PowerBuilder

Transition from Http.PTextSb to Http.HttpSb

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated PTextSb method calls with HttpSb. PowerBuilder

integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Http
string ls_Verb
string ls_Url
oleobject loo_SbRequestBody
string ls_Charset
string ls_ContentType
oleobject loo_ResponseObj
oleobject loo_ResponseOut

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_Verb = "PUT"
ls_Url = "https://example.com/"
loo_SbRequestBody = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_SbRequestBody.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

loo_SbRequestBody.Append("This is the HTTP request body")
ls_Charset = "utf-8"
ls_ContentType = "text/plain"

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
// The PTextSb method is deprecated:

loo_ResponseObj = loo_Http.PTextSb(ls_Verb,ls_Url,loo_SbRequestBody,ls_Charset,ls_ContentType,0,0)
if loo_Http.LastMethodSuccess = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Http
    destroy loo_SbRequestBody
    return
end if

// ...
// ...

destroy loo_ResponseObj

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

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

li_Success = loo_Http.HttpSb(ls_Verb,ls_Url,loo_SbRequestBody,ls_Charset,ls_ContentType,loo_ResponseOut)
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Http
    destroy loo_SbRequestBody
    destroy loo_ResponseOut
    return
end if



destroy loo_Http
destroy loo_SbRequestBody
destroy loo_ResponseOut