HTTP POST x-www-form-urlencoded

Demonstrates how to send a simple URL encoded POST (content-type = x-www-form-urlencoded). Form params are passed in the HTTP request body in x-www-form-urlencoded format.

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import sys
import chilkat

http = chilkat.CkHttp()

#  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
success = http.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
if (success != True):
    print http.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

req = chilkat.CkHttpRequest()

#  Add the request params expected by the server-side:
req.AddParam("city","Paris")
req.AddParam("country","France")

#  Send the POST  (This is a real URL that may be tested.)

# resp is a CkHttpResponse
resp = http.PostUrlEncoded("http://www.chilkatsoft.com/httpTest/cityCountry.asp",req)
if (resp == None ):
    print http.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

#  The exact HTTP request sent and response received
#  by the example code above is as follows:

#  
---- Sending ----
POST /httpTest/cityCountry.asp HTTP/1.1
Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: 25

city=Paris&country=France
---- Received ----
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:16:00 GMT
Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
Content-Length: 156
Content-Type: text/html
Set-Cookie: ASPSESSIONIDQCDTSSAC=MHJCNFMDENFOKGINOFEDILCM; path=/
Cache-control: private


<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
</head>
<body>

France<br />Paris<br />

</body>
</html>

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