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Add a Query Parameter to a REST Request

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Demonstrates Rest.AddQueryParam, which adds or replaces a query-string parameter. The 1st argument is the parameter name and the 2nd is its value; Chilkat URL-encodes both as needed.

Background. For a GET request the accumulated parameters are appended to the URL query string. For a form-url-encoded request the same parameters form the request body.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

$rest = chilkat::CkRest->new();

#  Connect to the REST server.  The 3rd argument enables TLS (use 1 for HTTPS on port 443),
#  and the 4th enables automatic reconnection if the connection is dropped between requests.
$bTls = 1;
$bAutoReconnect = 1;
$success = $rest->Connect("example.com",443,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Add query-string parameters.  The 1st argument is the parameter name and the 2nd is its value.
#  Chilkat automatically URL-encodes names and values as needed.
$rest->AddQueryParam("q","chilkat rest");
$rest->AddQueryParam("limit","10");

#  For a GET request the parameters are appended to the URL query string.
$responseText = $rest->fullRequestNoBody("GET","/api/search");
if ($rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() == 0) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print $responseText . "\r\n";