Send a Form-URL-Encoded REST Request

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Demonstrates Rest.FullRequestFormUrlEncoded, which sends an application/x-www-form-urlencoded request. The body is built from the query parameters added to the object, and the response body is returned as text.

import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

    CkRest rest = new CkRest();
    boolean bTls = true;
    boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("example.com",443,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  The application/x-www-form-urlencoded body is built from the query parameters added to the object.
    rest.AddQueryParam("username","alice");
    rest.AddQueryParam("action","login");

    //  Send the form-url-encoded request.  The parameters become the request body rather than the URL
    //  query string.
    String responseText = rest.fullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/api/login");
    if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    System.out.println(responseText);
  }
}