(Perl) Example: Http.HttpReq method

Demonstrates how to call the HttpReq method.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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use chilkat();

$success = 0;

$http = chilkat::CkHttp->new();
$success = 0;

# This example will send an HTTP POST with the body of the HTTP request containing JSON.

# Create the following JSON: { "name": "Harry", "state": "FL" }

$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$json->UpdateString("name","Harry");
$json->UpdateString("state","FL");

# Specify the details of the request
$req = chilkat::CkHttpRequest->new();

$req->put_HttpVerb("POST");
$req->put_ContentType("application/json");
$req->LoadBodyFromString($json->emit(),"utf-8");

# Send the charset attribute in the HTTP request header.
$req->put_SendCharset(1);
$req->put_Charset("utf-8");

# Send the POST
# You can send the POST to the URL below.  
# The response will contain the raw body of the request that was sent.
# (i.e. everything except the HTTP request header).

$resp = chilkat::CkHttpResponse->new();
$success = $http->HttpReq("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/echo_request_body.asp",$req,$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Examine the HTTP request header we sent:
print $http->lastHeader() . "\r\n";

# The response body contains the raw content of the HTTP request body we sent.
print $resp->bodyStr() . "\r\n";

# Sample output:

# POST /echo_request_body.asp HTTP/1.1
# Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
# Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
# Content-Length: 29
# 
# 
# {"name":"Harry","state":"FL"}