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Remove a Query Parameter from a REST Request

Demonstrates Rest.RemoveQueryParam, which removes all query parameters whose name matches the supplied value. Name matching is case-sensitive.

Background. Removing individual parameters is useful when reusing a Rest object for requests that share most, but not all, of their query parameters.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

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

'  Connect to the REST server.  The 3rd argument enables TLS (use True for HTTPS on port 443),
'  and the 4th enables automatic reconnection if the connection is dropped between requests.
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


rest.AddQueryParam("q", "chilkat")
rest.AddQueryParam("limit", "10")

'  Remove a query parameter by name.  Name matching is case-sensitive.
rest.RemoveQueryParam("limit")

Dim responseText As String = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET", "/api/search")
If rest.LastMethodSuccess = False Then
    Log(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Log(responseText)