Amazon AIMS HTTPS POST

Demonstrates a simple post to the Amazon Inventory Management System (AIMS) API using Chilkat HTTP.

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#include <CkHttpRequest.h>
#include <CkHttp.h>
#include <CkString.h>
#include <CkHttpResponse.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkHttpRequest req;
    CkHttp http;

    bool success;

    //  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
    success = http.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
    if (success != true) {
        printf("%s\n",http.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  Before doing the POST, do a simple GET for the purpose of obtaining a Cookie.
    //  The Cookie contains a session-id and a session-id-time, and these values must
    //  be current.

    //  The CookieDir may be set to "memory" to keep an in-memory cache of cookies.
    //  Alternatively, you may set it to a directory, such as "c:/temp/cookies".  If you do that,
    //  you can visually browse the cookies which will appear as XML files in the CookieDir.
    http.put_CookieDir("memory");

    //  Tell the HTTP component to save any cookies received.  Also tell the component to
    //  re-send cookies with subsequent GETs and POSTs.
    http.put_SendCookies(true);
    http.put_SaveCookies(true);

    //  Do a GET to retrieve our Cookie...
    CkString html;
    html = http.quickGetStr("https://secure.amazon.com/exec/panama/seller-admin/manual-reports/get-report-status");

    //  Build an HTTP POST Request:
    req.UsePost();
    req.put_Path("/exec/panama/seller-admin/manual-reports/get-report-status");

    //  Setting your login/password causes Chilkat to automatically add the Authorization header:
    http.put_Login("YourLoginEmailAddress");
    http.put_Password("YourPassword");

    //  NOTE: Do not explicitly add the Cookie header.  It is added automatically by Chilkat HTTP.
    req.AddHeader("Content-Type","text/xml");

    req.AddHeader("NumberofReports","2");
    req.AddHeader("ReportName","OpenListingsLite");

    //  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.
    CkString domain;
    int port;
    bool ssl;
    domain = "secure.amazon.com";
    port = 443;
    ssl = true;

    CkHttpResponse *resp = 0;
    resp = http.SynchronousRequest(domain,port,ssl,req);
    if (resp == 0 ) {
        printf("%s\n",http.lastErrorText());
    }
    else {
        //  Display the XML returned.
        printf("%s\n",resp->bodyStr());
    }

    }