Perl Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Send JSON REST Request, Get JSON Response

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Demonstrates sending a RESTful JSON request, and receiving a JSON response. This example will create a bucket in Google Cloud Storage (which involves sending and receiving JSON). Chilkat2 Perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

# This example will create a bucket in Google Cloud Storage.

# It requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

my $gAuth = Chilkat2::AuthGoogle->new;
# Obtain an access token as shown in one of the following examples:
# See Get Access Token using a Service Account JSON Key
# See Get Access Token using a P12 File

my $rest = Chilkat2::Rest->new;

# Connect using TLS.
my $bAutoReconnect = 1;
my $success = $rest->Connect('www.googleapis.com', 443, 1, $bAutoReconnect);

# Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access key)
$success = $rest->SetAuthGoogle($gAuth);

# Build the JSON request body for creating a bucket.
# The only required property is the "name", but we'll add more
# to make a better example..
my $jsonReqBody = Chilkat2::JsonObject->new;
$jsonReqBody->AppendString('name', 'chilkat-bucket-c');
$jsonReqBody->AppendString('kind', 'storage#bucket');
$jsonReqBody->AppendString('location', 'US');

my $objVersioning = Chilkat2::JsonObject->new;
$jsonReqBody->AppendObject2('versioning', $objVersioning);
$objVersioning->AppendBool('enabled', 1);

# Show the HTTP request body we'll be sending.
print $jsonReqBody->Emit(), "\n";

# Add the required query parameter.
# See https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/json_api/v1/buckets/insert
$success = $rest->AddQueryParam('project', 'chilkattest-1050');

# Add the Content-Type HTTP request header.
$success = $rest->AddHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=UTF-8');

my $jsonResponseStr = $rest->FullRequestString('POST', '/storage/v1/b', $jsonReqBody->Emit());
if (!$rest->LastMethodSuccess) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# Show the JSON response.  (See below for a sample JSON response.)
print 'Json Response: ', $jsonResponseStr, "\n";

# {
#  "kind": "storage#bucket",
#  "id": "chilkat-bucket-c",
#  "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/chilkat-bucket-c",
#  "projectNumber": "999992999999",
#  "name": "chilkat-bucket-c",
#  "timeCreated": "2016-04-29T21:08:10.451Z",
#  "updated": "2016-04-29T21:08:10.451Z",
#  "metageneration": "1",
#  "owner": {
#   "entity": "project-owners-999992999999"
#  },
#  "location": "US",
#  "versioning": {
#   "enabled": true
#  },
#  "storageClass": "STANDARD",
#  "etag": "CAE="
# }
#