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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CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @req int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.HttpRequest', @req OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    DECLARE @http int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Http', @http OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    DECLARE @success int

    --  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'UnlockComponent', @success OUT, 'Anything for 30-day trial'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        RETURN
      END

    --  Build an HTTP POST Request:
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @req, 'UsePost', NULL
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @req, 'Path', '/testPostHandler.asp'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @req, 'AddParam', NULL, 'arg1', 'This is the value for arg1.'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @req, 'AddParam', NULL, 'arg2', 'This is the value for arg2.'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @req, 'AddParam', NULL, '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.
    DECLARE @domain nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @port int

    DECLARE @ssl int

    SELECT @domain = 'www.chilkatsoft.com'
    SELECT @port = 80
    SELECT @ssl = 0
    DECLARE @resp int

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'SynchronousRequest', @resp OUT, @domain, @port, @ssl, @req
    IF @resp Is NULL 
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT

        PRINT @sTmp0
      END
    ELSE
      BEGIN
        --  Display the HTML page returned.
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'BodyStr', @sTmp0 OUT

        PRINT @sTmp0
      END
END
GO