XMLHTTP / XMLHttpRequest

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Shows how to send an XMLHttpRequest POST and get the response. The body of the HTTP request is an XML document.

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

*  Note: You must first replace the domain and path of this example with real values.
*  There is nothing at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/something.asp

*  Build an XMLHTTP request.  The XML passed to UseXmlHttp is sent
*  in the body of the request.
loReq.UseXmlHttp("<test>This is the XML to be sent</test>")
loReq.Path = "/something.asp"

*  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 body of the response.
    ? loResp.BodyStr
ENDIF