Classic ASP
Classic ASP
HTTP POST and Stream Response to File
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Demonstrates how to send an HTTP POST and stream the response body directly to a file.Chilkat Classic ASP Downloads
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<%
success = 0
' This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
set rest = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Rest")
set url = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Url")
' This URL will emit a response that echos the query params (name and age)
success = url.ParseUrl("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/readPost.asp")
' Connect to the web server
bAutoReconnect = 1
success = rest.Connect(url.Host,url.Port,url.Ssl,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> 1) Then
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
Response.End
End If
success = rest.AddQueryParam("name","John")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("age","33")
' Send the HTTP POST.
success = rest.SendReqFormUrlEncoded("POST",url.Path)
If (success <> 1) Then
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
Response.End
End If
' Read the response header.
responseStatusCode = rest.ReadResponseHeader()
If (responseStatusCode < 0) Then
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
Response.End
End If
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response status code = " & responseStatusCode) & "</pre>"
' We expect a 200 response status if the file data is coming.
' Otherwise, we'll get a string response body with an error message(or no response body).
If (responseStatusCode = 200) Then
set bodyStream = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Stream")
' The stream's sink will be a file.
bodyStream.SinkFile = "qa_output/out.txt"
' Read the response body to the stream. Given that we've
' set the stream's sink to a file, it will stream directly
' to the file.
success = rest.ReadRespBodyStream(bodyStream,1)
If (success <> 1) Then
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
Response.End
End If
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Successfully streamed the response to a file.") & "</pre>"
Else
errResponse = rest.ReadRespBodyString()
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
Else
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( errResponse) & "</pre>"
End If
End If
%>
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