Perl Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Example: Http.HttpStr method

Shows how to use the HttpStr method to send an HTTP POST request with the text of a string as the request body. The example sends the following request:

POST /echo_request_body.asp HTTP/1.1
Host: chilkatsoft.com
Accept: */*
Accept-Encoding: gzip
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 26

{"greeting":"Hello World"}

Also see: Chilkat Http Default and Auto-Filled Headers

Chilkat2 Perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

my $http = Chilkat2::Http->new;
my $success = 0;

my $requestBody = '{"greeting":"Hello World"}';

# This URL echoes the contents of the request body, letting us view it.
my $url = 'https://chilkatsoft.com/echo_request_body.asp';

# Send a POST with the contents of the string in the HTTP request body.
my $resp = Chilkat2::HttpResponse->new;
$success = $http->HttpStr('POST', $url, $requestBody, 'utf-8', 'application/json', $resp);
if (!$success) {
    print $http->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Response Status Code: ', $resp->StatusCode, "\n";

# Examine the request we sent.
# The LastHeader property stores the HTTP request header of the most recent request sent,
# and in this instance, the response body mirrors the request body.
print $http->LastHeader, "\n";
print $resp->BodyStr, "\n";

# Output:

# POST /echo_request_body.asp HTTP/1.1
# Host: chilkatsoft.com
# Accept: */*
# Accept-Encoding: gzip
# Content-Type: application/json
# Content-Length: 26
#
# {"greeting":"Hello World"}