Send a REST Request using StringBuilder Bodies

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Demonstrates Rest.FullRequestSb, which sends a complete request whose text body is read from a StringBuilder and stores the text response body in a second StringBuilder.

Dim success As Boolean = False

Dim rest As ChilkatRest
rest.Initialize("rest")
Dim bTls As Boolean = True
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean = True
success = rest.Connect("example.com", 443, bTls, bAutoReconnect)
If success = False Then
    Log(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  FullRequestSb sends a request whose text body is read from a StringBuilder and stores the text
'  response body in a second StringBuilder.  This avoids extra string conversions for large bodies.
Dim sbRequest As ChilkatStringBuilder
sbRequest.Initialize
sbRequest.Append("{ " & Chr(34) & "query" & Chr(34) & ": " & Chr(34) & "chilkat" & Chr(34) & " }")

rest.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")

Dim sbResponse As ChilkatStringBuilder
sbResponse.Initialize
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST", "/api/search", sbRequest, sbResponse)
If success = False Then
    Log(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Dim responseText As String = sbResponse.GetAsString
If sbResponse.LastMethodSuccess = False Then
    Log(sbResponse.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Log(responseText)