AutoIt

URL Encoding Charset in POST Query Params

See more HTTP Examples

Demonstrates how to control the URL encoding charset in POST query params. AutoIt

Local $bSuccess = False

; This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
; See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

; We have the string "MÆRSK".
Local $sNameWin1252Encoded = "M%E6RSK"

$oSb = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$bSuccess = $oSb.DecodeAndAppend($sNameWin1252Encoded,"url","windows-1252")

$oHttp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Http")

; We're setting the session log filename so we can see the exact request sent.
$oHttp.SessionLogFilename = "qa_output/sessionLog.txt"

; First demonstrate a simple application/x-www-form-urlencoded POST

$oReq = ObjCreate("Chilkat.HttpRequest")

; Set the Charset = "utf-8" to cause URL encoding to use utf-8.
$oReq.Charset = "utf-8"

$oReq.AddParam "name",$oSb.GetAsString()

$oReq.HttpVerb = "POST"
$oReq.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

$oResp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
$bSuccess = $oHttp.HttpReq("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/something",$oReq,$oResp)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oHttp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; This is the request that is sent:
; Notice that utf-8 is used in the query param (the letter 'Æ' is %C3%A6)

; 	POST /something HTTP/1.1
; 	Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
; 	Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
; 	Content-Length: 15
; 
; 	name=M%C3%A6RSK

; ---------------------------------------------------------------
; Switch to windows-1252

$oReq.Charset = "windows-1252"
$oReq.HttpVerb = "POST"
$oReq.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

$bSuccess = $oHttp.HttpReq("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/something",$oReq,$oResp)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oHttp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; This is the request that is sent:
; Notice that windows-1252 is used in the query param (the letter 'Æ' is %E6)

; 	POST /something HTTP/1.1
; 	Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
; 	Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
; 	Content-Length: 12
; 
; 	name=M%E6RSK

; ---------------------------------------------------------------
; Let's do the same with HttpSReq, switching back to utf-8

$oReq.Path = "/something"
$oReq.HttpVerb = "POST"
$oReq.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

$oReq.Charset = "utf-8"
$bSuccess = $oHttp.HttpSReq("www.chilkatsoft.com",443,True,$oReq,$oResp)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oHttp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; This is the request that is sent:
; Notice that utf-8 is used in the query param (the letter 'Æ' is %C3%A6)

; 	POST /something HTTP/1.1
; 	Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
; 	Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
; 	Content-Length: 15
; 
; 	name=M%C3%A6RSK

; ---------------------------------------------------------------
; Let's do a POST with XML body where the query params are in the HTTP request start line, 
; and the Content-Type is text/xml where the body of the request is XML.

$oReq.Path = "/something"
$oReq.HttpVerb = "POST"
$oReq.ContentType = "text/xml"
$bSuccess = $oReq.LoadBodyFromString("<test>123</test>","utf-8")
$oReq.Charset = "utf-8"

; Remember... our request object still contains the query param added in the above call to AddParam.
$bSuccess = $oHttp.HttpSReq("www.chilkatsoft.com",443,True,$oReq,$oResp)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oHttp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; This is the request that is sent:
; Notice that utf-8 is used in the query param (the letter 'Æ' is %C3%A6)

; 	POST /something?name=M%C3%A6RSK HTTP/1.1
; 	Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
; 	Content-Type: text/xml
; 	Content-Length: 16
; 
; 	<test>123</test>