Chilkat2-Python

Send a REST Request using StringBuilder Bodies

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.

Background. Using StringBuilder objects for the request and response bodies avoids extra string conversions, which is helpful when working with large payloads.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

rest = chilkat2.Rest()
bTls = True
bAutoReconnect = True
success = rest.Connect("example.com",443,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
if (success == False):
    print(rest.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# 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.
sbRequest = chilkat2.StringBuilder()
sbRequest.Append("{ \"query\": \"chilkat\" }")

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

sbResponse = chilkat2.StringBuilder()
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/api/search",sbRequest,sbResponse)
if (success == False):
    print(rest.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

responseText = sbResponse.GetAsString()
if (sbResponse.LastMethodSuccess == False):
    print(sbResponse.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

print(responseText)