Accept: */*
Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*; q=0.7
Accept-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5
Accept-Encoding: gzip
Content-Length: 81

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><appXml><something>123</something></appXml>


    //  Examine the Body of the HTTP response
    //  This would be the XML response sent by the server.
    printf("%s\n",CkHttpResponse_bodyStr(response));

    CkHttpResponse_Dispose(response);

    CkHttp_Dispose(http);

    }