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curl with Variable Substitution in an XML Request Body

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This example shows how to use variables inside an XML request body using the {{variable_name}} syntax. When the HTTP request’s Content-Type indicates XML, Chilkat automatically applies proper XML entity encoding to each substituted value, ensuring the resulting XML remains valid. AutoIt

Local $bSuccess = False

; Variable names are enclosed between {{ and }}

; curl -X POST https://api.example.com/api/orders \
;   -H "Content-Type: application/xml; charset=utf-8" \
;   -H "Accept: application/xml" \
;   -d '<order>
;   <customerName>{{customer_name}}</customerName>
;   <note>{{note}}</note>
;   <address>{{address}}</address>
;   <instructions>{{instructions}}</instructions>
; </order>'

$oSbCurl = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$oSbCurl.AppendLn("curl -X POST https://api.example.com/api/orders \")
$oSbCurl.AppendLn("  -H ""Content-Type: application/xml; charset=utf-8"" \")
$oSbCurl.AppendLn("  -H ""Accept: application/xml"" \")
$oSbCurl.AppendLn("  -d '<order>")
$oSbCurl.AppendLn("  <customerName>{{customer_name}}</customerName>")
$oSbCurl.AppendLn("  <note>{{note}}</note>")
$oSbCurl.AppendLn("  <address>{{address}}</address>")
$oSbCurl.AppendLn("  <instructions>{{instructions}}</instructions>")
$oSbCurl.AppendLn("</order>'")

$oCurl = ObjCreate("Chilkat.HttpCurl")

; The values below contain chars that will require XML entity encoding.  
; Chilkat will automatically do the encoding because the Content-Type of this request is "application/xml"
$oCurl.SetVar "customer_name","John & Sons"
$oCurl.SetVar "note","He said ""Ship it ASAP!"""
$oCurl.SetVar "address","123 <Main> Street"
$oCurl.SetVar "instructions","Use door #2 & call upon arrival"

; To demonstrate how the variables are replaced, this example does not execute the curl command. 
; Instead, it generates the raw HTTP request that would be sent if the curl command were run.
$oSbRawRequest = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$bSuccess = $oCurl.ToRawRequest($oSbCurl.GetAsString(),$oSbRawRequest)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oCurl.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite($oSbRawRequest.GetAsString() & @CRLF)

; The output is shown below.
; Notice the chars that were XML entity encoded.

; POST /api/orders HTTP/1.1
; Accept: application/xml
; Host: api.example.com
; Content-Type: application/xml; charset=utf-8
; Content-Length: 229
; 
; <order>
;   <customerName>John &amp; Sons</customerName>
;   <note>He said &quot;Ship it ASAP!&quot;</note>
;   <address>123 &lt;Main&gt; Street</address>
;   <instructions>Use door #2 &amp; call upon arrival</instructions>
; </order>