Send a REST Request with a Text Body

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Demonstrates Rest.FullRequestString, a convenience method that sends a complete request whose text body (such as JSON, XML, or plain text) is supplied directly, then reads and returns the response body as text.

#include <C_CkRest.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkRest rest;
    BOOL bTls;
    BOOL bAutoReconnect;
    const char *jsonBody;
    const char *responseText;

    success = FALSE;

    rest = CkRest_Create();
    bTls = TRUE;
    bAutoReconnect = TRUE;
    success = CkRest_Connect(rest,"example.com",443,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkRest_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        return;
    }

    //  Send a complete request whose text body is supplied directly, such as JSON.  The response body is
    //  read as text and returned.  The 1st argument is the HTTP verb, the 2nd is the URI path, and the
    //  3rd is the request body.
    CkRest_AddHeader(rest,"Content-Type","application/json");

    jsonBody = "{ \"name\": \"example\", \"active\": true }";
    responseText = CkRest_fullRequestString(rest,"POST","/api/items",jsonBody);
    if (CkRest_getLastMethodSuccess(rest) == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkRest_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        return;
    }

    printf("%s\n",responseText);


    CkRest_Dispose(rest);

    }