(Node.js) HTTP POST x-www-form-urlencoded

Demonstrates how to send a simple x-www-form-urlencoded POST.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
  var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-win64'); 
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'arm64') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-arm64');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-x64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
  var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-mac-universal');
}

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    var http = new chilkat.Http();

    var jsonStr = "{ some json ... }";

    var req = new chilkat.HttpRequest();
    // This query parameter just happens to be named "json" and contains JSON text.
    req.AddParam("json",jsonStr);

    // We can optionally add more query parameters. 
    req.AddParam("abc","123");
    req.AddParam("xml","<abc>123</abc>");

    // Note: Just because we passed a query param named "json" or "xml" means nothing special.  It's still just
    // a name=value query parameter..

    req.HttpVerb = "POST";
    req.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";

    var resp = new chilkat.HttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpReq("http://example.com/xyz/connect/report",req,resp);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    if (resp.StatusCode !== 200) {
        console.log("Hey, I didn't receive the expected response status code!");
        console.log("status code = " + resp.StatusCode);
    }

    // Could be error text if the status code wasn't what we expected, or could be the response
    // body you're seeking..
    var responseBody = resp.BodyStr;
    console.log(responseBody);

    var fac = new chilkat.FileAccess();
    var filepath = "some file path";
    success = fac.WriteEntireTextFile(filepath,responseBody,"utf-8",false);
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(fac.LastErrorText);
    }


}

chilkatExample();