Send a REST Request with a Text Body

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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.

bool success = false;

Chilkat.Rest rest = new Chilkat.Rest();
bool bTls = true;
bool bAutoReconnect = true;
success = rest.Connect("example.com",443,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  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");

string jsonBody = "{ \"name\": \"example\", \"active\": true }";
string responseText = rest.FullRequestString("POST","/api/items",jsonBody);
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine(responseText);