(C++) HTTP POST x-www-form-urlencoded

Demonstrates how to send a simple x-www-form-urlencoded POST.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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#include <CkHttp.h>
#include <CkHttpRequest.h>
#include <CkHttpResponse.h>
#include <CkFileAccess.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    CkHttp http;

    const char *jsonStr = "{ some json ... }";

    CkHttpRequest req;
    // This query parameter just happens to be named "json" and contains JSON text.
    req.AddParam("json",jsonStr);

    // We can optionally add more query parameters. 
    req.AddParam("abc","123");
    req.AddParam("xml","<abc>123</abc>");

    // Note: Just because we passed a query param named "json" or "xml" means nothing special.  It's still just
    // a name=value query parameter..

    req.put_HttpVerb("POST");
    req.put_ContentType("application/x-www-form-urlencoded");

    CkHttpResponse resp;
    success = http.HttpReq("http://example.com/xyz/connect/report",req,resp);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << http.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    if (resp.get_StatusCode() != 200) {
        std::cout << "Hey, I didn't receive the expected response status code!" << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "status code = " << resp.get_StatusCode() << "\r\n";
    }

    // Could be error text if the status code wasn't what we expected, or could be the response
    // body you're seeking..
    const char *responseBody = resp.bodyStr();
    std::cout << responseBody << "\r\n";

    CkFileAccess fac;
    const char *filepath = "some file path";
    success = fac.WriteEntireTextFile(filepath,responseBody,"utf-8",false);
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << fac.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
    }
    }