Visual FoxPro

Send a REST Request with a Text Body

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.

Background. The full-request convenience methods perform the entire request/response exchange in a single call. FullRequestString is well suited to typical JSON or XML API calls where the body fits comfortably in a string.

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LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loRest
LOCAL lnBTls
LOCAL lnBAutoReconnect
LOCAL lcJsonBody
LOCAL lcResponseText

lnSuccess = 0

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

*  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.
loRest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json")

lcJsonBody = '{ "name": "example", "active": true }'
lcResponseText = loRest.FullRequestString("POST","/api/items",lcJsonBody)
IF (loRest.LastMethodSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loRest.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loRest
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? lcResponseText

RELEASE loRest