Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

HTTP POST and Stream Response to File

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Demonstrates how to send an HTTP POST and stream the response body directly to a file. Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.Rest,
  Chilkat.Url,
  Chilkat.Stream;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  rest: TRest;
  url: TUrl;
  bAutoReconnect: Boolean;
  responseStatusCode: Integer;
  bodyStream: TStream;
  errResponse: string;

begin
  success := False;

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

  rest := TRest.Create;

  url := TUrl.Create;
  //  This URL will emit a response that echos the query params (name and age)
  url.ParseUrl('https://www.chilkatsoft.com/readPost.asp');

  //  Connect to the web server
  bAutoReconnect := True;
  success := rest.Connect(url.Host,url.Port,url.Ssl,bAutoReconnect);
  if (success <> True) then
    begin
      WriteLn(rest.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  rest.AddQueryParam('name','John');
  rest.AddQueryParam('age','33');

  //   Send the HTTP POST.
  success := rest.SendReqFormUrlEncoded('POST',url.Path);
  if (success <> True) then
    begin
      WriteLn(rest.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Read the response header.
  responseStatusCode := rest.ReadResponseHeader();
  if (responseStatusCode < 0) then
    begin
      WriteLn(rest.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  WriteLn('Response status code = ' + responseStatusCode);

  //  We expect a 200 response status if the file data is coming.
  //  Otherwise, we'll get a string response body with an error message(or no response body).
  if (responseStatusCode = 200) then
    begin

      bodyStream := TStream.Create;

      //  The stream's sink will be a file.
      bodyStream.SinkFile := 'qa_output/out.txt';

      //  Read the response body to the stream.  Given that we've
      //  set the stream's sink to a file, it will stream directly
      //  to the file.
      success := rest.ReadRespBodyStream(bodyStream,True);
      if (success <> True) then
        begin
          WriteLn(rest.LastErrorText);
          Exit;
        end;

      WriteLn('Successfully streamed the response to a file.');

    end
  else
    begin
      errResponse := rest.ReadRespBodyString();
      if (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) then
        begin
          WriteLn(rest.LastErrorText);
        end
      else
        begin
          WriteLn(errResponse);
        end;
    end;


  rest.Free;
  url.Free;
      bodyStream.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.