Visual FoxPro

Connect to a REST Server

Demonstrates Rest.Connect, which establishes the initial TCP (and optionally TLS) connection to a REST server. The example connects over HTTPS and then reuses the connection for a request.

Background. A single connection can serve many requests to the same host. The TLS argument should be _TRUE_ for HTTPS (typically port 443), and automatic reconnection lets Chilkat transparently re-establish a dropped keep-alive connection.

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LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loRest
LOCAL lnBTls
LOCAL lnBAutoReconnect
LOCAL lcResponseText

lnSuccess = 0

loRest = CreateObject('Chilkat.Rest')

*  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.
lnBTls = 1
lnBAutoReconnect = 1
lnSuccess = loRest.Connect("example.com",443,lnBTls,lnBAutoReconnect)
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loRest.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loRest
    CANCEL
ENDIF

*  The connection is now established and ready for requests.  A single connection can be reused for
*  many requests to the same server.
lcResponseText = loRest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/api/status")
IF (loRest.LastMethodSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loRest.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loRest
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? lcResponseText

RELEASE loRest