Classic ASP

Connect to a REST Server

Demonstrates Rest.Connect, which establishes the initial TCP (and optionally TLS) connection to a REST server. The example connects over HTTPS and then reuses the connection for a request.

Background. A single connection can serve many requests to the same host. The TLS argument should be _TRUE_ for HTTPS (typically port 443), and automatic reconnection lets Chilkat transparently re-establish a dropped keep-alive connection.

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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
success = 0

set rest = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Rest")

'  Connect to the REST server.  The 3rd argument enables TLS (use 1 for HTTPS on port 443),
'  and the 4th enables automatic reconnection if the connection is dropped between requests.
bTls = 1
bAutoReconnect = 1
success = rest.Connect("example.com",443,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

'  The connection is now established and ready for requests.  A single connection can be reused for
'  many requests to the same server.
responseText = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/api/status")
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( responseText) & "</pre>"

%>
</body>
</html>