Send a REST Request using StringBuilder Bodies

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Demonstrates Rest.FullRequestSb, which sends a complete request whose text body is read from a StringBuilder and stores the text response body in a second StringBuilder.

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Rest;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.StringBuilder;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Rest rest = new Rest();
        boolean bTls = true;
        boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
        try {
            rest.connect("example.com", 443, bTls, bAutoReconnect);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // FullRequestSb sends a request whose text body is read from a StringBuilder and stores the text
        // response body in a second StringBuilder.  This avoids extra string conversions for large bodies.
        StringBuilder sbRequest = new StringBuilder();
        sbRequest.append("{ \"query\": \"chilkat\" }");

        rest.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");

        StringBuilder sbResponse = new StringBuilder();
        String responseText;
        try {
            rest.fullRequestSb("POST", "/api/search", sbRequest, sbResponse);

            responseText = sbResponse.getAsString();
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println(responseText);
    }
}