Perl

Send a Staged REST Request with a Text Body

Demonstrates Rest.SendReqStringBody, which sends a request whose text body (such as JSON) is supplied directly, then reads the response in separate steps.

Background. The staged request model separates sending from reading: a SendReq method transmits the request, ReadResponseHeader reads the status line and headers, and a ReadResp method reads the body. This gives fine control over large or streamed messages compared with the single-call full-request methods.

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Perl

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;
}

$rest->AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json");

#  Send a request whose text body (such as JSON) is supplied directly.
$jsonBody = "{ \"name\": \"example\" }";
$success = $rest->SendReqStringBody("POST","/api/items",$jsonBody);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  After sending, read the response status line and header fields.  The return value is the HTTP
#  status code, or -1 if no response was received.
$statusCode = $rest->ReadResponseHeader();
if ($statusCode < 0) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "Response status code: " . $statusCode . "\r\n";

#  Read the response body as text.
$responseBody = $rest->readRespBodyString();
if ($rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() == 0) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print $responseBody . "\r\n";