Perl

POST application/x-www-form-urlencoded using REST API

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Demonstrates how to send a POST with query params (x-www-form-urlencoded) using the Chilkat REST object. Chilkat2 Perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

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

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

# This example will send to https://www.chilkatsoft.com/echoPost.asp

# Make the initial connection (without sending a request yet).
my $bTls = 1;
my $port = 443;
my $bAutoReconnect = 1;
my $success = $rest->Connect('www.chilkatsoft.com', $port, $bTls, $bAutoReconnect);
if (!$success) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# Provide query params.
$rest->AddQueryParam('firstName', 'John');
$rest->AddQueryParam('lastName', 'Doe');
$rest->AddQueryParam('company', 'Bisco Bits Ltd.');

my $responseStr = $rest->FullRequestFormUrlEncoded('POST', '/echoPost.asp');
if (!$rest->LastMethodSuccess) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# When successful, the response status code will equal 200.
if ($rest->ResponseStatusCode != 200) {
    # Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    print 'response status code = ', $rest->ResponseStatusCode, "\n";
    print 'response status text = ', $rest->ResponseStatusText, "\n";
    print 'response header: ', $rest->ResponseHeader, "\n";
    print 'response body (if any): ', $responseStr, "\n";
    print "---\n";
    print 'LastRequestStartLine: ', $rest->LastRequestStartLine, "\n";
    print 'LastRequestHeader: ', $rest->LastRequestHeader, "\n";
    exit;
}

print $responseStr, "\n";
print "Success.\n";