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Delphi ActiveX

Remove a Query Parameter from a REST Request

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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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var
success: Integer;
rest: TChilkatRest;
bTls: Integer;
bAutoReconnect: Integer;
responseText: WideString;

begin
success := 0;

rest := TChilkatRest.Create(Self);

//  Connect to the REST server.  The 3rd argument enables TLS (use 1 for HTTPS on port 443),
//  and the 4th enables automatic reconnection if the connection is dropped between requests.
bTls := 1;
bAutoReconnect := 1;
success := rest.Connect('example.com',443,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

rest.AddQueryParam('q','chilkat');
rest.AddQueryParam('limit','10');

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

responseText := rest.FullRequestNoBody('GET','/api/search');
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;
Memo1.Lines.Add(responseText);