JavaScript

Send a REST Request using StringBuilder Bodies

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.

Background. Using StringBuilder objects for the request and response bodies avoids extra string conversions, which is helpful when working with large payloads.

Note

This example is intended for running within a Chilkat.Js embedded JavaScript engine. All Chilkat JavaScript examples require Chilkat v11.4.0 or greater.

JavaScript

var success = false;

var rest = new CkRest();
var bTls = true;
var bAutoReconnect = true;
success = rest.Connect("example.com",443,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
if (success == false) {
    console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
    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.
var sbRequest = new CkStringBuilder();
sbRequest.Append("{ \"query\": \"chilkat\" }");

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

var sbResponse = new CkStringBuilder();
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/api/search",sbRequest,sbResponse);
if (success == false) {
    console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

var responseText = sbResponse.GetAsString();
if (sbResponse.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    console.log(sbResponse.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

console.log(responseText);