Perl

Send a REST Request with a Text Body

Demonstrates Rest.FullRequestString, a convenience method that sends a complete request whose text body (such as JSON, XML, or plain text) is supplied directly, then reads and returns the response body as text.

Background. The full-request convenience methods perform the entire request/response exchange in a single call. FullRequestString is well suited to typical JSON or XML API calls where the body fits comfortably in a string.

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use chilkat();

$success = 0;

$rest = chilkat::CkRest->new();
$bTls = 1;
$bAutoReconnect = 1;
$success = $rest->Connect("example.com",443,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Send a complete request whose text body is supplied directly, such as JSON.  The response body is
#  read as text and returned.  The 1st argument is the HTTP verb, the 2nd is the URI path, and the
#  3rd is the request body.
$rest->AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json");

$jsonBody = "{ \"name\": \"example\", \"active\": true }";
$responseText = $rest->fullRequestString("POST","/api/items",$jsonBody);
if ($rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() == 0) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print $responseText . "\r\n";