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QuickDeleteStr Example

Sends a DELETE request to a URL. The URL can potentially include params, and custom request headers can be added.

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// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

loHttp = createobject("CkHttp")

// Specifiy a session log file so we can see the exact request/response
loHttp.SessionLogFilename = "c:/aaworkarea/sessionLog.txt"

// Perhaps add a custom header or two..
loHttp.SetRequestHeader("x-exz-date","20201012T235046Z")
loHttp.SetRequestHeader("x-exz-id","1234")

// Send a DELETE request to https://www.example.com/someting?param1=123&param2=abc
lcUrl = "https://www.example.com/someting?param1=123&param2=abc"
lcReponseBodyStr = loHttp.QuickDeleteStr(lcUrl)
if (loHttp.LastMethodSuccess = .F.) then
    // This will happen if the response status code was 400 or greater,
    // or if the request could not be sent, or if no response was received.
    lnStatusCode = loHttp.LastStatus
    ? "Response status: " + str(lnStatusCode)

    if (lnStatusCode = 0) then
        // There was an error in communications.  
        ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    else
        // We received a response status code indicating failure.
        // Examine the response body.
        ? loHttp.LastResponseBody
    endif

    release loHttp
    return
endif

// The DELETE request that is sent looks like this.
// The Accept and Accept-Encoding headers are automatically added by default.

// 	DELETE /someting?param1=123&param2=abc HTTP/1.1
// 	Host: www.example.com
// 	Accept: */*
// 	Accept-Encoding: gzip
// 	x-exz-date: 20201012T235046Z
// 	x-exz-id: 1234

// Get the response status
lnStatusCode = loHttp.LastStatus
? "Response status: " + str(lnStatusCode)

// Show the response body
? lcReponseBodyStr


release loHttp