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POST JSON Without Waiting for the Response

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This example demonstrates sending a POST w/ content-type "application/json" where the body of the POST contains a JSON document. The POST is sent, but we don't wait for the response. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim rest As ChilkatRest
rest.Initialize("rest")

'  Connect to the server using TLS
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean = False
success = rest.Connect("example.com", 443, True, bAutoReconnect)
If success = False Then
    Log(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Create some sample JSON to be sent in the body of the request.
Dim sbJson As ChilkatStringBuilder
sbJson.Initialize
sbJson.Append("{" & Chr(34) & "create" & Chr(34) & ": [{" & Chr(34) & "name" & Chr(34) & ": " & Chr(34) & "Woo Single #1" & Chr(34) & "," & Chr(34) & "type" & Chr(34) & ": " & Chr(34) & "simple" & Chr(34) & "," & Chr(34) & "regular_price" & Chr(34) & ": " & Chr(34) & "21.99" & Chr(34) & "}]}")

'  Add the Content-Type HTTP request header.
rest.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")

'  Just send the request.  Don't read the response.
'  The request is sent to https://example.com/something?arg1=xyz&arg2=abc
Dim somePath As String = "/something?arg1=xyz&arg2=abc"
success = rest.SendReqSb("POST", somePath, sbJson)
If success = False Then
    Log(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  OK, the request was sent.
'  Close the connection.
Dim maxWaitMs As Int = 50
rest.Disconnect(maxWaitMs)

Log("JSON POST Sent.")