PowerBuilder

Transition from Http.GetHead to Http.HttpNoBody

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated GetHead method calls with HttpNoBody. PowerBuilder

integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Http
string ls_Url
oleobject loo_Resp1
oleobject loo_Resp2

li_Success = 0

loo_Http = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Http.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Http")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Http
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if
ls_Url = "https://www.example.com/"

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
// The GetHead method is deprecated:

loo_Resp1 = loo_Http.GetHead(ls_Url)
if loo_Http.LastMethodSuccess = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Http
    return
end if

Write-Debug string(loo_Resp1.StatusCode)
destroy loo_Resp1

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Do the equivalent using HttpNoBody.
// Your application creates a new, empty response object which is passed 
// in the last argument and filled with the HTTP response upon success.

loo_Resp2 = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Resp2.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")

li_Success = loo_Http.HttpNoBody("HEAD",ls_Url,loo_Resp2)
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Http
    destroy loo_Resp2
    return
end if

Write-Debug string(loo_Resp2.StatusCode)


destroy loo_Http
destroy loo_Resp2