Get a REST Response Header Value by Index

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Demonstrates Rest.ResponseHdrValue, which returns the value of the response header at a zero-based index. The same index used with ResponseHdrName gives the corresponding field name.

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;

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

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  rest: TRest;
  bTls: Boolean;
  bAutoReconnect: Boolean;
  statusCode: Integer;
  numHeaders: Integer;
  i: Integer;
  value: string;

begin
  success := False;

  rest := TRest.Create;
  bTls := True;
  bAutoReconnect := True;
  success := rest.Connect('example.com',443,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(rest.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  success := rest.SendReqNoBody('GET','/api/items/123');
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(rest.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  statusCode := rest.ReadResponseHeader();
  if (statusCode < 0) then
    begin
      WriteLn(rest.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Return the value of the response header at a zero-based index.  Use the same index with
  //  ResponseHdrName to get the corresponding field name.
  numHeaders := rest.NumResponseHeaders;

  for i := 0 to numHeaders - 1 do
    begin
      value := rest.ResponseHdrValue(i);
      if (rest.LastMethodSuccess = False) then
        begin
          WriteLn(rest.LastErrorText);
          Exit;
        end;
      WriteLn('Header ' + i + ' value: ' + value);
    end;



  rest.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.