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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import sys
import chilkat

req = chilkat.CkHttpRequest()
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()

#  Build an HTTP POST Request:
req.UsePost()
req.put_Path("/testPostHandler.asp")
req.AddParam("arg1","This is the value for arg1.")
req.AddParam("arg2","This is the value for arg2.")
req.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.

domain = "www.chilkatsoft.com"
port = 80
ssl = False

# resp is a CkHttpResponse
resp = http.SynchronousRequest(domain,port,ssl,req)
if (resp == None ):
    print http.lastErrorText()
else:
    #  Display the HTML page returned.
    print resp.bodyStr()