PHP

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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<?php

use Chilkat2\Rest;

$rest = new Rest();
$bTls = true;
$bAutoReconnect = true;
try {
    $rest->Connect('example.com', 443, $bTls, $bAutoReconnect);

    // 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);
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

echo $responseText, "\n";