Send a Form-URL-Encoded REST Request

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Demonstrates Rest.FullRequestFormUrlEncoded, which sends an application/x-www-form-urlencoded request. The body is built from the query parameters added to the object, and the response body is returned as text.

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    var rest = new chilkat.Rest();
    var bTls = true;
    var bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("example.com",443,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  The application/x-www-form-urlencoded body is built from the query parameters added to the object.
    rest.AddQueryParam("username","alice");
    rest.AddQueryParam("action","login");

    //  Send the form-url-encoded request.  The parameters become the request body rather than the URL
    //  query string.
    var responseText = rest.FullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/api/login");
    if (rest.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    console.log(responseText);

}

chilkatExample();