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Connect to a REST Server

Demonstrates Rest.Connect, which establishes the initial TCP (and optionally TLS) connection to a REST server. The example connects over HTTPS and then reuses the connection for a request.

Background. A single connection can serve many requests to the same host. The TLS argument should be _TRUE_ for HTTPS (typically port 443), and automatic reconnection lets Chilkat transparently re-establish a dropped keep-alive connection.

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llSuccess = .F.

loRest = createobject("CkRest")

//  Connect to the REST server.  The 3rd argument enables TLS (use .T. for HTTPS on port 443),
//  and the 4th enables automatic reconnection if the connection is dropped between requests.
llBTls = .T.
llBAutoReconnect = .T.
llSuccess = loRest.Connect("example.com",443,llBTls,llBAutoReconnect)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loRest.LastErrorText
    release loRest
    return
endif

//  The connection is now established and ready for requests.  A single connection can be reused for
//  many requests to the same server.
lcResponseText = loRest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/api/status")
if (loRest.LastMethodSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loRest.LastErrorText
    release loRest
    return
endif

? lcResponseText


release loRest