XMLHTTP / XMLHttpRequest

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

Download Chilkat Perl Module

use chilkat;

$req = new chilkat::CkHttpRequest();
$http = new chilkat::CkHttp();

#  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
$success = $http->UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

#  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.
$req->UseXmlHttp("<test>This is the XML to be sent</test>");
$req->put_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.

$domain = "www.chilkatsoft.com";
$port = 80;
$ssl = 0;

$resp = $http->SynchronousRequest($domain,$port,$ssl,$req);
if ($resp eq null ) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
}
else {
    #  Display the body of the response.
    print $resp->bodyStr() . "\r\n";
}