PowerBuilder

Transition from Http.PutText to Http.HttpStr

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated PutText method calls with HttpStr. PowerBuilder

integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Http
string ls_Verb
string ls_Url
string ls_TextData
string ls_Charset
string ls_ContentType
string ls_ResponseBody
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/"
ls_TextData = "This is the HTTP request body"
ls_Charset = "utf-8"
ls_ContentType = "text/plain"

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
// The PutText method is deprecated:

ls_ResponseBody = loo_Http.PutText(ls_Url,ls_TextData,ls_Charset,ls_ContentType,0,0)
if loo_Http.LastMethodSuccess = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Http
    return
end if

// ...
// ...

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Do the equivalent using HttpStr.
// 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.HttpStr(ls_Verb,ls_Url,ls_TextData,ls_Charset,ls_ContentType,loo_ResponseOut)
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Http
    destroy loo_ResponseOut
    return
end if

ls_ResponseBody = loo_ResponseOut.BodyStr


destroy loo_Http
destroy loo_ResponseOut