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Send a REST Request with a Text Body

Demonstrates Rest.FullRequestString, a convenience method that sends a complete request whose text body (such as JSON, XML, or plain text) is supplied directly, then reads and returns the response body as text.

Background. The full-request convenience methods perform the entire request/response exchange in a single call. FullRequestString is well suited to typical JSON or XML API calls where the body fits comfortably in a string.

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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


'  Send a complete request whose text body is supplied directly, such as JSON.  The response body is
'  read as text and returned.  The 1st argument is the HTTP verb, the 2nd is the URI path, and the
'  3rd is the request body.
rest.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")

Dim jsonBody As String = "{ " & Chr(34) & "name" & Chr(34) & ": " & Chr(34) & "example" & Chr(34) & ", " & Chr(34) & "active" & Chr(34) & ": true }"
Dim responseText As String = rest.FullRequestString("POST", "/api/items", jsonBody)
If rest.LastMethodSuccess = False Then
    Log(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Log(responseText)