Lua

QuickDeleteStr Example

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

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

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

local http = chilkat.Http.new()
local statusCode = 0

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

-- Perhaps add a custom header or two..
http:set_request_header("x-exz-date", "20201012T235046Z")
http:set_request_header("x-exz-id", "1234")

-- Send a DELETE request to https://www.example.com/someting?param1=123&param2=abc
local url = "https://www.example.com/someting?param1=123&param2=abc"
local reponseBodyStr = http:quick_delete_str(url)
if not http.last_method_success 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.
    statusCode = http.last_status
    print("Response status: " .. statusCode)

    if statusCode == 0 then
        -- There was an error in communications.
        print(http.last_error_text)
    else
        -- We received a response status code indicating failure.
        -- Examine the response body.
        print(http.last_response_body)
    end

    return
end

-- 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
statusCode = http.last_status
print("Response status: " .. statusCode)

-- Show the response body
print(reponseBodyStr)