How to Examine the HTTP Header + Body for a POST to be sent

This example shows how to use GenerateRequestText to get the HTTP request (headers + body) that would be sent if SynchronousRequest was called with the HTTP request object.

Important: The hostnames and paths in this examples are not intended to be real examples. You should replace all hostnames, paths, etc. with valid data for your own Web service.

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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
set req = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.HttpRequest")
set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Http")

'  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
success = http.UnlockComponent("30-day trial")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write http.LastErrorText & "<br>"

End If

'  Build an XMLHTTP request.  The XML passed to UseXmlHttp is sent
'  in the body of the request.
req.UseXmlHttp "<test>This is the XML to be sent</test>"
req.Path = "/protus/xmlwebservices/xmlsubmitter/messaging.asmx"

'  Add a custom header:
req.AddHeader "SOAPAction","https://www.notarealdomain.com/WebServices/Messaging/2005/2/SendSingleFax"

requestText = req.GenerateRequestText()

Response.Write Server.HTMLEncode( requestText) & "<br>"
Response.Write Server.HTMLEncode( "----------------------") & "<br>"

'  Send the HTTP POST and get the response.  Note: This is a blocking call.
'  The method does not return until the full HTTP response is received.

Set resp = http.SynchronousRequest("www.notarealdomain.com",443,1,req)
If (resp Is Nothing ) Then
    Response.Write Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "<br>"
Else
    '  Display the body of the response.
    Response.Write Server.HTMLEncode( resp.BodyStr) & "<br>"
End If

%>
</body>
</html>