Delphi DLL

Load JSON Object from HTTP Response Body

Demonstrates how to load the HTTP response body directly into a JSON object. Delphi DLL

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Http, HttpResponse, JsonObject;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Boolean;
http: HCkHttp;
resp: HCkHttpResponse;
json: HCkJsonObject;

begin
success := False;

http := CkHttp_Create();

resp := CkHttpResponse_Create();
success := CkHttp_HttpStr(http,'GET','https://www.chilkatsoft.com/exampledata/sample.json','','','',resp);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkHttp__lastErrorText(http));
    Exit;
  end;

// A JSON object is JSON that begins with "{" and ends with "}"
json := CkJsonObject_Create();

// If we wish to transfer (instead of copy) the JSON from the HttpResponse to the JsonObject, then add the keyword "TakeResponseBody" to UncommonOptions
// This could save memory for extremely large JSON responses.
CkHttpResponse_putUncommonOptions(resp,'TakeResponseBody');

CkHttpResponse_GetBodyJson(resp,json);

CkJsonObject_putEmitCompact(json,False);
Memo1.Lines.Add(CkJsonObject__emit(json));

// Note: If UncommonOptions contained "TakeResponseBody", then the response BodyStr will now be empty:
Memo1.Lines.Add('----');
Memo1.Lines.Add(CkHttpResponse__bodyStr(resp));

CkHttp_Dispose(http);
CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);
CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);

end;