HTTP POST

Demonstrates a simple HTTP POST. You may test this program against http://www.chilkatsoft.com/testPostHandler.asp. This ASP page fetches and displays the contents of form variables named arg1, arg2, and arg3.

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LOCAL loReq
LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL lcDomain
LOCAL lnPort
LOCAL lnSsl
LOCAL loResp

loReq = CreateObject('Chilkat.HttpRequest')
loHttp = CreateObject('Chilkat.Http')

*  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
lnSuccess = loHttp.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    =MESSAGEBOX(loHttp.LastErrorText)
    QUIT
ENDIF

*  Build an HTTP POST Request:
loReq.UsePost()
loReq.Path = "/testPostHandler.asp"
loReq.AddParam("arg1","This is the value for arg1.")
loReq.AddParam("arg2","This is the value for arg2.")
loReq.AddParam("arg3","This is the value for arg3.")

*  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.

lcDomain = "www.chilkatsoft.com"
lnPort = 80
lnSsl = 0

loResp = loHttp.SynchronousRequest(lcDomain,lnPort,lnSsl,loReq)
IF (loResp = NULL ) THEN
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
ELSE
    *  Display the HTML page returned.
    ? loResp.BodyStr
ENDIF