Lua

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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Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

local rest = chilkat.Rest.new()

-- 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.
local bTls = true
local bAutoReconnect = true
local success = rest:connect("example.com", 443, bTls, bAutoReconnect)
if not success then
    print(rest.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- The connection is now established and ready for requests.  A single connection can be reused for
-- many requests to the same server.
local responseText = rest:full_request_no_body("GET", "/api/status")
if not rest.last_method_success then
    print(rest.last_error_text)
    return
end

print(responseText)