Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

HTTP XMLRPC

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Demonstrates an XML-RPC call to WordPress. WordPress ships with two test methods in its XML-RPC server, one of which is the "demo.sayHello" method. This example demonstrates sending the "demo.sayHello" XML-RPC request to Chilkat's cknotes.com Wordpress server. 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.HttpResponse,
  Chilkat.Http;

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

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  http: THttp;
  xmlReq: string;
  resp: THttpResponse;

begin
  success := False;

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

  http := THttp.Create;

  xmlReq := '<?xml version="1.0"?><methodCall><methodName>demo.sayHello</methodName><params /></methodCall>';

  resp := THttpResponse.Create;
  success := http.HttpStr('POST','http://www.cknotes.com/xmlrpc.php',xmlReq,'utf-8','text/xml',resp);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(http.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  WriteLn(resp.BodyStr);


  http.Free;
  resp.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.