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Remove a Query Parameter from a REST Request

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Demonstrates Rest.RemoveQueryParam, which removes all query parameters whose name matches the supplied value. Name matching is case-sensitive.

Background. Removing individual parameters is useful when reusing a Rest object for requests that share most, but not all, of their query parameters.

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

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Rest rest = new Rest();

        // Connect to the REST server.  The 3rd argument enables TLS (use true for HTTPS on port 443),
        // and the 4th enables automatic reconnection if the connection is dropped between requests.
        boolean bTls = true;
        boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
        String responseText;
        try {
            rest.connect("example.com", 443, bTls, bAutoReconnect);

            rest.addQueryParam("q", "chilkat");
            rest.addQueryParam("limit", "10");

            // Remove a query parameter by name.  Name matching is case-sensitive.
            rest.removeQueryParam("limit");

            responseText = rest.fullRequestNoBody("GET", "/api/search");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println(responseText);
    }
}