Send a REST Request using StringBuilder Bodies

See more REST Examples

Demonstrates Rest.FullRequestSb, which sends a complete request whose text body is read from a StringBuilder and stores the text response body in a second StringBuilder.

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;
    }

    //  FullRequestSb sends a request whose text body is read from a StringBuilder and stores the text
    //  response body in a second StringBuilder.  This avoids extra string conversions for large bodies.
    var sbRequest = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    sbRequest.Append("{ \"query\": \"chilkat\" }");

    rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json");

    var sbResponse = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/api/search",sbRequest,sbResponse);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var responseText = sbResponse.GetAsString();
    if (sbResponse.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
        console.log(sbResponse.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    console.log(responseText);

}

chilkatExample();