(PowerBuilder) HTTP POST x-www-form-urlencoded

Demonstrates how to send a simple x-www-form-urlencoded POST.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Http
string ls_JsonStr
oleobject loo_Req
oleobject loo_Resp
string ls_ResponseBody
oleobject loo_Fac
string ls_Filepath

li_Success = 0

loo_Http = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Http.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Http")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Http
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

ls_JsonStr = "{ some json ... }"

loo_Req = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Req.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.HttpRequest")

// This query parameter just happens to be named "json" and contains JSON text.
loo_Req.AddParam("json",ls_JsonStr)

// We can optionally add more query parameters. 
loo_Req.AddParam("abc","123")
loo_Req.AddParam("xml","<abc>123</abc>")

// Note: Just because we passed a query param named "json" or "xml" means nothing special.  It's still just
// a name=value query parameter..

loo_Req.HttpVerb = "POST"
loo_Req.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

loo_Resp = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Resp.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")

li_Success = loo_Http.HttpReq("http://example.com/xyz/connect/report",loo_Req,loo_Resp)
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Http
    destroy loo_Req
    destroy loo_Resp
    return
end if

if loo_Resp.StatusCode <> 200 then
    Write-Debug "Hey, I didn't receive the expected response status code!"
    Write-Debug "status code = " + string(loo_Resp.StatusCode)
end if

// Could be error text if the status code wasn't what we expected, or could be the response
// body you're seeking..
ls_ResponseBody = loo_Resp.BodyStr
Write-Debug ls_ResponseBody

loo_Fac = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Fac.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.FileAccess")

ls_Filepath = "some file path"
li_Success = loo_Fac.WriteEntireTextFile(ls_Filepath,ls_ResponseBody,"utf-8",0)
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Fac.LastErrorText
end if



destroy loo_Http
destroy loo_Req
destroy loo_Resp
destroy loo_Fac