(PowerBuilder) curl with Path Variables and Query Param Variables

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Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.5.0 or greater.

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integer li_rc
integer li_Success
string ls_TargetCurl
oleobject loo_HttpCurl
oleobject loo_ResponseJson
integer li_StatusCode

li_Success = 0

// Variables can occur in the path and query params.  
// Variable names are enclosed between {{ and }}

//  curl -X GET https://httpbin.org/{{verb}}?id={id_value}}
ls_TargetCurl = "curl -X GET https://httpbin.org/{{verb}}?id={{id_value}}"

loo_HttpCurl = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_HttpCurl.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.HttpCurl")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_HttpCurl
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

// Provide values for variables.
// In this example, "verb" is a path variable, and "id_value" is a query param variable.
loo_HttpCurl.SetVar("verb","get")
loo_HttpCurl.SetVar("id_value","123")

// Run the curl command.
li_Success = loo_HttpCurl.DoYourThing(ls_TargetCurl)
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_HttpCurl.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_HttpCurl
    return
end if

loo_ResponseJson = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_ResponseJson.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")

loo_ResponseJson.EmitCompact = 0

li_StatusCode = loo_HttpCurl.StatusCode
Write-Debug "response status code: " + string(li_StatusCode)

loo_HttpCurl.GetResponseJson(loo_ResponseJson)
Write-Debug loo_ResponseJson.Emit()

// Output:

// response status code: 200
// {
//   "args": {
//     "id": "123"
//   },
//   "headers": {
//     "Host": "httpbin.org",
//     "X-Amzn-Trace-Id": "Root=1-69e92914-5d4136d240f2f7fe1056f126"
//   },
//   "origin": "222.222.222.222",
//   "url": "https://httpbin.org/get?id=123"
// }


destroy loo_HttpCurl
destroy loo_ResponseJson